LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

of July 8, 2026 No. 340-VIII ZRK

About modification and amendments in some legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on environmental issues and enhancement of separate industries of economy

Article 1. Make changes and additions to the following legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan:

1. In the Land code of the Republic of Kazakhstan of June 20, 2003:

Item 3 of Article 37 to add 1) with part two of the following content:

"Subsoil users to whom the right of temporary paid land use (lease) is granted within contracts for investigation and (or) hydrocarbon production according to the subitem 3) of Item 5 of this Article having the right to hand over the parcels of land belonging to them (or their parts) in secondary land use (sublease), except for lands of agricultural purpose, to other subsoil user for the purposes of carrying out transactions on subsurface use under contracts for investigation and (or) hydrocarbon production in the presence of the agreement on procedure for carrying out transactions signed between them in the combined territory according to article 24 of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan "About subsoil and subsurface use".";

2) in Item 2 of Article 94:

the fourth to state part in the following edition:

"Term for taking measures to rational use of the parcel of land of agricultural purpose for maintaining country or farm, agricultural production is established one year or according to part five of this Item in case of identification of depletions and the degraded soils.";

add with part five of the following content:

"In case of identification of depletions and the degraded soils on the following indicators of points of site class the following terms of taking measures to rational use of the parcel of land of agricultural purpose for maintaining country or farm, agricultural production are established:

1) in case of site class point to twenty - five years;

2) in case of site class point from twenty to forty - four years;

3) in case of site class point from forty to sixty - three years;

4) in case of site class point from sixty to eighty - two years;

5) in case of site class point from eighty and above - one year.";

in part six "heel" to replace the word with the word "sixth".

2. In the Forest code of the Republic of Kazakhstan of July 8, 2003:

Item 2 of Article 1 after the word of "offsets" to add 1) with the words "and market mechanisms of the Parisian agreement";

Item 3 of article 2 after the word to "offsets" to add 2) with the words "and to market mechanisms of the Parisian agreement";

3) in Article 9-1:

to add Item 1 after the word of "units" with the words "or to rules of realization of market mechanisms of article 6 of the Parisian agreement";

add with Item 1-1 of the following content:

"1-1. In case of projects implementation, the greenhouse gases directed to absorption in the territory of the state forest fund through market mechanism of the Parisian agreement, part from the total amount of absorption of greenhouse gases, established by the ecological legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, it is enlisted for the purposes of execution of the contribution of the Republic of Kazakhstan to global response to climate change determined at the national level.".

3. In the Entrepreneurial code of the Republic of Kazakhstan of October 29, 2015:

1) in Article 129:

to add Item 2 after figures "8-2," with figures "8-3,";

add with Item 8-3 of the following content:

"8-3. Action of this Chapter, except for Items 1, of 2, 3 and 4 Article 131 and Article 131-1 of this Code, do not extend to the state control in the field of environmental protection, reproduction and use of natural resources in respect of operators of objects I and II of the categories provided by the Ecological code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.";

to add Item 17 part one after figures "8-2," with figures "8-3,";

to add Item 19 part one after figures "8-2," with figures "8-3,";

Item 6 of Article 193 to add 2) with part three of the following content:

"The restrictions provided by the subitem 1) of part one of this Item do not extend to the single operator on supply of oil products.".

4. In the Ecological code of the Republic of Kazakhstan of January 2, 2021:

Article 2 to add 1) with Item 1-1 of the following content:

"1-1. Modification and (or) amendments in this Code is performed by the law which is not providing modification and (or) amendments in other laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, except for drafts of the laws drafted according to the procedure of the legislative initiative of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.";

2) in Item 10 of Article 22 of the word of "the register of emissions and transfer of pollutants" shall be replaced with words "National Bank of data on state of environment and natural resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan";

Article 26 to add 3) with subitem 1-1) of the following content:

"1-1) determines the organization performing functions of National control center of waste;";

