Article 11. Inadmissibility of abuse of freedom of entrepreneurship The Civil Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan

     1. Monopolistic and any other activity aimed at limiting or eliminating legitimate competition, obtaining unjustified advantages, and infringing on the rights and legitimate interests of consumers is prohibited.

     2. It is not allowed, except in cases stipulated by legislative acts, for entrepreneurs to use civil rights in order to restrict competition, including:

     1) abuse by entrepreneurs of their dominant position in the market, in particular, by restricting or stopping production or withdrawing goods from circulation in order to create shortages or raise prices;

     2) conclusion and execution by persons engaged in similar business activities of agreements on prices, division of markets, elimination of other entrepreneurs and other conditions that significantly restrict competition;

     3) committing unfair actions aimed at infringing on the legitimate interests of a person conducting similar business activities and consumers (unfair competition), in particular, by misleading consumers about the manufacturer, purpose, method and place of manufacture, quality and other properties of another entrepreneur's goods, by incorrectly comparing goods in advertising and other information, copying the exterior design of someone else's product and in other ways.

     Measures to combat unfair competition are established by legislative acts.

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