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On Natural Monopolies and Regulated Markets - "Adilet" ILS
The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 9 July, 1998 No. 272.
Footnote. Title is in the wording of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (shall be enforced from01.01.2017).
Footnote. Throughout the text the words ", regulated market ", "andregulated market ", "and regulated markets" are excluded inaccordancewith the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 11.07.2017 No. 89-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication).
This Law regulates activity in the scopes of natural monopolies, as well as directs to ensuring protection of interests of consumers, entities of natural monopolies.
Footnote. Preamble is in the wording of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.12.2008 No. 116-IV (shall be enforced from 01.01.2009); as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
1) determination of legal basis of the state regulation and control of activity in the scopes of natural monopolies;
2) achievement the balance of the interests of consumers and natural monopolies entities;
3) application the procedures of regulating the activities of natural monopoly entities, that ensure continuity, openness, objectivity, transparency and independence of adopted decisions;
4) ensure compliance of confirming tariffs to the quality of services in the scopes of natural monopolies, on whichthe regulation shall be distributed.
Footnote. Article 1 is in the wording of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.12.2002 No. 364; as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated РК dated 20.12.2004 No. 13 (shall be enforced from 1 January, 2005); dated 29.12.2008 No. 116-IV (shall be enforced from 01.01.2009); dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017); dated 28.12.2016 № 34-VІ (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
Article 1-1. The legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the natural monopolies
Footnote. Title of the Law as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
1. The legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on natural monopolies shall be based on the Constitition of the Republic of Kazakhstan and shall consist of this Law and other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Footnote. The Law is supplemented by Article 1-1 in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.12.2008 No. 116-IV (shall be enforced from 01.01.2009).; as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
1. This Law shall be distributed to the relations, arising on the services market (goods, works), linked with existence and activity of entities of natural monopolies.
2. Provisions of this Law shall be distributed to the actions (omission) of entities of natural monopolies, their incorporators (participants), performing beyond the Republic of Kazakhstan, in the cases, when this actions (omissions) shall contravene to this Law and damage the consumers services (goods, works) of natural monopolies.
3-2. Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.10.2015No. 376-V(shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
3-3. For natural monopoly entities implementing investment programs (projects) with borrowing funds of international financial organizations and included in the list of natural monopoly entities approved by the authorized body, provisions of this Law shallapply only in the part not regulated by Special procedure for regulation of the activities of natural monopoly entities participating in borrowing funds of international financial organizations.
4. Legal relations, not covered by this Law, shall be regulated by legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of protection of competition and other legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
5. Validity of this Law shall not distribute to the activities of state Islamic special financial companies.
Footnote. Article 2 as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.12.2002 No. 364; dated 09.12.2004 No. 9; dated 29.12.2008 No. 116-IV (shall be enforced from 01.01.2009); dated 22.06.2012 No. 21-V (shall be enforced from 01.06.2012); dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (the order of enforcement see Art. 2); dated 24.11.2015 № 422-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2016).
1-1) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.10.2015No. 376-V(shall be enforced from 01.01.2017);
3) public hearings – a procedure of discussing the draft tariffs (prices, rates of charges) or their limit level on the regulated services (goods, works) of a natural monopoly entity with invitation ofdeputies of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, maslikhats, representatives of local self-government bodies, consumers and their public associations, independent experts, the mass media, and natural monopoly entities;
7) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication);
water services and (or) water removal of the amount of up to fifty hundred thousand cubic meters per year;
on supply of irrigation water up to thirty million cubic meters per year;
airports serving passengers in the amount of less than three hundred thousand people per year;
in the scope of approach lines of the amount of up to fifty thousand cars / km, car / hour;
on transmission of electric energy of the amount of up to twenty five million kW. hour per year.
The natural monopoly entity of low power also includes the natural monopoly entity for a regulated service, the income from which does not exceed five percent of the income from all regulated services of a natural monopoly entity in a calendar year. At the same time, on remaining regulated services the natural monopoly entity shall not refer to the natural monopoly entity of low power;
11) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V(shall be enforced from 01.01.2017);
12) was valid until 01.01.2017 in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 09.07.1998 № 272 (order of enforcement see Art.23);
12-1) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2016);
12-3) expert council - a body, created for the purpose of analyzing and examining draft tariffs (prices, fee rates) and tariff estimates of natural monopoly entities, which includes independent experts;
13) strategic goods – coal, gas, fuel oil, diesel fuel, used as fuel for production of heat energy by natural monopoly entities, electric energy – for the natural monopoly entities in the scope of transfer and (or) distribution of electricity, water services and (or) water removal, heat energy – for natural monopoly entities in the scope of heat supply and normative losses of the natural monopoly entities in the scope of transfer and (or) distribution of heat energy, gas – for the in-house needs and losses for the natural monopoly entities in the scope of transmission of gas or gas condensate on main and (or) distribution pipelines, purchased water - for natural monopoly entities in the scope of water services, production of heat energy;
22) limited level of tariff (prices, rates of charges) – maximum value of tariff (price, rate of charge) on the regulated service (good, work) of the natural monopoly entity, confirmed on long-run period,and, if necessary - for each year during such a long-run period;
23) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2016);
24) extraordinary regulatory measures – measures, accepted by the authorized body uponvalue increase of strategic goods or occurrence of emergency situations in order to stabilize the activities of the natural monopoly entity and to protect life, health of citizens, property of individuals and legal entities, as well as environmental protection;
26) a consumer – an individual or legal entity, using or intending to use the regulated services (goods, works) of natural monopoly entity;
29) an authorized body – a state body, carrying out the administration in the scopes of natural monopolies;
31) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.10.2015 № 376-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
Footnote. Article 3 is in the wording of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.12.2008 No. 116-IV (shall be enforced from 01.01.2009); as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 15.03.2010 No. 255-IV; dated 04.07.2012 No. 25-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 06.03.2013 No. 81-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 12.06.2014 No. 209-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (the order of enforcement see Art. 2); dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (the order of enforcement see Art.2); dated 17.11.2015 No. 407-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 28.12.2016 No. 34-VІ (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017); dated 10.05.2017 No. 64-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 11.07.2017 No. 89-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication).
