Alcoholic beverages will only be labeled with paper control stamps

The work with labeled tobacco products for retailers will be simplified. The draft rules are posted in the public domain for public discussion. On September 16 of this year, the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan hosted a regular meeting on labeling and traceability of goods in the Republic of Kazakhstan, during which issues were considered, including on a pilot project for labeling and traceability of alcoholic beverages. As a result, a decision was made to simplify the business processes of working with labeled tobacco products for retail distributors. In this connection, at present, a draft order has been developed to amend the Rules for the Labeling and Traceability of Tobacco Products, approved by order of the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated September 29, 2020 No. 927 in terms of simplifying business processes for retail distributors in terms of working with marked tobacco products. products. The draft order can be found on the Internet portal "Open legal entities" at the link: https://legalacts.egov.kz/npa/view?id=11862422 It was also decided to complete the current pilot on digital labeling and traceability of alcoholic beverages and to preserve the existing mechanism for labeling with accounting and control stamps. At the same time, control will be carried out through tax and civil control.