Marking of tobacco products with identification means ensures traceability of tobacco products from production and import to sale to the end consumer. Thanks to such marking, consumers can obtain detailed information about the purchased product. Marking is carried out by applying identification means in the form of a two-dimensional matrix code to consumer packaging.
Tobacco products manufactured or imported in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan are marked exclusively with identification means applied in the form of a matrix code.
At the same time, retailers are given a choice when withdrawing tobacco products from circulation in one of the following ways:
- scanning and recognition of the identification means by technical means;
- submission to the Information System "Marking and Traceability of Goods" (IS MPT) of information on the withdrawal from circulation of tobacco products in the form no later than calendar days from the date of sale.
Also, retailers are obliged to confirm the acts of acceptance and transfer for the received tobacco products within 5 working days from the date of registration of the act of acceptance and transfer.
End consumers can use the Naqty Onim mobile application, available for download in the Appstore and Playmarket, to scan the marking code on tobacco products. Scanning the marking code confirms its authenticity with a full description of the product. Also, the results of scanning marking codes that have not passed identification can be sent to any messenger, including messengers of state revenue agencies to notify about the presence of tobacco products with signs of counterfeit in circulation. We also inform you that, according to Article 283 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Kazakhstan, administrative liability is provided for the circulation of tobacco products without means of identification in the form of a fine with confiscation of tobacco products.