New versions of the draft laws were discussed in the online session "On technical regulation" and related documents

April 27, 2020 at the Qazqenes site.kz the Ministry of trade and integration organized a public discussion of the draft laws "on technical regulation" in the new version and "on amendments and additions to certain legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on technical regulation".

Representatives of interested state bodies, the National chamber of entrepreneurs "Atameken" and industry associations, who were actively involved in the development of concepts of draft laws, the drafts of regulatory legal acts themselves, both within the working group and outside of it, were invited for discussion.

Vice-Minister of trade and integration torebaev Kairat addressed the forum participants with a welcome speech. They were informed about the work carried out and noted that the draft laws were significantly revised, more than three hundred comments and proposals were considered, more than two-thirds of them were taken into account in the finalized draft regulations.

In General, they noted the effectiveness and expediency of holding such discussions of draft laws in the future, taking into account their upcoming passage within the walls of the Parliament in the circle of the Deputy community and members of the public.

During the online discussion, a regulatory impact Analysis developed on the implementation of supervision in the field of technical regulation at the stage of putting products into circulation if they do not meet the requirements of technical regulations was also presented.

In turn, the Chairman of the technical regulation Committee Arman Shakkaliev noted the need to restore the former confidence in national standards, including through their application in the voluntary sphere. It is important to provide incentives for greater practical application of national standards, including in the creation and registration of voluntary certification systems.

 

In addition, as the speaker noted, the bill contains a rule that state bodies should create favorable conditions for stimulating the development of domestic production through voluntary confirmation of compliance.

"Here, of course, many of us are faced with the fact that, especially in the Russian market, so-called voluntary systems are used in certain cases. The voluntary system should be developed based on quality, categorization, increased requirements related to consumer preferences, and so on," Arman Shakkaliyev added.
Earlier it was reported that the Ministry of trade and integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan organized a public discussion of the draft law on technical regulation in a new version. It was noted that the EEU has already developed a list of interrelated standards and conformity assessment of goods and services.