LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

of June 24, 2026 No. 322-VIII ZRK

About modification and amendments in some legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan concerning gas supply and power industry

Article 1. Make changes and additions to the following legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan:

1. In the Land code of the Republic of Kazakhstan of June 20, 2003:

add Article 44 with Item 4-1 of the following content:

"4-1. Provision of the parcel of land and change of its purpose for construction of autogas-filling stations are performed taking into account restrictions, stipulated by the legislation the Republic of Kazakhstan about gas and gas supply.".

2. In the Entrepreneurial code of the Republic of Kazakhstan of October 29, 2015:

1) in Article 124-1:

add with Item 2-1 of the following content:

"2-1. The prices of retail sale of commodity gas in the amounts exceeding the approved consumption regulations are determined by application of coefficients according to the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on gas and gas supply.";

add Item 3 with words ", and also the prices of retail sale of commodity gas determined by application of coefficients in case of exceeding of the approved consumption regulations";

Item 1 of Article 124-5 to add 2) with subitem 3-1) of the following content:

"3-1) retail sales of the liquefied oil gas for the purpose of production of heat energy for the apartment apartment house which is not connected to networks of centralized system of heat supply;";

3) in Article 124-8:

the paragraph of the seventh of the subitem 1) after words "commodity gas," to add with words of "the liquefied oil gas";

paragraph two of subitem 4-1) after words "commodity gas," to add with words of "the liquefied oil gas".

3. In the Construction code of the Republic of Kazakhstan of January 9, 2026:

add Article 120 with Item 17 of the following content:

"17. The construction of autogas-filling stations is performed taking into account requirements, stipulated by the legislation the Republic of Kazakhstan about gas and gas supply.".

4. In the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of July 9, 2004 "About power industry":

1) in Article 1:

to add subitem 2-7) after the word of "generation" with the words "or project biddings on construction of the pumped storage power plants which are again put into operation";

subitem 2-8):

after the word of "generation" to add with the words "and project biddings on construction of the pumped storage power plants which are again put into operation";

add with the words "and project biddings on construction of the pumped storage power plants which are again put into operation";

state subitems 2-16) and 2-17) in the following edition:

"2-16) individual rate for service in maintenance of readiness of electric power for pumped storage power plants - the rate determined following the results of project biddings on construction of the pumped storage power plants which are again put into operation or determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan based on the feasibility statement, including for payback period return of the amount of capital expenditures and remunerations on the corresponding loans, profitability rate on the invested capital, production costs of electrical energy, maintenance costs and maintenance of operational readiness which is subject to indexation and adjustment according to the procedure, provided by this Law;

2-17) pumped storage power plant - hydroelectric power station with the complex of water management and hydraulic engineering constructions and the equipment performing accumulating and production of electrical energy;";

add with subitems 2-18), 2-19) and 2-20) of the following content:

"2-18) dispatching technological management - the process performed by the dispatcher and intended for the solution of tasks of control and management of the modes of functioning of power networks by means of the automated systems of dispatching and technological management, and also acceptance and processing of messages from physical persons and legal entities on premises of origin or emergence of the technological violations requiring taking measures of reaction and elimination of refusals and damages;

2-19) project biddings on construction of the pumped storage power plants which are again put into operation (further - project biddings) - the process organized and which is carried out by the organizer of biddings in digital system on the basis of auction, directed to selection of projects on construction of pumped storage power plants and determination of their individual rates for service in maintenance of readiness of electric power;

2-20) individual rate for service in maintenance of readiness of electric power of the power making organizations which are again put into operation - the rate determined following the results of the tender held by authorized body for construction of the generating installations which are again put into operation, the including return of the amount of capital expenditures and remunerations on the corresponding loans attracted to project implementation and profitability rate on the invested capital which is subject to annual indexation on the rate of inflation determined by data of authorized body in the field of the state statistics, or annual indexation taking into account change of the exchange rate of national currency to foreign currencies determined by data of National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan;";

in the subitem 22) "the power making organization and (or)" to exclude words;

the subitem 48) after the word "organization" to add with the words "having license for activities on transfer of electrical energy";

2) in Article 5:

add subitem 70-34) with words "groups of persons (further - the Register)";

add with subitem 70-56) of the following content:

"70-56) develops and approves the qualification requirements imposed to activities for transfer of electrical energy;";

3) in Article 6:

in Item 2 part one "unplanned" to exclude the word;

add item 4 with the subitem 6) of the following content:

"6) execution of the actions determined by the investment agreement on upgrade, expansion, reconstruction and (or) updating with authorized body.";

Article 7-1 to state 4) in the following edition:

"Article 7-1. Licensing in the field of power industry

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