1) on transportation of oil and (or) oil-products on main pipelines, except of itstransportation for transit through the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and export outside the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2) on storing, transportation of traded gas on interconnection, main gas pipelines and (or) gas-distribution systems, operation of group tank units, as well as the transportation of raw gas on connecting gas pipeline, except of storage, transportation of traded gas for transit through the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and export outside the Republic of Kazakhstan;
3) on transmission of electricity;
6) backbone railway networks, except for the services of the backbone railway network for the carriage of goods in containers, transportation of empty containers and transit of goods through the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
6-1) services of railway lines with railway transport facilities under concession agreements in the absence of a competitive railway line;
7) approach lines upon condition of absence of a competitiveapproach line;
8) air navigation, except of air navigation services for international and transit flights;
9) airports, except of air transportation services carrying out transit flights through the airspace of the Republic of Kazakhstan with technical landings at airports of the Republic of Kazakhstan for non-commercial purposes;
9-1) ports;
10) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 28.12.2016 No. 34-VІ (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017);
11) on provision in a property lease (rent) or use of cable duct system;
13) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 28.12.2016 No. 34-VІ (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
4. Expansion of the scopes of natural monopolies is carried out in accordance with international treaties ratified by the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Footnote. Article 4 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 6 December, 2001 No. 260; dated 26 December, 2002 No. 364; dated 5 July, 2004 No. 568. New wording – dated 9 December, 2004 No. 9; dated 20 December, 2004 No. 13(shall be enforced from 1 January, 2005 г.); as amended – dated 14 January, 2006 No. 120 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 05.07.2008 No. 66-IV (the order of enforcement see Article 2); dated 29.12.2008 No. 116-IV (shall be enforced from 01.01.2009); dated 09.01.2012 No. 533-IV (shall be enforced upon expiry of 10 calendar days after its first official publication); dated 13.01.2012 No. 542-IV (shall be enforced upon expiry of six months after its first official publication); dated 06.03.2013 No. 81-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 03.07.2014 No. 230-V(shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 29.09.2014 No. 239-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 27.10.2015 No. 363-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2016); dated 24.11.2015 No. 419-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2016); dated 28.12.2016 No. 34-VІ (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017); dated 11.07.2017 No. 89-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication).
1) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015No. 312-V(shall be enforced from 01.01.2017);
2) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015No. 312-V(shall be enforced from 01.01.2017);
3) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015No. 312-V(shall be enforced from 01.01.2017);
4-2) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication);
5-1) transfer the property, belonging on the right of ownership or other legal basis, used in technological cycle upon production and (or) provision of regulated services (goods, works), in trust management, property lease (rent), including leasing, except for the cases provided by paragraph 1 and 2 of Article 13-1 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Electric Power Industry";
1-1. Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V(shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
1-2. Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V(shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
Footnote. Article 5 is in the wording of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.12.2002 No. 364; as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 20.02.2006 No. 127 (the order of enforcement see Article 2); dated 05.07.2006 N 166 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 29.12.2008 No. 116-IV (shall be enforced from 01.01.2009); dated 15.03.2010 No. 255-IV; dated 12.01.2012 No. 539-IV (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 21.06.2013 No. 106-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 04.07.2013 No. 128-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 04.07.2013 No. 132-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (the order of enforcement seeArt.2); dated 12.11.2015 No. 394-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 11.07.2017 No. 89-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication).
5-2) dispose the underused part of expenses independently, included in tariff estimate, resulted from cost savingsdue to use of more effective methods and technologies, implementation of plan of measures for energy saving and energy efficiency improvement, developed following the results of an energy audit, carrying out measures to reduce regulatory technical losses or reduce volumes of provision of regulated services for reasons beyond the control of the natural monopoly entity or the results of the competitive (tender) procedures, except for the funds used in accordance with subparagraph 4-1) of the first part of Article 7of this Law;
5-3) apply to the authorized body with an adjustment of the tariff estimate in accordance with the procedure for approving tariff estimates, tariffs (prices, rates of charges) or their limit levels;
5-4) apply to the authorized body with an adjustment of the tariff estimate in accordance with the procedure for approving tariffs (prices, rates of charges) and tariff estimates in a simplified manner;
Footnote. Article 6 as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.12.2002 No. 364; dated 09.12.2004 No. 9; dated 05.07.2006 N 166 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 27 July, 2007 No. 316 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 06.03.2013 No. 81-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 17.11.2015 No. 407-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 28.12.2016 No. 34-VІ (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
2-1) secure acceptance of payments from consumers for provided to them the regulated communal services (goods, works) through their own payment offices, as well as banks and organizations, carrying out the separate banking operations, internet resources and (or) terminals. This requirements shall not be distributed to the natural monopoly entities, specified in paragraph 3 of Article 15 of this Law;
2-3) provide the regulated services of on limited levels of tariffs (prices, rates of charges), confirmed by the authorized body,with regard to the case provided by subparagraph 3-1) of this part;
4) carry out procurement of services (goods, works), expenses on which considered upon confirmation of tariff (prices, rates of charges) or its limited level and tariff estimates on the regulated services (goods, works) of the natural monopoly entity, according to the procedure, established by this Law and other legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
4-1) direct to energy ensuring and energy efficiency, creation of new ones, the expansion, restoration, renewal, support, reconstruction and technical re-equipment of productive assets,no less than fifty percent of the underutilized part of the costs set in the tariff estimate resulting from cost savings due to the use of more effective methods and technologies, implementation of the plan of measures for energy saving and energy efficiency improvement, developed following the results of energy audit, implementation measures to reduce the regulatory technical losses or reduction in the volume of rendered regulated services, for reasons beyond the control of the natural monopoly, or on the results of competitive (tender) procedures;
