Law No. 202-V ZRK “On permits and notifications”.

This Law applies to all permits and notifications in the Republic of Kazakhstan that meet the following criteria simultaneously: (a) the permit shall be obtained and the notification shall be sent by a natural or legal person to start the activity or action (operation); (b) obtaining a permit (except for the accompanying permit) and sending a notice in accordance with the requirements of regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be mandatory for the categories of natural and legal persons, and the performance of activities or actions (operations) without their receipt entails criminal or administrative liability; (c) issuance of permit and receipt of notification are carried out by authorized state bodies or officials of authorized state bodies; (d) the obligation to obtain a permit, the submittal of notification is assigned to: individuals and legal entities - private businesses, individuals who have the right to engage in regulated professional activities, individuals and legal entities that are not private businesses, but are obliged to receive the same permits as private businesses for the performance of their activities or actions (operations); (e) the bodies issuing the permit are authorized to conduct the inspection of compliance with the requirements established by regulatory legal acts and in case of non-compliance with the requirements established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan to refuse to issue the permit; and (f) permits obtained by private business entities do not constitute grounds for the subsequent granting of benefits (preferential terms) to them. Issuance of permits shall be mandatory for the following types of activities: (a) land-use planning; (b) drainage, land reclamation and operation of waterworks; (c) environmental audit; (d) nuclear energy and radioactive waste management; (e) activities in outer space; (f) exploration and mining; (g) operations with prohibited crops and toxic substances; (h) animal health, animal diseases and drugs; (i) veterinary and sanitary expertise of foodstuffs of animal origin, viticulture and enological practices, transport and storage of cereals; and (j) manufacturing, management and trade of firearms for hunting purposes. This Law consists of 11 Sections divided into 53 Articles. Section I lays down general provisions. Section II regards state regulation in the sphere of permits and notifications. Section III establishes permitting and notifying procedures for the performance of activities (operations). Section IV deals with permits. Section V deals with licensing. Section VI establishes the procedure for issuance of permits. Section VII regards issuance of duplicates, error correction and suspension, renewal and revocation of permits, and/or attachment of annexes to permits. Section VIII establishes the procedure for notifications. Section IX regards application of information and communication technologies in the process of licensing, issuance of permits and notifications. Section X regards liability and supervision. Section XI lays down transitional and final provisions. Annexes contain the complete list of activities subject to issuance of permits and submittal of notification.