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 Republic of Azerbaijan on Free Trade dated June 10, 1997

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated May 23, 2006 No. 144

       To ratify the Protocol on Amendments and Additions to the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated June 10, 1997, signed in Baku on May 24, 2005.  

     President of the Republic of Kazakhstan  

    PROTOCOL on Amendments and Additions to the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Free Trade dated June 10, 1997  

(Official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Entered into force on June 17, 2006)

     The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan, hereinafter referred to as the Parties, in accordance with article 18 of the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated June 10, 1997 (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement) have agreed as follows: 1. To make the following amendments and additions to the Agreement: 1) Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 2 shall be worded as follows: "2. The Parties agreed to cancel the exemptions from the free trade regime applied between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Azerbaijan, according to the attached Schedule for the phased abolition of exemptions from the free trade regime between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Azerbaijan, including the agreed nomenclature of goods for which these exemptions apply.        3. For the purposes of this Agreement and for the period of its validity, goods originating from the customs territories of the States of the Parties are goods whose origin is determined in accordance with the Rules for Determining the Country of Origin of Goods approved by the decision of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States dated November 30, 2000."; 2) add an appendix in accordance with the annex to this Protocol.         2. This Protocol is an integral part of the Agreement and shall enter into force on the date of receipt of the last written notification that the Parties have completed the internal procedures necessary for its entry into force.         Done in Baku on May 24, 2005, in two original copies, each in the Kazakh, Azerbaijani and Russian languages, all texts being equally authentic.         In case of disagreement in the interpretation of the provisions of this Protocol, the Parties will refer to the text in Russian.  

        For the Government For the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan       The Republic of Azerbaijan  

 Annex to the Protocol on Amendments and Additions to the Agreement between    Free Trade Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated June 10, 1997        

"Annex to the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Free Trade dated June 10, 1997        

                  Timetable for the phased cancellation of exemptions from the free trade regime between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Azerbaijan  

HS Code of the CIS

Name

The deadline for canceling withdrawals

In respect of goods subject to withdrawal from the free trade regime of the Republic of Kazakhstan upon their import from the Republic of Azerbaijan

Group 22 (except 2201, 2202 and 2209)  

Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages  

July 1, 2006  

with the exception of:  

2207 10 000  

Non-denatured ethyl alcohol, with an alcohol concentration of 80 vol. % or more  

January 1, 2012  

2207 20 000  

Ethyl alcohol and other alcohols, denatured, of any concentration  

January 1, 2012  

2208 90 910  

Non-denatured ethyl alcohol with an alcohol concentration of less than 80 vol. % in vessels with a capacity of 2 liters or less  

January 1, 2012  

2208 90 990  

Non-denatured ethyl alcohol with an alcohol concentration of less than 80 vol. % in vessels with a capacity of more than 2 liters .  

January 1, 2012  

Group 24  

Tobacco and industrial tobacco substitutes  

January 1, 2012  

In respect of goods subject to withdrawal from the free trade regime of the Republic of Azerbaijan upon their import from the Republic of Kazakhstan

2203, 2204,   2205, 2206,   2208 20,   2208 30,    2208 40,   2208 50,   2208 90 110,   2208 90 190,   2208 90 330,   2208 90 380,   2208 90 480   2208 90 780  

Alcoholic beverages and other alcoholic products  

July 1, 2006  

2207 10 000  

Non-denatured ethyl alcohol, with an alcohol concentration of 80 vol. % or more  

January 1, 2012  

2208 90 910  

Non-denatured ethyl alcohol with an alcohol concentration of less than 80 vol. % in vessels with a capacity of 2 liters or less  

January 1, 2012  

2208 90 990  

Non-denatured ethyl alcohol with an alcohol concentration of less than 80 vol. % in vessels with a capacity of more than 2 liters .  

January 1, 2012  

2402 20  

Cigarettes containing tobacco  

January 1, 2012  

President    

Republic of Kazakhstan     

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