5) provide financial recording and other necessary information on paper or electronic media on requirement of the authorized body in terms, established by the authorized body, which may not be less than five business days from the date of receipt of relevant requirement by the natural monopoly entity;
7-4) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2016);
7-6) once every six months to notify consumers about the implementation of investment programs (projects), tariff estimates through its Internet resource or Internet resource of the authorized body in the manner determined by the authorized body;
7-7) place on its Internet resource or Internet resource of the authorized body a report on the implementation of the tariff estimate in the manner determined by the authorized body;
7-8) in accordance with the procedure established by the authorized body, place the information on tariffs and tariff estimates for regulated services (goods, works) on their Internet resource, in the absence of technical capability - on the Internet resource of the local executive body or on the Internet resource of the authorized body no later than five calendar days from the date of their approval;
7-9) annually, in accordance with the procedure established by the authorized body, place a report on the activities to provide regulated services (goods, works) to consumers and other interested parties no later than five calendar days from the date of the report conduct in the mass media, including on their Internet resource or Internet resource of the authorized body;
7-10) annually, in accordance with the procedure determined by the authorized body, place a report on the activities on providing regulated public services (goods, works) to consumers and other interested persons no later than five calendar days from the date of the report in the periodical printed publication, on their Internet resource or on the Internet- resource of the authorized body;
10) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication);
11) annually present report on execution of tariff estimate not later than 1 May of the year following the reporting period;
13-1) notify the antimonopoly body on the beginning of the implementation of activity that is not related to the regulated services (goods, works), in the manner provided by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Competition";
14-1) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2016);
16) alienate property, intended for production and provision of the regulated services (goods, works), in trading in the form of tender, except of the cases of transfer of property to the state property, as well as the transmission of electrical networks by natural monopoly entities that provide services on electric power transmission specified in paragraph 1 of Article 13-1 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Electric Power Industry".
In case of alienation of the approach line, the services of which belong to the scope of natural monopolies, the owner of this approach line shall be obliged to grant the pre-emptive right of his purchase to the current consumer before third parties in case of the same conditions and the amount of redemption presented in the tenders.
In the presence of two or more existing consumers, the preferential right shall granted to the consumer that received a higher volume of services in the last 12 months (thousand car / km, car / hour), in case of the same conditions and the amount of repurchase presented in the tenders;
17) develop the methods of separate record-keeping of incomes, expenses and committed assets by types of regulated services of natural monopoly entities according to the procedure, established by the authorized body;
18) execute the investments programs (projects), confirmed in accordance with the established procedure,and priority direct the funds provided by the investment program (project) for energy saving and energy efficiency measures, provided that they do not entail an increase in tariffs (prices, rates of charges) or their limited levels on the provided regulated services (goods, works) of the natural monopoly entity, as well as restoration, renewal, expansion, support of existing assets, reconstruction, technical re-equipment of fixed assets of a natural monopoly entity;
19) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication);
20) to prevent the existence of excessive losses;
22) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication);
23) to present credit information to a credit bureau with state participation in case of providing the utilities by the natural monopoly entity;
24) quarterly place the information on the availability and the available capacity, capacity, locations, bandwidth networks regulated utilities (goods, works), on its Internet Recourse as well as engineering communications;
25) to provide information about engineering communications on request, including on its Internet resource, within the terms established by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On the Procedure for Consideration of Appeals from Individuals and Legal Entities", in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On State Secrets";
26) return the funds from the recalculation of the cost of heat supply services taking into account the actual outside temperature directly to consumers or in case of impossibility to determine the location of the consumer by reducing the tariff (price, rates of charges) upon payment for heat supply services in the manner of determined by the authorized body;
27) comply with the standards of service delivery to consumers.
Obligations, provided in subparagraphs 4), 7-1), 7-3), 7-8), 17), 18) and 24) of part one of this article of the first part of this Article shall not be distributed to the natural monopoly entities of law powered.
An obligation provided in subparagraph 2-3) of the first part of this Article shall not be distributed to the natural monopoly entities of law powered, newly created natural monopoly entities.
Footnote. Article 7 as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.12.2002 No. 364; dated 09.12.2004 No. 9; dated 20.12.2004 No. 13 (shall be enforced from 01.01.2005); dated 14.01.2006 No. 120 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 05.05.2006 No. 139 (the order of enforcement see Article 2 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 139); dated 05.07.2006 No. 166(shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 27.07.2007 No. 316 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 29.12.2008 No. 116-IV (shall be enforced from 01.01.2009); dated 08.06.2009 No. 163-IV; dated 15.03.2010 No. 255-IV; dated 05.07.2011 No. 452-IV (shall be enforced from 13.10.2011); dated 22.06.2012 No. 21-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 04.07.2012 No. 25-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 06.03.2013 No. 81-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 12.06.2014 No. 209-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 29.09.2014 No. 239-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 29.12.2014 No. 269-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2015); dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (the order of enforcement see Art.2); dated 17.11.2015 No. 407-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 29.03.2016 No. 479-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of twenty one calendar days after its first official publication);dated 28.12.2016 No. 34-VІ (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017); dated 27.02.2017 No. 49-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 05.05.2017 No. 59-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 11.07.2017 No. 89-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication).
Footnote. Article 7-1 is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
Footnote. Article 7-2 is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
Footnote. Article 7-3 is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
Article 7-4. Reception of financial recording, records, notifications and information of the natural monopoly entities
Footnote. Title as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
1. Financial recording, records, notifications and information of the natural monopoly entities, shall be provided in the authorized body in the terms, established by this Law.
