Senate deputies approved the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On the production and circulation of organic products”, developed in order to improve legislation in the field of production and circulation of organic products.
The law is aimed at forming and developing the domestic market for organic products, stimulating domestic food producers to produce organic products and increasing their competitiveness in foreign markets.
The law provides for the basic conditions for the transition to the production of organic products, establishes direct requirements for their production and labeling, the circulation of organic products, and also introduces a system of accounting and supervision of organic products.
In addition, legislative amendments provide for the creation and maintenance of registers of producers of organic products, seeds of agricultural plants and farm animals used for organic production.
Certification of the organic product production process is provided. In addition, the basis for suspension and cancellation (termination) of the certificate of conformity is determined.
Based on a joint activity agreement (simple partnership), producers of organic products have the opportunity to undergo group certification. This will promote cooperation and integration among organic producers and reduce certification costs for a particular producer.
To combat counterfeiting of organic products, organic product labeling is provided. Such labeling is carried out only with a certificate of conformity, and in its advertising only the word “organic” and its derivatives can be used.
The law was also supplemented with an article regulating scientific support in the field of production and circulation of organic products.
In addition, senators considered and approved in the first reading a law on amendments and additions to some legislative acts on the production and circulation of organic products. It introduces amendments to the Entrepreneurial Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Environmental Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On state regulation of the development of the agro-industrial complex and rural areas.”