AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

of November 12, 2025

About the organization of cooperation in the field of transit transportations by railway transport and transfer of the Russian and Kazakhstan loads intended for delivery to export to the third countries

The government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan which are hereinafter referred to as with the Parties

based on the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on cooperative principles and conditions of relations in the field of transport of March 23, 1992,

in view of the Agreement on the Eurasian Economic Union of May 29, 2014,

considering the Agreement between the governments of the Caspian states on cooperation in the field of transport of August 12, 2018,

for the purpose of development of cooperation in the field of transportation of goods, occurring from the territory of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan,

proceeding from the aspiration to create conditions for the conclusion of economic long-term agreements (contracts), agreed as follows:

Article 1

1. This agreement determines conditions and procedure for the organization of cooperation between the Parties in the field of transit transportations by railway transport and transfer of the loads intended for delivery to export to the third countries through the territory, and also with use of terminals of seaports or railway check points of the state of other Party.

2. Transportation and transfer of loads, stipulated in Item 1 this Article, are performed based on the agreements (contracts) signed by the interested business entities of the states of the Parties and which are not contradicting provisions of this agreement.

Article 2

1. The bodies performing coordination of activities for accomplishment of this agreement (further - the coordinating bodies), are:

from the Russian Side - the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation;

from the Kazakhstan Side - the Ministry of transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2. Competent authorities are:

from the Russian Side:

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation - concerning the nomenclature and amounts of the agricultural products intended for delivery to export to the third countries;

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation - concerning the nomenclature and amounts of the industrial output intended for delivery to export to the third countries;

from the Kazakhstan Side:

The ministry of national economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan - concerning tariff conditions regarding rail haulings;

The Ministry of Trade and integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and also Industry ministry and constructions of the Republic of Kazakhstan - concerning the nomenclature and amounts of loads and other products intended for delivery to export to the third countries;

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan - concerning the nomenclature and amounts of the agricultural products intended for delivery to export to the third countries.

3. In case of change of the coordinating and (or) competent authorities or their names of the Party notify on this each other through diplomatic channels.

4. The parties create joint commission of representatives of the coordinating and competent authorities, and also other bodies and the organizations to which powers the questions connected with implementation of this agreement belong (further - the joint commission). The joint commission gathers for meeting at the initiative of the coordinating body of one of the Parties. The place, terms of holding meeting and its agenda are determined by agreement between the coordinating bodies.

5. The joint commission makes decisions on the questions connected with implementation of this agreement which are drawn up by protocols.

The parties provide execution of decisions of the joint commission.

6. The coordinating bodies of the Parties are developed and approve regulations (procedure) of work of the joint commission.

Article 3

1. The parties create long-term conditions for transportation and transfer of loads in quantity (amount) and the nomenclature determined by the joint commission for each next calendar year (further - indicative annual amounts).

2. The joint commission determines indicative annual amounts no later than December 1 of the year preceding planned.

3. The indicative annual amounts determined for the next calendar year can be reviewed within the corresponding calendar year according to the decision of the joint commission.

Article 4

For the purposes of this agreement of the Party jointly pursue favorable price (tariff) policy according to international treaties which participants are the states of the Parties, and the legislation of the state of each of the Parties.

Article 5

1. In case of transportation of goods by railway transport according to this agreement the railway vehicles belonging to the companies of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan are in priority used.

2. Each Party takes necessary measures for providing the omission on the territory of the state of the railway vehicles participating in transportations within implementation of this agreement.

3. The parties provide effective use of the car park.

Article 6

1. Services of operators of terminals of seaports of the state of one Party within implementation of this agreement are provided to the interested business entities of the state of other Party based on the service provision agreements signed with them by operators of terminals of seaports (further - agreements on transfer).

Are enshrined in contracts for transfer including obligations of the interested business entities of the states of the Parties:

on implementation of shipment of loads according to the schedules approved with operators of terminals of seaports of the states of the Parties for ensuring accumulating of loads in agreed volumes and in terms in accordance with the terms of contracts for transfer;

on ensuring timely cargo exportation in case of observance of terminals of seaports of the states of the Parties of cross liabilities by operators on implementation of acceptance of loads within agreed volumes.

The obligation of the operator of the terminal of seaport on preserving quality characteristics of loads within state standards and (or) other standards of the state of the Party existing on this load is also enshrined in contracts for transfer. This obligation extends to all nomenclature of loads determined by the joint commission for the corresponding calendar year.

2. The interested business entities and operators of terminals of seaports of the states of the Parties in case of the conclusion of contracts for transfer approve mutually executable and not contradicting customs of conducting economic activity contractual conditions providing transfer of the loads determined according to this agreement.

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