3) in electronic form – the date of acceptance via the electronic document management system, specified in the electronic notification on acceptance.
Financial recording, records, notifications and information in electronic form, provided to the authorized body via the electronic document management system up to twenty four hours of the last day of the term, established by this Law shall be considered as provided in term.
4. Upon provision of financial recording, records, notifications and information in electronic form, an authorized body shall be obliged to direct the electronic notification on acceptance to the natural monopoly entity, notlater than two business days from the date of reception via the electronic document management system.
Footnote. The Law is supplemented by Article 7-4 in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 15.03.2010 No. 255-IV; as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No, 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
1-2) develop proposals on formation of the state policy in the scope of regulation of natural monopolies;
1-3) determine a Special procedure for regulating the activity of natural monopoly entities that attract loans from international financial organizations and are included in the list of natural monopoly entities that attract loans from international financial organizations;
1-4) approve the list of natural monopoly entities that attract loans from international financial organizations;
3-1) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.12.2014 No.269-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2015);
3-2) create an expert council and confirm regulations on it;
4) develop, confirm and apply the nondiscriminatory calculation methods of the tariff (prices, rates of charges) calculations or its limit levels on the regulated services (goods, works) of the natural monopoly entities;
4-1) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication);
4-5) coordinate the business-plan to draft of public-private partnership, technical-and-economic assessment of the draft of public-private partnership including concessional project, competitive documentation, draft of public-private partnership, including concessional project, draft of public-private partnership agreement, including concession agreement, as well as upon introduction of amendments and (or) additions in terms of procedure of formation and confirmation of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) for the goods, works and services, relating to the scope of natural monopolies;
4-6) develop and confirm the standards of rendering services to consumers by natural monopolies entities;
4-7) in coordination with the state body that administers the relevant branch (scope) of state administration, develop and confirm the methodology for the formation and evaluation of projects of investment programs (projects) of natural monopoly entities, as well as monitoring and evaluation indicators of effectiveness for their implementation;
4-8) develop and confirm the methodology for formation standards and assessing the quality of regulated services of natural monopoly entities in the relevant branch (scope);
4-9) develop and confirm the methodology for calculation the tariff taking into account the incentive methods of tariff formation;
4-10) establish the method of tariff regulation of the relevant scope of natural monopolies;
4-11) develop and confirm the methodology for calculation the level of the temporary reduction factor to tariffs (prices, rates of charges) for regulated services (goods, works) of a natural monopoly entity;
4-12) introduce regulation in cases where, on the basis of an analysis of the relevant domestic market, it is established that this market is in a state of natural monopoly;
4-13) determine the procedure for approving a tariff or its limit level for a regulated service of a natural monopoly entity providing a service for the transmission of electrical energy, the activity of which do not meet the requirements of paragraph 6 of Article 13-1 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Electric Power Industry";
5-1) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication);
5-2) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication);
5-3) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication);
5-4) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication);
Footnote. Article 13 is in the wording of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 20.12.2004 No. 13 (shall be enforced from 01.01.2005); as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 14.01.2006 No. 120 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 05.07.2006 No. 166 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 27.07.2007 No. 316 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 29.12.2008 No. 116-IV (shall be enforced from 01.01.2009); dated 17.07.2009 No. 188-IV(the order of enforcement see Article 2); dated 15.03.2010 No. 255-IV; dated 19.03.2010 No. 258-IV; dated 06.01.2011 No. 378-IV (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 22.07.2011 No. 479-IV (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 04.07.2012 No. 25-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 10.07.2012 No. 36-V(shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 06.03.2013 No. 81-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 04.07.2013 No. 131-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 13.01.2014 No. 159-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 16.05.2014 No. 203-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 29.09.2014 No. 239-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 29.12.2014 No. 269-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2015); dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (the order of enforcement see Art.2)); dated 31.10.2015 № 380-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 28.12.2016 No. 34-VІ (the order of enforcement see Art.2); dated 11.07.2017 № 89-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 30.11.2017 No. 112-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication).
6-1) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.10.2015No. 376-V(shall be enforced from 01.01.2017);
7) introduce the binding for execution improvement notices, including improvement notices on reorganization of the natural monopoly entities and (or) on alienation of property to the entities of the natural monopolies, state bodies in the cases of violation by them the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on natural monopolies;
11-1) initiate the reduction of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) on the regulated services (goods, works) of the natural monopoly entities, in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 1 of Article 15-1 of this Law in cases:
increase volume of rendered regulated services (goods, works);
reduction of the actual costs of the natural monopoly entity, except the costs of current and capital repairs and other repair and restoration works not lead to an increase in the value of fixed assets, the costs of implementing the investment program and (or) the investment project approved in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
receiving significant revenues from other types of activities carried out by natural monopolies entities in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on natural monopolies;
corresponding changes in the tax legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
13-1) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.10.2015No. 376-V(shall be enforced from 01.01.2017);
13-2) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.10.2015No. 376-V(shall be enforced from 01.01.2017);
13-3) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.10.2015No. 376-V(shall be enforced from 01.01.2017);
17-3) adjust the current tariff estimates within the approved and current tariff for the remaining term of their validity in case of acceptance on the balance and (or) in the trust management of electric networks, as well as upon their receive for free use from other energy transmission organizations;
18) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.03.2016 No. 479-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of twenty one calendar days after its first official publication);
21) give the explanations on issues of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on natural monopolies;
Footnote. Article 14 is in the wording of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 20.12.2004 No. 13 (shall be enforced from 01.01.2005); as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 14.01.2006 No. 120 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 05.07.2006 No. 166 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 27.07.2007 No. 316 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 29.12.2008 No. 116-IV (shall be enforced from 01.01.2009); dated 15.03.2010 No. 255-IV; dated 05.07.2011 No. 452-IV (shall be enforced from 13.10.2011); dated 09.01.2012 No. 533-IV (shall be enforced upon expiry of 10 calendar days after its first official publication); dated 04.07.2012 No. 25-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 16.05.2014 № 203-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication) dated 29.09.2014 № 239-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (the order of enforcement see Art.2); dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017); dated 29.03.2016 No. 479-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of twenty one calendar days after its first official publication); dated 11.07.2017 No. 89-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication).
