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      To improve the investment climate and develop measures to attract investments the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan hereby RESOLVED as follows:

      1. To form the Coordinating Council to attract investments (hereinafter referred to as the Coordinating Council).

      2. To approve the attached:

      1) regulation on the Coordinating Council;

      2) composition of the Coordinating Council.

      3. Appoint the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan as the Investment Ombudsman.

      5. The Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, jointly with the Ministries of Finance, Justice, Foreign Affairs, Industry and Infrastructural Development, Agriculture, Energy and Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, to develop proposals to determine at the legislative level the powers of the Coordinating Council to provide special conditions for the implementation of strategic investment projects (including tax preferences, government purchases and purchases of entities of the quasi-public sector, the right to subsoil use, the provision of land, the provision of raw materials, infrastructure supply, conditions for financing and subsidies, visa and migration regime, determination of the procedure for passing permissions and conciliation procedures).

      6. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, jointly with the Ministries of Culture and Sports, Industry and Infrastructural Development and Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, shall develop proposals on the liberalization of the visa and migration regime using the practice of recognizing third-country visas and transit visas against foreign citizens and air carriers and take measures to introduce electronic visas of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

      7. To recognize as invalid the resolution of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 26, 2015 No. 1071 "On appointment of an investment ombudsman" (Collected Acts of the President of the RK, 2015, No. 72-73-74, Art. 540).

      8. To introduce some amendments to some decisions of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan:

      1) the resolution of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated March 16, 1999 No. 247 "On approval of the Instruction on the procedure for the creation, activity and liquidation of advisory bodies under the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and working groups" (Collected Acts of the President of the RK, 1999, No. 9, Art. 70):

      Instructions on the procedure for the establishment, activity and liquidation of advisory bodies under the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and working groups, approved by the given resolution:

      Paragraph 15, paragraph 1, shall read as follows in the wording:

      "15. The working body of the commission, which shall be the state body, initiated its creation, an official who shall be the chairman of the commission, or another organization shall be specified in the Regulation on the commission";

      2) in the Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 26, 2015 № 1069 "On approval of the Regulation on the activities of the investment ombudsman" (Collected Acts of the President of the RK, 2015, No. 72-73-74, Art. 593):

      In the Regulation on the activities of the investment ombudsman approved by the given resolution:

      Paragraphs 16, 17 should be excluded.

      9. This resolution shall enter into force from the date of its signing.

REGULATION

Concerning Investment Coordination Council
1. General provisions

      1. The Coordinating Council on investment attraction (hereinafter referred to as the Coordinating Council) shall be formed with the aim of developing proposals on investment attraction in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

      2. The Coordinating Council shall be a consultative and advisory body under the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

      3. The Coordinating Council shall be guided in its activities by the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as this Regulation.

      4. The working body of the Coordinating Council shall be the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

      5. Meetings of the Coordinating Council shall be held as necessary.

2. Task of the Coordinating Council

      6. The main task of the Coordinating Council shall be to develop proposals on:

      1) improving the investment climate of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

      2) increase the efficiency of interaction between central state and local executive bodies, entities of the quasi-public sector of the Republic of Kazakhstan concerning investment attractions;

      3) coordination of the activities of the Regional Investment Hub and state bodies for working with investors, including the formation of a unified base of investment projects.

3. Organization and procedure of the Coordinating Council

      7. The organization and procedure of the Coordination Council shall be carried out in accordance with the Instruction on the procedure for the creation, operation and liquidation of advisory bodies under the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and working groups, approved by the resolution of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated March 16, 1999 № 247.

Composition of the Coordinating Council

on attracting investment

      Footnote. Composition in the wording of the resolution of the Government of the RK dated 09.07.2019 № 488; as amended by the resolutions of the Government of the RK dated 22.08.2019 № 620; dated 01.10.2020 № 624 (shall enter into force upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication).

      Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Chairman

      First Deputy of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Deputy Chairman

      Vice Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Secretary Deputy of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan

      Deputy of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Infrastructural Development

      Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan

      Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

      Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

      Minister of Industry and Infrastructural Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan

      Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

      Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan

      Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

      Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan

      Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan

      Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan

      Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan

      Deputy of the General Prosecutor of the Republic of Kazakhstan

      Deputy of the Chairman of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan

      Chairman of the specialized judicial board of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan

      Chairman of the Board of the joint-stock company "National Wealth Fund "Samruk-Kazyna"

      Chairman of the Board of the joint-stock company National Managing Holding "Baiterek"

      Chairman of the Board of the KazAgro National Managing Holding

      Manager of the "Astana" International Financial Center

      Chairman of the Board of "Kazakh Invest" National Company

      Chairman of the Board of Kazakhstan Investment Development Fund (KIDF) Management Company Ltd.

      Chairman of the Board of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs "Atameken"

      Chairman of the Board "Kazakhstan Foreign Investors’ Council Association"

      Director of the "Kazakhstan Foreign Investors’ Council Association"

      Executive Director of the European Business Association of Kazakhstan