In the Republic of Kazakhstan, by joint order of the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated May 23,
2023 No. 163, the Minister of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated May 26, 2023 No. 304, amendments and additions were made to the Regulations for the interaction of the competent authority with the authorized bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the implementation of the Agreement on pension provision for workers of member states of the Eurasian Economic Union dated December 20, 2019, approved by orders of the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated March 4, 2021. No. 62, Minister of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated April 28, 2021. No. 249 (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations), which entered into force on May 26, 2023.
In accordance with the amendments and additions to the Regulations:
1) the competent authorities in the Republic of Kazakhstan to confirm the length of service of workers of the EAEU member states are JSC UAPF, the
Committee of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan and their territorial divisions;
2) upon receipt from the competent authority of a member state of the EAEU of the “Request” form about the work experience of a worker in the territory of the
Republic of Kazakhstan for the period:
- from January 1, 1998, the competent authority of the Republic of Kazakhstan - UAPF - sends to the competent authority of the Member State that sent the request a response with the attachment of the form On work experience based on data on the payment of mandatory pension contributions available in the
information system;
- from March 13, 1992 to December 31, 1997, the competent authority of the Republic of Kazakhstan - the Committee of Labor and Social Protection of the
Population of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population - within the time limits established by the Administrative Procedural Code of the
Republic of Kazakhstan, takes measures to request the necessary information and documents from the employer (his successor) or archival institutions, which, after receiving them, will be sent to the competent authority of the Member State by filling out the form On work experience.
Let us recall that the Agreement on pension provision for workers of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union dated December 20, 2019
(hereinafter referred to as the Agreement) came into force on January 1, 2021 and applies to workers and family members.
In accordance with the provisions of the Agreement:
- the formation of pension rights of workers is carried out at the expense of pension contributions on the same conditions and in the same manner as the
formation of pension rights of citizens of the state of employment (Article 3);
- in the Republic of Kazakhstan, pension contributions include pension contributions to the UAPF (Article 1);
- the exercise of the right to assign and pay pensions to workers (family members) is carried out under the same conditions as for citizens of the state of
employment (Article 3);
- types of pensions assigned under the Agreement are determined by Article 2 of the Agreement.