non-execution of investment programs (projects), included upon confirmation of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) or their limit levels, except of cases of cost savings due to the use of more effective methods and technologies, carrying out of measures to reduce regulatory technical losses, reduction the volume of rendered the regulated services on reasons not depending on the natural monopoly entity, following the results of conducting competitive (tender) procedures, as well as cases provided by paragraph 10 of Article 15-3 of this Law;
inappropriate use of funds of amortization deductions;
non-execution of articles of tariff estimate expenses more than five percent from the sizes approved by the authorized body, except for cases of cost savings due to the use of more effective methods and technologies, carrying out measures to reduce the normative technical losses, reducing the volume of rendered the regulated services on reasons not depending on the natural monopoly entity, following the results of conducting competitive (tender) procedures.
2) depending on the application form give reason for refusal in a written form or electronic in acceptance to the application processing of the natural monopoly entity for confirmation or change of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) or its limit levels;
4-1) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2016);
recalculation of cost of heat supply services taking into account actual temperature of outside air and return of funds to consumers based on the results of recalculation;
6-1) place decisions on your Internet resource not later than five calendar days from the date of acceptance:
information on conduct the public hearings upon application processing of the natural monopoly entities for confirmation of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) or its limit levels;
information onrecalculation of cost of heat supply services taking into account actual temperature of outside air and return of funds to consumers based on the results of recalculation;
6-2) place information on tariffs (prices, rates of charges), and tariff estimates for regulated services (goods, works) of natural monopolies entities on your Internet resource not later than five calendar days from the date of their approval;
Note. Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication).
Footnote. The Law is supplemented by Article 14-1 in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.12.2002 No. 364; in the wording of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 20.12.2004 No. 13 (shall be enforced from 01.01.2005); as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 14.01.2006 No. 120 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 05.07.2006 No. 166 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 27.07.2007 No. 316 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 29.12.2008 No. 116-IV (shall be enforced from 01.01.2009); dated 15.03.2010 No. 255-IV; dated 05.07.2011 No. 452-IV (shall be enforced from 13.10.2011); dated 04.07.2012 No. 25-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 06.03.2013 No. 81-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (the order of enforcement see Art.2); dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017); dated 17.11.2015 No. 407-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 28.12.2016 No. 34-VІ (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
1) confirmation of tariff (price, rate of charge) or its limit level, differentiated and investment tariff (prices, rates of charges);
5) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.03.2016 No. 479-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of twenty one calendar days after its first official publication);
6) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of twenty one calendar days after its first official publication);
4. Activity of natural monopoly entities attracting loans from international financial organizations and included in the list of natural monopolies entities, approved by the authorized body shall be subject to the Special procedure for regulation of Activities of natural monopoly entities attracting Loans of International financial organizations.
Footnote. Article 15 is in the wording of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.12.2002 No. 364; as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 09.12.2004 No. 9; dated 14.01.2006 No. 120 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 05.07.2006 No. 166 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 27.07.2007 No. 316 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 15.03.2010 No. 255-IV; dated 06.03.2013 No. 81-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 29.09.2014 No. 239-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (the order of enforcement see Art.2); dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 29.03.2016 No. 479-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of twenty one calendar days after its first official publication).
1. Tariffs (prices, rates of charges) or their limit levels on the regulated services (goods, works) of the natural monopoly entity, confirmed by the authorized body, taking into account quality and reliability of provided services (production of goods, works) shall be less than the cost of expenses, necessary for provision of regulated services (goods, works) and consider possibility of receiving of profit, providing the effective functioning of the natural monopoly entity.
6) coordination of directions of use of assets of amortization deductions, provided by the tariff estimate of the natural monopoly entity.
Special procedure of formation of expenses shall be determined by the authorized body.
2-1. Procedure of formation and confirmation of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) on the regulated services (goods, works) of the natural monopoly entities, carrying out its activity on the public-private partnership agreements, including on concession agreement, determined by the authorized body shall be provided in the public-private partnership agreement, including in concession agreement.
Footnote. The Law is supplemented by Article 15-1 in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.12.2002 No. 364; as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 9 December, 2004 No. 9; dated 20 December, 2004 No. 13 (shall be enforced from 1 January, 2005); dated 14 January, 2006 No. 120 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 5 July, 2006 No. 166 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 05.07.2008 No. 66-IV (the order of enforcement see Article 2); dated 06.03.2013 No. 81-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 04.07.2013 No. 131-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 29.09.2014 No. 239-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V(shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 31.10.2015 No. 380-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication).
Article 15-2. Procedure of confirmation of tariff with application of method competitive analysis
Footnote. Article 15-2 Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2016).
1. Investment program (project) for confirmation shall be represented to the authorized body and state body by the natural monopoly entity, specified in paragraph 5 of this article.
2. Procedure of confirmation of the investment program (project) of the natural monopoly entity, form of the investment program (project), form of information on its implementation and form for publication in the mass media, including on the Internet resource shall be determined by the authorized body.
Confirmed investment program (project) of the natural monopoly entity shall be placed by the authorized body and the state body, specified in paragraph 5 of this article in their web-sites.
