Article 18. Prohibitions and quantitative restrictions The Law on the Regulation of Trading Activities

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1. Prohibitions and quantitative restrictions are introduced based on necessity.:

1) observance of public law and order;

2) protection of human life and health, the environment, animals and plants;

3) regulation of the export and (or) import of gold or silver;

4) protection of cultural values and cultural heritage;

5) preventing the depletion of irreplaceable natural resources while limiting their domestic production and consumption;

6) ensuring national security;

7) fulfillment of international obligations;

8) restrictions on the export of goods of Kazakhstani origin in order to provide a sufficient number of such goods to the domestic manufacturing industry during periods when the domestic price of such materials remains at a lower level than the world price as a result of ongoing stabilization measures;

9) purchase or distribution of goods in case of general or local shortage;

10) creating conditions for progressive changes in the structure of production and consumption of goods in the Republic of Kazakhstan;

11) ensuring compliance with regulatory legal acts that comply with international obligations related to the application of the customs legislation of the Eurasian Economic Union and (or) the Republic of Kazakhstan, intellectual property protection and other regulatory legal acts.

2. In order to prevent or reduce a critical shortage in the domestic market of food or other goods included in the List of Essential Goods, central government agencies may, within their competence, impose bans and quantitative restrictions on the export of certain goods in coordination with the authorized body.

The list of essential goods is determined by the authorized body on the basis of proposals from central government agencies.

3. The distribution of quantitative restrictions (quotas) on the export and (or) import of certain goods between participants in foreign trade activities, the size of quotas and their validity period shall be determined by the relevant central state bodies within their competence in coordination with the authorized body.

The procedure for the allocation of quotas is determined by the central state bodies within their competence in coordination with the authorized body.

The export and (or) import of certain goods within the quotas is carried out on the basis of a license issued in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Permits and Notifications".

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated April 12, 2004 No. 544.

This Law regulates public relations in the sphere of trade activity, establishes the principles and organizational bases of its state regulation.

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