I.O'S ORDER. MINISTER OF ENERGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

of September 2, 2025 No. 337-n/k

About modification and amendments in the order of the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan of May 18, 2018 No. 196 "About approval of Rules of acquisition by subsoil users and their contractors of the goods, works and services used when carrying out transactions on investigation or hydrocarbon production and production of uranium"

I ORDER:

1. Bring in the order of the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan of May 18, 2018 No. 196 "About approval of Rules of acquisition by subsoil users and their contractors of the goods, works and services used when carrying out transactions on investigation or hydrocarbon production and production of uranium" (it is registered in the Register of state registration of regulatory legal acts for No. 17122) the following changes:

be reworded as follows heading:

"About approval of Rules of acquisition by subsoil users and their contractors of the goods, works and services used when carrying out transactions on investigation or hydrocarbon production";

be reworded as follows preamble:

"According to Item 1 of article 131 of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan "About subsoil and subsurface use" I ORDER:";

to be reworded as follows Item 1 of the order:

"1. Approve the enclosed Rules of acquisition by subsoil users and their contractors of the goods, works and services used when carrying out transactions on investigation or hydrocarbon production.".

in Rules of acquisition by subsoil users and their contractors of the goods, works and services used when carrying out the transactions on investigation or hydrocarbon production and production of uranium approved by the specified order:

be reworded as follows heading:

"Rules of acquisition by subsoil users and their contractors of the goods, works and services used when carrying out transactions on investigation or hydrocarbon production";

1, of 2, 3 and 4 to be reworded as follows Item:

"1. These rules of acquisition by subsoil users and their contractors of the goods, works and services used when carrying out transactions on investigation or hydrocarbon production (further – Rules) are developed according to Item 1 of article 131 of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan "About subsoil and subsurface use" (further – the Code) and determine procedure for acquisition by subsoil users and their contractors of the goods, works and services used when carrying out transactions on investigation or hydrocarbon production.

These rules are also applied to the relations on the permissions, licenses and contracts for subsurface use issued and signed before enforcement of the Code according to Item 3 of article 277 of the Code.

2. Procedures of purchase of goods, the works and services (further – RUB) used when carrying out transactions on investigation or hydrocarbon production, are held in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

3. These rules do not extend on:

1) the subsoil users acquiring I RUB according to the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on public procurements;

2) the legal entities having subsurface use rights, fifty and more percent of voting shares (shares) of which the national managing holding directly or indirectly owns;

3) the subsoil users acquiring I RUB according to the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on natural monopolies within activities as the subject of natural monopolies;

4) the subsoil users performing activities for contracts for exploration and production or hydrocarbon production for difficult projects according to Item 1-2 of article 36 of the Code.

4. In these rules the following concepts are used:

1) the potential supplier – the physical person performing business activity, the legal entity, the temporary consolidation legal entities (consortium) applying for the conclusion of the agreement on acquisition I RUB;

2) the affiliate of the potential supplier – any physical person or legal entity which has the right to determine decisions and (or) to exert impact on the decisions made by this potential supplier, including owing to the transaction made in writing, and also any physical person or legal entity concerning which this potential supplier has such right;

3) homogeneous I RUB – I RUB which, without being identical, have similar characteristics and consist of similar components that allows them to perform the same functions and to be interchangeable;

4) the act of failure of the equipment – the document signed by the first head of the customer, and also the deputy first head responsible for safety and production, confirmatory failure of the equipment, mechanisms, aggregates, consumable materials which failure will lead to stop of production cycle;

5) the register of the goods, works and services used when carrying out transactions on subsurface use and their producers (further – the register) – the state information system intended for control and monitoring of purchase of the goods, works and services used when carrying out transactions on subsurface use and their producers, and also carrying out electronic procurement and forming of the inventory, the works and services used when carrying out transactions on subsurface use;

6) the authorized person of the subsoil user (contractor) – the physical person or legal entity authorized by the subsoil user (contractor) to perform acquisition on behalf of the subsoil user (contractor) I RUB, the transactions used when carrying out on investigation or hydrocarbon production according to these rules;

7) the supplier – the physical person performing business activity, the legal entity, temporary consolidation legal entities (consortium) acting as the customer's partner in the agreement on acquisition signed with it I RUB;

8) works – activities, having material result, and also other activities referred to works according to the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

9) the administrator of system – the owner or the owner of system;

10) the program of localization of import goods – the program describing detailed steps, methods and terms on localization of the goods which are earlier not made in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, being integral part of the agreement on purchase of goods;

11) tender committee – the collegiate organ created by the customer for accomplishment of the procedure of carrying out acquisition I RUB according to the procedure and the methods established by subitems 1), 3) of Item 6 of these rules;

12) the tender documentation – documentation approved by the customer which contains conditions of holding open tender and open tender on lowering (the electronic biddings), represented to the potential supplier for preparation of the bid;

13) services – the activities directed to requirements satisfaction of the customer, which do not have material result;

14) National certification center of the Republic of Kazakhstan – the certification center representing means of the digital signature and registration certificates to physical persons or legal entities for forming of electronic documents in the state and non-state information systems;

15) goods of the Kazakhstan origin – the goods which are completely made in the Republic of Kazakhstan, or the processed goods corresponding to conditions of production in case of which production the minimum threshold of production and technological operations, data on which contain in the register of the Kazakhstan producers, is carried out;

16) the Register of the Kazakhstan producers (further – the Register of KTP) – object of information and communication infrastructure of "the electronic government", containing data on the Kazakhstan producers and the goods of the Kazakhstan origin made by them;

17) financial year – the period of time determined according to the budget legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

18) subcontractor – the physical person or legal entity performing part of works on the contract with the contractor (customer);

19) the electronic copy of the document – the document which is completely reproducing type and information (data) of the authentic document in electronic and digital form;

20) the contractor – the physical person or legal entity, temporary consolidation legal entities (consortium) involved by the subsoil user or his authorized person to accomplishment of the separate work types connected with carrying out transactions on investigation or hydrocarbon production;

21) purchase code – the code created by the register (system) when forming announcements of acquisition I RUB by the methods specified in subitems 1), 3) of Item 6 of these rules or when forming the protocol of summing up acquisition I RUB by the method specified in the subitem 2) of Item 6 of these rules;

22) the customer – the subsoil user, the contractor, the authorized person of the subsoil user (contractor) performing acquisition I RUB according to these rules;

23) producer – the potential supplier (supplier) making the goods consisting in the Register of domestic manufacturers;

24) the Kazakhstan producer (further – producer) – the subject of entrepreneurship which is resident of the Republic of Kazakhstan, included in the register of the Kazakhstan producers;

25) the register of domestic manufacturers of goods, works and services (further – the Register of OTP) – the list of domestic manufacturers of goods, works and services created on voluntary basis according to the procedure, approved by presidium of National chamber according to Item 1 of article 12 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "About National chamber of entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan";

26) acquisition I RUB – acquisition at the expense of own means I RUB, the transactions used when carrying out on investigation or hydrocarbon production for accomplishment of contract obligations on the subsurface use performed according to the procedure and the methods established by these rules;

27) essential terms of the contract about acquisition I RUB – conditions about the subject of the agreement, terms and the place of delivery of goods, performance of works, rendering services and payment procedure;

28) "turnkey" construction – construction, its providing and delivery to the customer of object, ready for operation;

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