Investment program (project) determines the means aimed to implementing energy saving and energy efficiency measures, provided that they do not entail an increase in tariffs (prices, fee rates) or their limit levels for regulated services (goods, works) of the natural monopoly entities, as well as expansion, restoration, renovation, support of existing assets, reconstruction, technical re-equipment of fixed assets, creation of new assets of a natural monopoly entity for short -term, intermediate-term or long-term periods to obtain technical and economic effect, including one or more investment projects.
3. An authorized body, state body, specified in paragraph 5 of this article shall consider the investment program (project) within forty five business days from the date of its representation.
An authorized body shall direct the signed draft decision on confirmation of investment program (project) with application of investment program (project) to the state body, specified in paragraph 5 of this Article according to the results of confirmation of the investment program (project), not later than ten business days before the acceptance of decision or shall inform the natural monopoly entity on refusal in confirmation of investment program (project) with application of motivated conclusion, signed by authorized body or state body, specified in paragraph 5 of this Article.
The draft decision on confirmation of investment program (project) shall provide confirmation of investment program (project), represented by the natural monopoly entity or corrected by the authorized bodyin coordination with the state body specified in paragraph 5 of this Article.
An authorized body in coordination with the state body specified in paragraph 5 of this Article shall correct the investment program (project) in the period of its submission for approval, its implementation and analysis of information on its implementation in the cases and procedure, established by the authorized body.
State body, specified in paragraph 5 of this Article shall direct the signed decision on confirmation of investment program (project) to the authorized body within five calendar days from the date of representation of the draft decision on confirmation of investment program (project) or shall inform on need of introduction of amendments and (or) additions in a draft decision on confirmation of investment program (project) with application of motivated conclusion.
In case of introduction of information on need of introduction of amendments and (or) additions in a draft decision on confirmation of investment program (project), by authorized body or state body, specified in paragraph 5 of this article, term for consideration of the investment program (project) shall be extended on ten business days.
The natural monopoly entity, in coordination with the state body specified in paragraph 5 of this article, shall has the right to change or exclude the activities of the investment program (project) not taken into account upon confirmation of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) or their limit levels, with mandatory notification to the authorized body no later than thirty calendar days before the end of current year.
7. In the period of realization of the investment program (project) annually not later the 1 May of the year, following the accounting period, a natural monopoly entity shall provide information on execution of the investment program (project) to the authorized body and state body, specified in paragraph 5 of this Article including:
8. Information analysis on execution of investment program (project) of the natural monopoly entity shall be performed by the authorized body and state body, specified in paragraph 5 of this Article during thirty calendar days from the date of its provision.
4) impact assessment of realization of the investment program (project) on change of the level of tariff (price, rates of charges) or its limit level, development of demand for provided regulated services (goods, works) by the natural monopoly entity,upon implementing investment projects for the construction of new or reconstruction of existing facilities;
4-1) assessment of improvement of quality and reliability of provided regulated services (goods, works);
10. In case of non-fulfillment by the entity of a natural monopoly of the activities of investment program (project) for reasons not depending on the control of the natural monopoly entity (non-fulfillment obligations by the other party of the contract, recognition of the tender failed, due to force majeure), the terms of implementation of investment program (project) postpone to the next year by correcting the investment program (project) until March 1 of the year following the year of implementation of the activities of the investment program ( project). It is not allowed to re-postpone the terms of implementation of these events of the investment program (project).
Footnote. The Law is supplemented by Article 15-3 in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 04.07.2012 No. 25-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.09.2014 No. 239-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 17.11.2015 No. 407-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication).
1. A natural monopoly entity of low power shall represent an application for consideration of tariffs (prices, rates of charges), upon necessity of confirmation of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) on provided regulated services (goods, works) to the authorized body,not later than sixty calendar days before their entry into force.
2. In case of confirmation of limit level of tariff (price, rates of charges) the natural monopoly entity shall represent an application for consideration of tariff (prices, rates of charges) to the authorized body for one hundred eighty days up to its introduction into effect.
In case of reconsideration of tariff (prices, rates of charges), or its limit levels and tariff estimates on the initiative of the authorized body the natural monopoly entity shall be obliged to represent economically feasible estimations and other information in the same amount as upon filling an application for confirmation of the new tariff (price, rate of charge) within one month from the date of receipt of the relevant requirement by the natural monopoly entity).
Footnote. Article 16 as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.12.2002 No. 364; dated 09.12.2004 No. 9; dated 14.01.2006 No. 120 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 29.12.2008 No. 116-IV (shall be enforced from 01.01.2009); dated 15.03.2010 No. 255-IV; dated 06.03.2013 No. 81-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 28.12.2016 No. 34-VІ (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
Upon execution of an expertise shall be engaged the independent experts, the state bodies, consumers and their public associations.
1) upon confirmation of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) or their limit levels on the regulated services (goods, works) of the natural monopoly entity not later than thirty calendar days;
2) upon confirmation of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) on the regulated services (goods, works) of the natural monopoly entity in accordance with paragraph 5 of Article 18 of this Law not later than fifteen calendar days.
2) tariffs (prices, rates of charges) on the regulated services (goods, works) of the natural monopoly entity not later than thirty calendar days up to adoption of decision on their confirmation;
3) tariffs (prices, rates of charges) on the regulated services (goods, works) of the natural monopoly entity in accordance with paragraph 5 of Article 18 of this Law not later than fifteen calendar days up to adoption of decision on their confirmation;
Public hearings shall be conducted in order to ensure publicity, awareness, observance of the balance of interests of consumers and natural monopoly entities, transparency in the formation of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) or their limit levels and reliability.
3-1. In case, if upon consideration projects of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) need additional information, the authorized body shall has the right to request it from the applicant in written form with establishment a termbut not less than five business days.
4. Projects of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) on the regulated services (goods, works) of the natural monopoly entity of low power shall be considered by the authorized body during thirty calendar days.