4) in part one of Item 2 of Article 27:

1) to state the subitem in the following edition:

"1) developments and approvals of regulatory legal acts and instructive-methodological documents in the field of environmental protection;";

add with subitem 12-2) of the following content:

"12-2) developments and approvals of functions of National control center of waste;";

5) in Article 36:

add Item 1 with words ", for the purpose of preserving natural ecological systems, genetic fund of plants, animal and other organisms";

in Item 8 of the word "from the point of view of influence on the environment are established taking into account environment" shall be replaced with words "are established for natural ecological systems and objects";

6) in Article 37:

add Item 3 with part two of the following content:

"Participation of the interested public in case of development of target indicators of quality is provided according to the rules of carrying out public hearings approved by authorized body in the field of environmental protection.";

subitem 8) Item 7:

after the word "utilizations" to add with words ", including energy waste recycling,";

add with words ", and also the waste transferred to the status of secondary resources after carrying out auxillary operations in case of waste management";

7) in paragraph one of Item 1 of Article 41 of the word "preparation for reuse, conversions and utilizations" shall be replaced with words "to recovery";

To add Item 3 of Article 65 with part two of the following content:

"For the activities performed based on technical project documents during investigation of the hydrocarbons developed according to requirements of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan "About subsoil and subsurface use" (further - technical project documents), evaluating impact on the environment is not the obligatory, except for planned activities during the investigation of hydrocarbons on subsoil plots performed at the sea.";

9) in Article 68:

in part one of Item 7 of the word "the acceptance of notes and offers specified in part two of Item 9 of this Article" shall be replaced with words ", specified in Item 7 of Article 73 of this Code";

in Item 8 of the word of "three working days from the date of placement of the statement for the planned activities on official Internet resources" shall be replaced with words "the term specified in Item 6 of this Article";

in Item 9:

add with part three of the following content:

"In case of realization of the planned activities for the projects realized within investment contracts, investment agreements, and also to strategically important projects (cost over the stapyatidesyatitysyachekratny monthly settlement indicator established for the corresponding financial year by the law on the republican budget) determined by the decision of regional coordination councils, and according to statements for the planned activities during investigation of hydrocarbons, the activities except for planned during the investigation of hydrocarbons on subsoil plots performed at the sea, the interested state bodies and the public have the right to represent the notes and offers concerning the statement for the planned activities within six working days from the date of placement of the statement for the planned activities on official Internet resource of authorized body in the field of environmental protection.";

in word part three "this Item specified in part two, are not accepted by authorized body in the field of environmental protection to consideration" shall be replaced with words "specified in parts two and third this Item, shall be considered by authorized body in the field of environmental protection by consideration of the draft of the report on possible impacts and issue of the conclusion by results of environmental impact assessment";

in Item 10:

add with part two of the following content:

"In case of realization of the planned activities for the projects realized within investment contracts, investment agreements, and also to strategically important projects (cost over the stapyatidesyatitysyachekratny monthly settlement indicator established for the corresponding financial year by the law on the republican budget) determined by the decision of regional coordination councils, and according to statements for the planned activities during investigation of hydrocarbons, the activities except for planned during the investigation of hydrocarbons on subsoil plots performed at the sea, the term specified in part one of this Item constitutes two working days from expiry date of acceptance of notes and offers.";

in part two of the word "parts one" shall be replaced with words "parts one and the second";

10) in Article 69:

1) parts one of Item 2 to add the subitem with words ", except for the activities performed based on technical project documents during investigation of hydrocarbons except activities during the investigation of hydrocarbons on subsoil plots performed at the sea";

add item 4 with part two of the following content:

