On Ratification of the Protocol on Amendments and Additions to the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the French Republic on the Conditions for the Creation and Use of a Space remote Sensing System and an Assembly and Test Complex of Spacecraft dated October 6, 2009

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On Ratification of the Protocol on Amendments and Additions to the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the French Republic on the Conditions for the Creation and Use of a Space remote Sensing System and an Assembly and Test Complex of Spacecraft dated October 6, 2009

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated May 19, 2015 No. 313-V SAM

To ratify Protocol on Amendments and Additions to the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the French Republic on the Conditions for the Creation and Use of a space remote sensing System and an Assembly and Test Complex of Spacecraft dated October 6, 2009, signed in Astana on December 5, 2014.

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N. NAZARBAYEV

Protocol on Amendments and Additions to the Agreement between By the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the French Republic on the conditions for the creation and use of a space remote sensing system and an assembly and test complex of spacecraft dated October 6, 2009

Entered into force on May 29, 2015 - Bulletin of International Treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan 2015, No. 4, art. 40

The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the French Republic, hereinafter referred to as the Parties, in order to facilitate the implementation of cooperation between the Parties in the supply and use of a space remote sensing system, as well as the assembly and testing complex of spacecraft by ensuring tax regulation between the Parties within the framework of The Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the French Republic on the conditions for the creation and use of a space remote sensing system and an assembly and test complex of spacecraft, signed on October 6, 2009 (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement), based on article 13 of the Agreement, agreed as follows:

Article 1

The third paragraph of subparagraph 8) of Article 2 of the Agreement shall be worded as follows: "from the French side, the French joint-stock company of the simplified type Astrium SAS with a capitalization of 16,587,728, registered with the Nanterre Chamber of Commerce under the number 393,341,516, including the Kazakhstan branch of the joint-stock company of the simplified type ASTRIUM SAS;". The title of article 9 of the Agreement should read as follows: "Article 9. Customs and tax regulation."  Add the following paragraphs to Article 9 of the Agreement: "The supply of goods, as well as the performance of works and services between the cooperating organizations of the Parties under this Agreement are subject to exemption from value-added tax in the Republic of Kazakhstan from the date of entry into force of this Agreement until December 31, 2020. The documents that are sufficient grounds for exemption from value added tax under this Agreement are: 1) contracts concluded under this Agreement between the cooperating organizations of the Parties; 2) the relevant document of the authorized body From the Kazakh side, confirming that the delivery of goods, works and services was carried out within the framework of this Agreement, which: issued for the following contracts: Contract No. 05-85 dated October 6, 2009 for the supply of the space remote sensing system of the Republic of Kazakhstan; contract No. 05-117 dated October 27, 2010 for the supply of test site equipment (TFE) and the supply of TFE Assembly and Testing Complex of spacecraft; Contract No. 05-118 dated October 27, 2010 for the provision of services to support the design and construction of the assembly and testing complex of spacecraft; contract No. 05-96 dated June 29, 2012 for the design and support of the creation of a special design and technology bureau (SKTB); contract No. 05-37 dated February 27, 2013 for the purchase of services for design by the Special Design and Technology Bureau (SKTB); for future contracts, this document will be issued before their entry into force.; 3) acts of completed works and services; 4) invoices that relate to contracts signed under this Agreement.".

Article 2

Disputes between the Parties related to the interpretation and/or application of this Protocol shall be resolved in accordance with the procedure established by Article 12 of the Agreement.

Article 3

This Protocol shall enter into force on the date of receipt through diplomatic channels of the last written notification that the Parties have completed the internal procedures necessary for its entry into force, and shall apply to relations that have arisen since the date of entry into force of the Agreement. Done in Astana on December 5, 2014, in two originals, each in the Kazakh, French and Russian languages, all texts being equally authentic.

For the Government For the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the French Republic

President

Republic of Kazakhstan

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