Footnote. Article 17 is in the wording of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.07.2006 No. 166 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 04.07.2012 No. 25-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 29.09.2014 No. 239-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication).
1. (Is excluded – No. 364 dated 26.12.2002).
With the decision Confirmation of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) or their limit levels and tariff estimates by the authorized body, shall be directed the rationale for changes and clarifications of articles of costs and profits to the natural monopoly entity, represented by the natural monopoly entity with the application for confirmation of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) or their limit levels and tariff estimates.
3. Confirmation of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) or their limit levels and tariff estimates on the regulated services (goods, works) of the natural monopoly entity may be executed no more than once during the validity period of the approved limit tariff, except of the confirmation of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) and tariff estimates as the special regulatory actions and cases, provided by paragraph 5 of this Article and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 13-1 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Electric Power Industry".
Introduction into effect of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) on the regulated services (goods, works) of the natural monopoly entity of low power shall be carried out from the first day of the second month following the month of confirmation of tariffs (prices, rates of charges).
4. A natural monopoly entity shall be obliged to bring to the notice of consumer the information on change of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) or their limit levels not later than thirty calendar days up to introduction it into effect, and a natural monopoly entity of low power – not later than fifteen calendar days up to introduction it into effect.
The natural monopoly entities, specified in the first part of this paragraph shall be obliged to apply with statement for reconsideration of tariff (price, rate of change) and tariff estimates on the regulated services (goods, works) not later than nine months from the date of its confirmation.
Procedure of confirmation of the tariffs (prices, rates of charges) and tariff estimates in the simplified procedure shall be determined by the authorized body.
6. Confirmation of tariff (prices, rates of charges) and tariff estimates on the initiative of the authorized body shall be carried out according to the procedure, established by this Law.
8. Authorized body, on the basis of information of state body on state energy supervision and control on the non-compliance of the activities of the natural monopoly entity providing the service on electric power transmission, approves the tariff or its limit level for the regulated service to the requirements of paragraph 6 of Article 13-1 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Electric Power Industry" of this natural monopoly entity within thirty calendar days except of investment (profit, depreciation, capital costs, leading to an increase in the value of fixed assets) and other costs in the order determined by it.
Footnote. Article 18 as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.12.2002 No. 364; dated 09.12.2004 No. 9; dated 14.01.2006 No. 120(shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 05.07.2006 No. 166 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 29.12.2008 No. 116-IV (shall be enforced from 01.01.2009); dated 04.07.2012 No. 25-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 07.03.2014 No. 177-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 28.12.2016 No. 34-VІ (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017); dated 11.07.2017 No. 89-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication).
3) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015No. 312-V(shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
4) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015№ 312-V ((shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
4-1) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015№ 312-V ((shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
2. For commission of actions, mentioned in subparagraph 1) , 2-1) and 5) of paragraph 1 of this Article, a natural monopoly entity shall be obliged to represent an application in an authorized body on giving of consent on carrying out of such actions and turn in information, necessary for adoption of decision.
A natural monopoly entity of low power shall be obliged to direct information in the authorized body on its intendment to commit the specified actions not less than ten calendar days up to commission of actions, mentioned in subparagraph 2-1) and 5) of paragraph 1 of this Article.
3. Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.05.2015No. 312-V(shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
3-1. Upon carrying out of activity, a natural monopoly entity, not rendering to the regulated types of activity shall be obliged to fulfill the following conditions:
1) incomes, gaining from activity, not rendering to the regulated types of activity shall pay off the expenses, necessary for its implementation;
2) carrying out of activity, not rendering to the regulated types of activity shall not bring to restriction of competition on the relevant market of services (goods, works);
3) carrying out of other activity, not rendering to the regulated types of activity shall not bring to redeployment of basic and financial assets, necessary for production and provision of regulated services (goods, works), which bring to reduction of volume and quality of regulated services (goods, works) of the natural monopoly entities.
Upon revelation of violations of requirements, provided by first part of this paragraph, on the part of the natural monopoly entities, carrying out activity of the natural monopoly entities, not rendering to the regulated types of activity shall be prohibited.
3-2. Upon rendering a service technologically related to the regulated services (goods, works), the natural monopoly entity shall be obliged direct a notification about rendering this service to the authorized body not less than fifteen calendar days prior to its implementation.
Footnote. The Law is supplemented by article 18-1 in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated в 26.12.2002 No. 364; as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 09.12.2004 No. 9; dated 20.12.2004 No. 13 (shall be enforced from 01.01.2005); dated 05.07.2006 No. 166 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 17.07.2009 No. 188-IV (the order of enforcement see Article 2); dated 15.03.2010 No. 255-IV; dated 04.07.2012 No. 25-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 04.07.2013 No. 128-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 04.07.2013 No. 132-V(shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 16.05.2014 № 203-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of six months after its first official publication); dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (the order of enforcement see Art.2); dated 12.11.2015 No. 394-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication).
Article 18-2. (Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 9 December, 2004 No. 9)
2. State reregistration of legal entity – natural monopoly entity, as well as registration of termination of its activity shall be carried out by the registering body only with the prior consent of the authorized body, provided for circulation of the natural monopoly entity in the form of an electronic document via an electronic document management system or on paper.
Footnote. Is supplemented by Article 18-3 in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.12.2002 No. 364; as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 09.12.2004 No. 9; dated 15.07.2011 No. 461-IV (shall be enforced from 30.01.2012); dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication).
4) support of domestic commodity producer s and domestic suppliers of works, services;
5) optimal and efficient use of money used for procurement;
6) purchase of quality goods (works, services);
7) increase the share of local content in goods (works, services) purchased by the natural monopoly entity;
8) control and responsibility for adopted decisions;
9) minimizing the participation of intermediaries in the procurement process.
