Article 1. The basic concepts used in this Law Chapter 1. General provisions The Law on State Regulation of the Development of the Agro-industrial Complex and Rural Areas

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The following basic concepts are used in this Law:

1) the agri-food market is a set of relations related to the acquisition, sale and other elements of the turnover of agricultural products and products of its deep processing;

2) agrometeorological monitoring - a set of measures aimed at conducting observations by a terrestrial agrometeorological network; a system for collecting, transmitting, analyzing and processing information on planning agricultural work and compiling agrometeorological forecasts in the interests of agriculture;

IZPI's note! Subparagraph 3) is amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 06/12/2025 No. 194-VIII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

3) agro-industrial complex - a set of economic sectors, including the production, procurement, storage, transportation, processing and sale of agricultural, fisheries, as well as the food industry, related industries and fields of activity, providing them with modern technology, technological equipment, money, information and other resources, veterinary and sanitary and phytosanitary security, scientific support and personnel training;

3-1) the insurance information system in the agro–industrial complex (hereinafter referred to as the insurance information system) is an automated system that ensures the conclusion of electronic insurance contracts in the agro–industrial complex, the identification of the parties at a certain point in time and the maintenance of a database (collection of information) on concluded electronic insurance contracts in the agro-industrial complex and their parties;

3-2) operator in the field of insurance in the agro–industrial complex - a joint-stock company established by decision of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which is part of the national management holding in the field of the agro-industrial complex, the sole shareholder of which is the state;

4) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 06/12/2025 No. 194-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

5) the authorized body in the field of development of the agro–industrial complex is a state body that carries out state regulation in the field of development of the agro-industrial complex.;

6) the information and marketing system of the agro-industrial complex is a unified system of information, technical, electronic information resources of central and local executive bodies, as well as specialized organizations, aimed at information, marketing and consulting support for subjects of the agro-industrial complex;

IZPI's note! Subparagraph 6-1) is provided for in the wording of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 06/12/2025 No. 194-VIII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

6-1) agrotechnical (cultural) land reclamation measures – a set of technical measures for the fundamental improvement of lands, which includes:

clearing of reclaimed lands from woody and grassy vegetation, stones and other objects;

deep loosening, sanding, earthing, planting, claying;

soil protection measures;

6-2) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 28.10.2019 No. 268-VI (effective after ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); 6-3) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 28.10.2019 No. 268-VI (effective after ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication);

6-4) subjects of the agro–industrial complex - individuals and legal entities operating in the agro-industrial complex;

6-5) agrotechnical (cultural) land reclamation measures – a set of technical measures for the fundamental improvement of land, which includes:

clearing of reclaimed lands from woody and grassy vegetation, stones and other objects;

deep loosening, sanding, land grading, planting, claying;

soil protection measures;

7) food products - agricultural, fish products and products of their deep processing, as well as drinking water and salt, which are intended for human consumption;

8) physical accessibility of food products - the availability of food products throughout the republic at any given time and in quantities sufficient to meet the needs of the population;

9) economic accessibility of food products is the possibility for the population to purchase food products in accordance with the physiological norms of consumption under the existing structure of food consumption, price system, income level, social benefits and benefits;

10) the regional stabilization fund for food products is an operational stock of food products created to exert regulatory influence on the agri-food market and ensure food security in the territories of regions, cities of republican significance, the capital;

10-1) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 04/02/2019 No. 241-VI (effective after ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); 10-2) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 04/02/2019 No. 241-VI (effective after ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); 10-3) excluded by the Law RK No. 241-VI dated 04/02/2019 (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); 10-4) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 04/02/2019 No. 241-VI (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication);

11) food independence is a state of the economy in which the state is able to ensure the physical availability of food products at the expense of domestic production in the event of termination of their supplies from other states.;

12) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 26, 2011 No. 400-IV (effective thirty calendar days after its first official publication);

12-1) agrochemical maintenance of agricultural production is an activity carried out by a state institution designated by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with this Law;

IZPI's note! Subparagraph 13) is amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 06/12/2025 No. 194-VIII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

13) agricultural products – raw materials and products of crop and animal husbandry, including beekeeping, aquaculture, including those obtained through organic production, as well as products obtained through their primary processing;

14) deep processing of agricultural products is a technological process of processing agricultural products with a change in their physical and mechanical properties;

15) agricultural census - a national census conducted in order to collect information on the structure and condition of agriculture on a certain date;

