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Kazakhstan

Legal framework on ODS and waste management in the Republic of Kazakhstan

International Treaties participation

  • Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 30 October 1997 No. 176 “On the Accession of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer”
  • Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 7 May 2001 No. 191-II “On the Accession of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, London, 27–29 June 1990”
  • Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 6 April 2011 No. 426-IV “On the Ratification of the Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, adopted in Copenhagen on 23–25 November 1992, and the Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, adopted in Montreal on 15–17 September 1997”
  • Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 23 April 2014 No. 198-V “On the Ratification of the Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, adopted in Beijing on 3 December 1999”
  • The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On ratification of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade” No.239 approved at 20 March 2007.
  • The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On ratification of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants” No.259 approved at 7 July 2007
  • The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On the accession of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal” No.389 approved at 10 February 2003

National Laws and regulations

  • Environmental Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 02.01.2021 No. 400-VI ZRK.
    Key articles:
    • Article 27 (para. 10) — state regulation of ozone layer protection;
    • Article 25 (para. 3) — state cadastre of consumption of ozone-depleting substances (ODS);
    • Article 25 (para. 7, subparas. 9–10) — measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (including HFCs);
    • Article 309 — regulation of handling ozone-depleting substances, including issuance of permits for works, repair, storage, recovery and disposal;
    • Article 41 — limits on accumulation and disposal of hazardous wastes;
    • Articles 121–125 — environmental permit, waste management programme, hazardous waste passport;
    • Article 22 — register of emissions and transfer of pollutants, including hazardous wastes;
    • chapters on waste management.
  • Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On state regulation of agriculture and rural areas” ratified on July 8, 2005 No.66 – the promotion of the functioning of public storage of special items (burial), pesticides and their containers;
  • Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Food Safety” ratified. July 21, 2007 No.301 – the requirements for food production and security;
  • Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Plant Protection” ratified on July 3, 2002 No.331-II;
  • Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Plant Quarantine” on February 11, 1999 No.344-I – to establish a reserve of pesticides (insecticides) to conduct activities on plant quarantine in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
  • Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Public Health and the Healthcare System” dated 7 July 2020 No. 360-VI ZRK — about potentially hazardous chemical and biological agents, as well as on the treatment of them;
  • Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Specially Protected Natural Territories” dated July 7, 2006 No.175 prohibiting the use of pesticides in such areas;
  • Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On the use of the airspace of the Republic of Kazakhstan and aviation” ratified on July 15, 2010 No.339-IV – on the use of aerial work in agriculture (dropping from aircraft or other substances and waste materials that are harmful to human health and environment, except for the production of aviation works in agriculture, operated in compliance with the security measures of the population and the environment);
  • Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On the safety of chemical products” dated July 21, 2007 No.302.
  • Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 31 December 2025 No. 1201 “On Approval of the Concept of Management of All Types of Waste in the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2026–2030”
  • Technical Regulation on the Safety of Plant Protection Products (Pesticides). Approved by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 27.06.2023 No. 249.
  • Order of the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29 September 2015 No. 15-05/864 “On Approval of the Rules for Disinfection (Neutralization) of Pesticides, as well as Conditions for Maintaining Special Storage Facilities (Burial Sites) in Proper Condition”
  • Order of the Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 7 September 2021 No. 361 “On Approval of the List of Types of Waste for Disposal at Landfills of Various Classes”
  • Order of the Acting Minister of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 25 December 2020 No. ҚР ДСМ-331/2020 “On Approval of the Sanitary Rules ‘Sanitary and Epidemiological Requirements for the Collection, Use, Application, Neutralization, Transportation, Storage and Disposal of Production and Consumption Waste’”
  • GOST 14189-81 Pesticides. Acceptance rules, sampling methods, packaging, labeling, transportation and storage.
  • Order of the Acting Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 19.07.2021 No. 259 “On Approval of the Rules for Handling Ozone-Depleting Substances”
  • Order of the Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22 June 2021 No. 207 “On Approval of the Rules for Maintaining the State Cadastre of Ozone-Depleting Substances”
  • Order of the Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 14 July 2021 No. 248 “On Approval of the Rules for Inventory of Ozone-Depleting Substances”
  • Order of the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 1 July 2024 No. 150 “On Approval of the Limits (Quotas) for Consumption of Ozone-Depleting Substances for the Period from 2024 to 2025”
  • Order of the Acting Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 6 August 2021 No. 314 “On Approval of the Waste Classifier”
  • Order of the Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 20.08.2021 No. 335 “On Approval of the Form of the Hazardous Waste Passport”