Kazakhstan

KAZAKHSTAN: Updates Rules for the National Catalogue of Goods

The Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan has issued a new order (No. 284-NҚ, dated October 2, 2025) introducing significant amendments to the rules governing the National Catalogue of Goods and the registration of goods within it. The order, registered by the Ministry of Justice on October 3, 2025 (No. 37044), updates and restates in full the previous regulations approved by Order No. 232-NҚ of July 31, 2025. The new version will enter into force on January 1, 2026.

KAZAKHSTAN Updates Rules on Allocation of Funds by the Operator of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

As of 3 November 2025, Order No. 280 introducing amendments and additions to the earlier Order No. 332 dated November 27, 2023 on the allocation of funds by the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Operator, entered into force.

The updated regulation refines the procedures governing how funds collected from producers and importers under the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) mechanism are distributed by the designated operator. The order was officially registered with the Ministry of Justice on October 24, 2025, under registration number 37219.

KAZAKHSTAN: Rules for sturgeon caviar labelling adopted

As of 4 January 2026 organisations placing sturgeon caviar on the market of Kazakhstan or exporting it from the country are required to comply with the adopted regulation on sturgeon caviar labelling.

The adopted regulation modernizes Kazakhstan’s system for labelling and tracking sturgeon caviar, strengthens compliance with CITES, digitizes the service process through the national e-government platform, and replaces all earlier versions of the labelling rules.

EAEU to Launch Import Traceability Mechanism

The Eurasian Intergovernmental Council has decided to launch, in nine months, a mechanism for tracking goods imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). This decision follows the successful completion of a pilot project that ran from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2025. A report by the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) confirmed that all member states are ready for the full-scale implementation of the system.

EAEU: Revised list of food safety standards

On 4 December 2024, the Decision of the EEC Board 135 of 2 December 2024 amending the list of standards to TR TS 021/2011 "On food safety" was officially published.

The following amendments were made to the list of standards for voluntary compliance of products:

The following 10 standards have been updated:

-          GOST 276-2021 "Wheat groats (Poltavskaya. "Artek"). Technical conditions";

EAEU: Revised list of toy safety standards

As of December 4, toy manufacturers and importers are to use a revised list of standards that give a presumption of conformity with the EAEU Technical Regulation TR CU 008/2011 "On the safety of toys" was officially published.

The EAEU Technical Regulation CU 008/2011 "On the safety of toys" applies in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia.

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