16) optimal rural settlement - the location of rural settlements based on ensuring the necessary standard of living for rural residents in accordance with the standard level of life support services;

17) rural territories - a set of rural settlements and adjacent lands;

18) authorized body in the field of rural development - a state body that carries out state regulation in the field of rural development;

19) social and engineering infrastructure of rural territories - a system of life support facilities, including healthcare, education, culture, sports, telecommunications, communications, roads, postal and savings system, gas, electricity, heat, water supply and sanitation, collection and disposal of industrial and consumer waste;

19-1) agricultural producer – an individual or legal entity engaged in the production of agricultural products;

20) socially significant food products are food products that satisfy the physiological needs of a person, the list of which is approved by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.;

20-1) the mechanism of price stabilization for socially important food products is the implementation of the following mechanisms: the activity of stabilization funds; the provision of loans to business entities;

21) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 10.07.2012 No. 33-V (effective from 01.01.2012);

22) space monitoring - a set of measures aimed at conducting observations of land use; transmitting information based on remote sensing data from space, processing it to assess and forecast the condition and productivity of agricultural crops;

22-1) a person engaged in personal subsidiary farming is an individual who has a personal subsidiary farm registered in the household accounting book in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, or a family member of such an individual registered in the household accounting book as a member of a personal subsidiary farm;

22-2) investment investments – expenditures aimed at creating new or expanding existing production facilities;

22-3) guaranteed purchase price – the price at which agricultural products are purchased from agricultural producers, set taking into account cost and profitability;

22-4) processing enterprises – entities of the agro-industrial complex engaged in primary and (or) deep processing of agricultural products;

23) specialized organization - an organization established by decision of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the local executive body of a region, a city of republican significance, the capital, or a national managing holding in the field of the agro-industrial complex in order to sustainably develop the branches of the agro-industrial complex, provide the subjects of the agro-industrial complex with certain types of services that are absent or poorly provided in a competitive market, or created to promote regional economic development (social and entrepreneurial corporations);

23-1) reclaimed lands – lands on which land reclamation measures have been carried out;

24) State technical inspection – carried out in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, state registration, state technical inspection of tractors and self-propelled chassis and mechanisms made on their basis, trailers to them, including trailers with mounted special equipment, self-propelled agricultural, land reclamation and road construction machinery and mechanisms, as well as special off-road vehicles with the issuance of relevant documents and state registration license plates, taking exams and issuing certificates for the right to manage them, supervision of compliance with the rules of their operation;

24-1) the expert council is a collegial body established under the operator in the field of insurance in the agro–industrial complex, the purpose of which is to review insurance products, and consisting of representatives of insurance organizations, branches of insurance organizations that are non-residents of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the authorized body in the field of development of the agro-industrial complex, the operator in the field of insurance in the agro-industrial complex, independent experts and other persons;

24-2) purchase price – the price that processing enterprises can offer for agricultural products to produce competitive products.;

25) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 04/02/2019 No. 241-VI (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); IZPI's note! Subparagraph 26) is amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 06/12/2025 No. 194-VIII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

26) a service and procurement center is an object owned by right of ownership or other rights to an agricultural cooperative or a legal entity, one of the participants of which is one or more agricultural cooperatives, and intended for the provision of services for the production, supply, procurement, storage, transportation and sale of agricultural and fisheries products, repair and maintenance of agricultural machinery and equipment;

26-1) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 03/18/2025 No. 175-VIII (effective after ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); 26-2) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 04/02/2019 No. 241-VI (effective after ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication);

26-3) subsidization – financing of specific recipients of subsidies on a gratuitous and non-refundable basis, carried out at the expense of budgetary funds;

27) physiological norms of consumption - scientifically based norms of food consumption approved by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, taking into account their nutritional and energy value, at which the physiological needs of a healthy person are fully satisfied.;

28) phytosanitary safety - the state of protection of agricultural facilities and crop production from pests, plant diseases and weeds;

28-1) chemical reclamation measures – a system of techniques for chemical effects on the soil to improve the properties and increase crop yields;

29) internal food resources - availability of food products produced on the territory of the republic for a certain period of time;

30) an electronic platform is an organized electronic platform on which the subjects of the agro–industrial complex expose and place their agricultural risks, operating on the basis of an insurance information system.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 8, 2005 No. 66.

This Law defines the legal, organizational, economic and social foundations for the implementation of state regulation of the development of the agro-industrial complex and rural areas in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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