Announcement of the bill hearings "On technical regulation" and related documents

In accordance with the instructions of the Head of state, the Ministry of trade and integration has developed 2 draft laws - "on technical regulation" and "on amendments and additions to certain legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on technical regulation".
The key provisions of the draft laws are:
1. Harmonization of national legislation on technical regulation with the regulatory framework of the EEU.
2. Ensuring the reliability of conformity assessment procedures and their improvement.
3. Improving the safety, quality and competitiveness of products through the development of a national certification system.
4. Improvement of state control in the field of technical regulation.
5. Development of voluntary certification by applying incentive measures in industry regulations
Acceptance of these changes will ensure:
- creating conditions for the competitiveness and quality of domestic products;
- improvement of state control in order to improve the safety and quality of products sold on the domestic market;
- ensuring the reliability of conformity assessment procedures;
- bringing national legislation in the field of technical regulation into line with supranational legislation within the framework of the EEU.
The bill also provides for a large set of amendments aims to: increase the liabilities of manufacturers and importers for the imported goods; the principle of declaring his safety on the basis of own proofs or with participation of a third party; raising the status of expert councils under state agencies for technical regulation in supervised areas and the development of positions on documents of the EAEU
In the course of working through the draft laws, more than three hundred proposals and comments were received from both interested state bodies and representatives of the business community.
As a result of active discussions, two-thirds of the comments were accepted, and the draft laws were radically revised and significantly refined.
In this regard, on April 27 this year at 15.00, the Ministry plans to hold public hearings of draft laws online with representatives of the business community within the approved procedures for organizing legislative work in the authorized bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan.