Labeling of tobacco products

The Department of State Revenues in the Almaty region in connection with the introduction on October 1, 2020 of marking and traceability of tobacco products informs that in accordance with paragraph 2-1) of Article 31 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated April 12, 2004 №544 «On the regulation of trading activities» trade in carrying out their activities are obliged to sell labeled goods, in respect of which a decision has been made on labeling in accordance with international treaties and/or the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in the manner determined by the sectoral authorized state body in the field of labeling and traceability of goods.

The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as an authorized state body in the field of marking and traceability of tobacco products, has developed an information system «IS MaTTP - information system for marking and traceability of tobacco products.»

Joint-stock company «Kazakhtelecom» was defined as the single operator of marking and traceability of goods.

          Labeling system and the traceability of products covers all stages of tobacco products from producer to consumer. At each stage, the subject can scan the marking code, after the sale of tobacco products to the consumer, the code is scanned off from reverse or back side. At the same time, sellers and participants of the turnover of tobacco products must have 2D scanners for scanning codes and transmitting data to the IS MaTTP. Then the online cash register sends the data on the sale to the "FDO -Fiscal Data Operator", and the FDO transfers them to IS MaTTP.