The law was actively discussed in parliament for more than three months (from September to December), reports zakon.kz .
Presenting the bill, the Minister of Trade and Integration Bakhyt Sultanov noted that the main task in the development of the bill was not only to protect our consumers from unsafe products, but also to introduce mechanisms to support domestic producers, without overloading them during control measures.
Innovations in the law were mentioned several times, first of all, about the Institute of Market Control and Supervision, which monitors the turnover of products and consumer requests, and will be controlled through information systems for product certification (followed by electronic certificates of the Eurasian Economic Commission). The general processes of the commission) will be integrated). Based on the information received, a product sampling procedure will be carried out for laboratory tests and identification of unsafe products.
Restrictive rapid response measures in the form of a ban and withdrawal of the product will be used to identify unsafe products.
In order to avoid double control over the goods, the law distinguishes between State control over the goods. Currently, the Committee exercises state control at the stage of production of products subject to the relevant technical regulations, with the exception of products subject to state sanitary-epidemiological, veterinary-sanitary, quarantine-phytosanitary control and supervision.
The new implementations will ensure transparency and efficiency of control and supervisory activities in the field of technical regulation, which are aimed at protecting the domestic market from unsafe products, promoting Kazakhstani goods to foreign markets, protecting the competitive advantages of domestic manufacturers and professional protection. favorable positions for Kazakhstan.
A source: zakon.kz