Article 13. Competence of the authorized body of the Forest Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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1. Authorized body:

1) carries out the ownership and use of the state forest fund within the competence established by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

1-1) formulates and implements the state forest policy;

2) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07/03/2013 No. 124-V (effective after ten calendar days after its first official publication);

3) organizes and ensures the protection, protection, reproduction of forests and afforestation, regulates forest management on the territory of the state forest fund under its functional jurisdiction;

4) develops and approves regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of protection, protection and use of the forest fund, reproduction of forests and afforestation;

4-1) carries out state control over the quality of implementation of forestry measures and their compliance with forest management projects in the areas of the state forest fund;

5) carries out state control and supervision over the condition, protection, protection, use of the forest fund, reproduction of forests and afforestation;

5-1) carries out state control and supervision over:

quantitative and qualitative changes in the forest fund, its sanitary condition;

the procedure for the transfer of forest resources to forest management in the areas of the state forest fund and compliance with long-term and short-term forest management agreements;

meeting the requirements of fire safety in forests, measures to prevent forest fires, to ensure their timely detection and elimination, as well as the accuracy of accounting for harem areas and determining the damage caused by fires to the state forest fund, the timeliness of measures taken to eliminate the consequences of forest fires;

the implementation of measures to protect forests from pests and diseases, the timeliness of measures taken to prevent the occurrence and spread, the accuracy of accounting and forecasting foci of pests and diseases of the forest, the weakening and death of plantings from adverse effects of natural and anthropogenic nature;

cutting-off of logging areas;

compliance with the rules of uprooting and logging, and other rules of forest management in the areas of the state forest fund;

observance of protection regimes in forests of specially protected natural territories;

compliance with forest-seed zoning, rules for harvesting, processing, storage and use of forest seeds and quality control, and nursery management in areas of the state forest fund;

the use of forest fund lands in accordance with their intended purpose and the protection of these lands;

IZPI's note! The eleventh paragraph of subparagraph 5-1) is amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 04/06/2024 No. 71-VIII (effective from 12/31/2025).

compliance with the procedure for using the state forest fund during construction work, mining, laying communications and performing other work not related to forestry and forest management;

6) ensures the development and approves the estimated logging areas in the areas of the state forest fund and the age of logging;

7) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 13.06.2013 No. 102-V (effective after ten calendar days after its first official publication).

8) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

9) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.07.2011 No. 452-IV (effective from 13.10.2011);

10) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 11) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

12) suspends, restricts, terminates the right of forest use in the areas of the state forest fund, as well as works that pose a danger to the condition and reproduction of forests under its jurisdiction, in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

13) determines the directions of scientific and technical development, organizes scientific research and design and survey work in the field of protection, protection and use of forest resources, forest reproduction and afforestation, forest breeding and forest seed production;

14) organizes and conducts tenders for the provision of forest resources for long-term forest management in the areas of the state forest fund under its jurisdiction, with the participation of representatives of local representative and executive bodies of the region, the city of republican significance, the capital;

15) considers cases of administrative offenses in the field of forest legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of protection, reproduction and use of wildlife and specially protected natural territories;

16) (deleted); 17) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

18) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07/10/2012 No. 36-V (effective after ten calendar days after its first official publication);

18-1) carries out coordination and methodological guidance of local executive bodies of regions, cities of republican significance, the capital in charge of forestry, as well as forest institutions and environmental organizations on issues of protection, protection, use of forest resources, reproduction of forests and afforestation;

18-2) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05/16/2014 No. 203-V (effective six months after the date of its first official publication);

18-3) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

18-4) develops and approves the rules for issuing permits by the administrative body for the import into the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, export and (or) re-export from the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan of flora, their parts and derivatives subject to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora;

18-5) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-6) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-7) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-8) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-9) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-10) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-11) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

18-12) develops and approves the rules for providing forest users with plots for construction sites on the lands of the state forest fund, where forest resources are provided for long-term forest use for recreational, recreational, historical, cultural, tourist and sports purposes, hunting needs, secondary forest use;

18-13) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 04/06/2024 No. 71-VIII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-14) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-15) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-16) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-17) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-18) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-19) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

18-20) develops and approves the rules for the release of wood on the root and logging on the sites of the state forest fund;

18-21) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

18-22) develops base rates for calculating the amount of damage caused by violation of the forest legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

18-23) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-24) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-25) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-26) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-27) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-28) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

18-29) develops and approves the rules for conducting an inspection of logging sites in the state forest fund;

18-30) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

18-31) develops and approves rules for accounting, determination and compensation of damage caused by fires in the territory of the forest fund;

18-32) develops and approves rules for accounting and determining the volume of illegal logging and damage caused by illegal logging on the territory of the forest fund;

18-33) develops and approves, in coordination with the central authorized body for budget planning, the standards for the provision of fire extinguishing equipment in places where forest users conduct recreational, recreational, historical, cultural, tourist, sports and other events on the territory of the state forest fund.;

18-34) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 28.10.2019 No. 268-VI (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication);

18-35) develops and approves rules for reimbursement of expenses for planting and growing plantations of fast-growing tree and shrub species, creation and development of private forest nurseries;

18-36) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-37) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05/24/2018 No. 156-VI (effective after ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); 18-38) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 06/26/2025 No. 198-VIII (effective after ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-39) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

18-40) exercises state control over local executive bodies of regions, cities of republican significance, and the capital in charge of forestry and specially protected natural territories.;

18-41) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

18-42) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.03.2016 No. 479-V (effective twenty-one calendar days after the date of its first official publication);

18-43) decides to ban logging in areas of the state forest fund in the event of a threat of forest degradation or death.;

18-44) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-45) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 18-46) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

18-47) issues permits for import into the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, export and (or) re-export from the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan of flora, their parts and derivatives subject to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora;

18-48) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

18-49) issues an opinion (authorization document) for the export from the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union of certain wild plants and wild medicinal raw materials, including rare and endangered;

18-50) issues a license for the export from the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union of certain wild plants and wild medicinal raw materials, including rare and endangered;

18-51) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

18-52) develops and approves rules for the reclamation of disturbed land plots on the lands of the state forest fund and their transfer to the forest owner during the extraction of uranium by the method of underground borehole leaching;

18-53) organizes, within its competence, an assessment of vulnerability to climate change;

18-54) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

18-55) implements, within its competence, measures to adapt to climate change;

18-56) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.06.2025 No. 198-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

19) exercise other powers provided for by this Code, other laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The department of the authorized body carries out its activities within the competence established by the authorized body.

2. Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 04/19/2023 No. 223-VII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 3. Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 04/19/2023 No. 223-VII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

Forest Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 8, 2003

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