"In case of realization of the planned activities for the projects realized within investment contracts, investment agreements, and also to strategically important projects (cost over the stapyatidesyatitysyachekratny monthly settlement indicator established for the corresponding financial year by the law on the republican budget) determined by the decision of regional coordination councils, and according to statements for the planned activities during investigation of hydrocarbons, the activities except for planned during the investigation of hydrocarbons on subsoil plots performed at the sea, the term specified in part one of this Item constitutes ten working days from registration date of the statement for the planned activities in authorized body in the field of environmental protection.";

11) in Item 10 of Article 72:

add with part three of the following content:

"In case of realization of the planned activities for the projects realized within investment contracts, investment agreements and also to strategically important projects (cost over the stapyatidesyatitysyachekratny monthly settlement indicator established for the corresponding financial year by the law on the republican budget) determined by the decision of regional coordination councils, the term specified in part two of this Item constitutes six working days from the date of the direction authorized body in the field of environmental protection of the draft of the report on possible impacts.";

in part three of the word "established by part two" shall be replaced with words "established by parts two and third";

12) in Article 73:

add Item 1 with part three of the following content:

"In case of approach of emergency situations of social, natural and technogenic nature, and also in case of introduction of emergency and warlike situation effective period of the protocol stops for action of the specified events.";

the paragraph one of the subitem 2) of Item 2 after the word "circles" to add with words "for placement in the digital system "National Bank of Data on State of Environment and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan";

the second Item 3 after the word of "days" to add part with words ", and on types of activity during investigation of hydrocarbons, the activities except for planned during the investigation of hydrocarbons on subsoil plots performed at the sea - at least fifteen working days";

add item 4 with part three of the following content:

"In case of change by the initiator after approval of local executive bodies or the representative of local executive body of the corresponding administrative and territorial unit of the place and (or) time of carrying out public hearings the notification on such changes is placed the initiator not later than five working days before start date of carrying out public hearings in the digital system "National Bank of Data on State of Environment and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan" and on official Internet resources of local executive bodies of the corresponding administrative and territorial units.";

add Item 8 with part two of the following content:

"Notes and offers of social, household, cultural, personal and other nature are subject to accounting on condition of justification of their communication with impact of the planned or performed activities on the environment.";

the subitem 3) of part one of Item 17 to add with words ", except for violations of term of signing of the protocol of public hearings, stipulated in Item the 14th this Article provided that such violation did not affect completeness and reliability of the data reflected in the protocol";

part third of Item 18 after words "carrying out public hearings," to add with the words "except for violations of term, stipulated in Item the 14th this Article";

13) in Item 1 of Article 76:

the offer second of part one to exclude;

add with parts two, the third and seventh the following content:

"In case of realization of the planned activities for the projects realized within investment contracts, investment agreements and also to strategically important projects (cost over the stapyatidesyatitysyachekratny monthly settlement indicator established for the corresponding financial year by the law on the republican budget) determined by the decision of regional coordination councils, the term specified in part one of this Item constitutes eight working days from registration date of the statement on evaluating impact on the environment.

Comments to the draft of the report on possible impacts shall be resolved by the initiator within five working days from the date of the direction of notes.";

"In case of realization of the planned activities for the projects realized within investment contracts, investment agreements and also to strategically important projects (cost over the stapyatidesyatitysyachekratny monthly settlement indicator established for the corresponding financial year by the law on the republican budget) determined by the decision of regional coordination councils, the term specified in part four of this Item constitutes fifteen working days from registration date of the statement on evaluating impact on the environment.";

The subitem 1) parts one of Article 87 to add 14) with part two of the following content:

"In case of change of the terms of performance of works specified in earlier approved project documents during investigation of hydrocarbons, except for project documents during the investigation of hydrocarbons on subsoil plots performed at the sea on condition of invariance of project decisions and observance of requirements of Item 7 of article 76 of this Code passing of repeated state environmental assessment it is not required;";

15) in Article 96:

in Item 1:

add part one with words ", except for the technical project documents when implementing activities during investigation of hydrocarbons, except activities during the investigation of hydrocarbons on subsoil plots performed at the sea";

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