1) presence of a deficit of electric power on the relevant goods market confirmed by the state body carrying out management in the scope of electric power industry;
2) inconsistency to the conditions of the natural monopoly entity for participation in wholesale market for electrical energy, presenting to the consumers;
3) procurement of electric energy for economic needs of the natural monopoly entities in the scopes of transmission and distribution of electric energy, electric energy in order to compensate for deviations of the actual interstate balance of electric energy from the scheduled energy at the border with the energy systems of neighboring countries;
5) procurement of electric energy in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of support of using of renewable energy source.
4. In cases, established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a natural monopoly entity may carry out procurements from one source, tender with the use of two-stage procedures, request of price quotations, including through electronic procurement.
7. An authorized body shall have a right to overturn the results and require a natural monopoly entity to retender up to conclusion of a contract with the successive tenderer, held with violations of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the natural monopolies by the natural monopoly entity.
8. In case of violation the requirements on holding of a tender by natural monopoly entity, upon purchasing goods (works, services), established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan An authorized body shall have a right:
1) to reject an application of the natural monopoly entity for confirmation of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) or their limit levels if the violations are detected by the authorized body during the consideration of the application on confirmation of the tariffs (prices, rates of charges) and their limit levels;
2) initiate change in tariffs (prices, rates of charges) for regulated services (goods, works) of a natural monopoly entity or their limit levels and adopt a decision to approve temporary compensating tariff to compensate consumers for losses caused by a natural monopoly entity if violations that caused losses to consumers are detected, the authorized body during the validity period of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) or their limit levels.
9. Requirements, provided by this Article, except of paragraph 2-1 of this Article shall not be distributed on the natural monopoly entities, carrying out procurements of balancing electric energy, electric energy on the centralized trading, spot market in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on electric power industry, the natural monopoly entities of low power and regional electric grid company.
Footnote. The Law is supplemented by Article 18-4 in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.12.2002 No. 364; as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 09.12.2004 No. 9; dated 20.12.2004 No. 13 (shall be enforced from 01.01.2005); dated 05.07.2006 No. 166 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 27.07.2007 No. 316 (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 29.12.2008 No. 116-IV (shall be enforced from 01.01.2009); dated 04.07.2009 No. 166-IV; dated 15.03.2010 No. 255-IV; dated 05.07.2011 No. 452-IV (shall be enforced from 13.10.2011); dated 01.02.2012 No. 551-IV (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 04.07.2013 No. 128-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 29.09.2014 No. 239-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 29.12.2014 No. 269-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2015); dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (the order of enforcement see Art.2); dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017); dated 12.11.2015 No. 394-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 11.07.2017 No. 89-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication).
Article 18-5. Carrying out the state controlin the scopes of natural monopolies
Footnote. Titleas amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
1. The state control in the scopes of natural monopolies shall be carried out in the form of examination and other forms.
2. Examination shall be carried out in accordance with Entrepreneurial Code of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Other forms of the state control shall be carried out in accordance with this Law.
Footnote. Article 18-5 is in the wording of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 17.07.2009 No. 188-IV(the order of enforcement see Article 2); as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 06.01.2011 No. 378-IV (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (the order of enforcement see Art.2).
Article 18-7. Decision of authorized body following the results of examination of the natural monopoly entity
Footnote. Title of Article 18-7 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 17.07.2009 No. 188-IV(the order of enforcement see Article 2); dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
Following the results of consideration of the act on the results of examination of a natural monopoly, the authorized body shall:
3) bring in an improvement notice to the natural monopoly entity on elimination of elicited facts of violation of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the natural monopolies;
4) transfer materials to the law enforcement bodies for pre-trial investigation;
Footnote. The Law is supplemented by Article 18-7 in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 31.01.2006 No. 125; as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 17.07.2009 No. 188-IV (the order of enforcement see Article 2); dated 15.03.2010 No. 255-IV; dated 04.07.2014 No. 233-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2015); dated 29.10.2015 № 376-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
1. In case of violation of this Law, the natural monopoly entities, the state bodies and their heads shall be obliged to:
Footnote. Article 19 as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.12.2002 No. 364; dated 09.12.2004 No. 9; dated 15.03.2010 No. 255-IV; dated 04.07.2012 No. 25-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
1. Improvement notice of the authorized body shall be executed by the natural monopoly entities, state bodies, and their heads in terms, provided by the decisions (improvement notices), but not later than thirty days from the date of its reception.
3. In case of non-execution of improvement notice by the natural monopoly entity, an authorized body shall have a right to make a claim in a court on compulsion of the natural monopoly entity to perform acts, specified in improvement notice.
Footnote. Is supplemented by Article 19-1 by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 9 December, 2004 No. 9; as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.12.2008 No. 116-IV (shall be enforced from 01.01.2009); dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017).
Article 21. Compensation of losses caused by the violation of this Law by the natural monopoly entity
Action (omission) of the natural monopoly entity, contradicted to this Law and inflicted damage to other individual or legal entity, as well as by overstatement of tariffs (prices, rates of charges) or their limit levels of unjustified refusal in conclusion of agreements on provision of regulated services (goods, works) and in their execution shall entail compensation of losses by the natural monopoly entity, in accordance with the civil legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Suspend until April 1, 2015, subparagraph 2-3) of part one of Article 7 of this Law, having established that during the suspension period, previously approved tariff levels are in effect.
Subparagraph 12) of Article 3 of this Law is valid until January 1, 2017.
Footnote. Article 23 is in the wording of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.12.2008 No. 116-IV (shall be enforced from 01.01.2009); as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 15.03.2010 No. 255-IV; dated 29.12.2014 No. 269-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2015); dated 05.05.2015 No. 312-V (the order of enforcement see Art.2); dated 29.10.2015 No. 376-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2016).
Update date: 08/05/2020