Article 20. Pricing for commercial and liquefied petroleum gas under the Law on Gas and Gas Supply.

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1. In order to ensure economic security in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the state may establish maximum prices for the wholesale sale of commercial gas on the domestic market, as well as maximum prices for the wholesale and retail sale of liquefied petroleum gas within the framework of the supply plan outside commodity exchanges, in cases and in accordance with the procedure determined by the authorized body.

2. Marginal prices for the wholesale sale of marketable gas on the domestic market can be set depending on the region of supply, including for the following categories of consumers:

1) industrial consumers-investors who purchase commercial gas for use as fuel and (or) raw materials in industrial production in order to implement investment projects for the production of petrochemical products;

2) consumers included in the list of power plants;

3) industrial consumer‑investors purchasing marketable gas for the production of compressed and (or) liquefied natural gas;

4) large commercial consumers, digital miners, entities engaged in the production of electrical energy for digital mining, and entities supplying electrical energy to digital miners.

3. The maximum prices specified in paragraph 2 of this article are established no later than May 15 every five years, unless otherwise established for specific categories of consumers.

2) consumers included in the list of power plants – separately for each consumer for five years;

3) large commercial consumers, digital miners, persons engaged in the production of electric energy for digital mining, persons engaged in the supply of electric energy to digital miners – annually.

The marginal prices of wholesale sales of marketable gas on the domestic market are adjusted no more than once a year, annually on July 1, based on an application from the national operator to the authorized body in connection with changes in the purchase prices of marketable gas, the structure and (or) sources of marketable gas, and (or) tariffs subject to state regulation for the transportation of marketable gas through main pipelines. gas pipelines, storage of commercial gas in underground gas storage facilities.

4. The marginal prices for the wholesale sale of marketable gas on the domestic market, established in accordance with this article, do not apply to relations for the sale of marketable gas.:

1) the national operator;

2) owners of commercial gas produced from crude gas produced at gas and (or) gas condensate fields;

3) the liquefied natural gas obtained during the regasification process;

4) owners of commercial gas produced outside the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and imported for consumption into the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

5) the owners of commercial gas produced outside the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan from raw gas extracted in the Republic of Kazakhstan, on the basis of international treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

5) the owners of commercial gas produced on the basis of an agreement concluded within the framework of a partnership in the field of gas and gas supply;

7) extracted (produced) by a subsurface user within the framework of a production sharing agreement (contract) that has a stable tax regime in accordance with Article 755 of the Tax Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the provisions of which provide for the preferential right of the state to purchase alienated crude and (or) marketable gas.

5. The prices of retail sales of commercial gas in volumes exceeding the approved consumption standards are determined by applying coefficients in accordance with the procedure approved by the authorized body.

6. Retail sales prices for commercial gas for large commercial consumers are set at the level of retail sales prices for commercial gas used to generate electricity, which is sold to a single electricity purchaser, in the relevant supply region, using a design factor of 1.2, but not higher than the retail sales prices for commercial gas for large commercial consumers, provided that they simultaneously meet the following criteria:

1) are included in the list of conditional consumers as an industrial complex before January 1, 2026, in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of support for the use of renewable energy sources.

2) are included in the Register of Groups of Persons prior to January 1, 2026, in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the power industry;

3) as of January 1, 2026, have an agreement on investment obligations with the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, concluded in accordance with the Entrepreneurial Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The provisions of part one of this clause apply.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 9, 2012 No. 532-IV.

This Law defines the legal, economic and organizational bases for regulating public relations in the field of gas and gas supply in the Republic of Kazakhstan and is aimed at creating conditions for meeting the domestic gas needs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as for efficient, reliable and safe operation of gas supply facilities.

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