Legislation
Currently, the state registration of pesticides and agrochemicals in Kazakhstan is regulated by:
- The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Plant Protection” dated July the 3rd, 2002
- The rules for registration, production testing and state pesticides’ registration (toxic chemicals) dated November the 30th, 2011 (as amended on January the 30th, 2015).
Currently, pesticide and agrochemical registration in Kazakhstan is entrusted to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Registration types/terms:
- Experimental registration is approved for 2 years. (In unique cases only, including lack of studies and several other reasons)
- Permanent registration is approved for 10 years. The registration time is from 2,5 up to 3,5 years from the moment of submitting the application until obtaining the Registration Certificate .
Application Deadline:
The 1st of March each year. To submit the application to the Ministry Company has to previously obtain several approvals from authorities which takes around 1 month. We recommend to start obtaining the approvals not later than in December – January.
We highly recommend to start document preparation in Aug – Oct of the year previous to the registration year.
Basic documents required to start preparing the application:
- COA of the product (formulation)
- *COA of the active ingredient (TC)
- MSDS of the product
- *MSDS of the active ingredient
- Certificate of the composition of the formulation
- * Certificate of the composition of the active ingredient
- Letter from the producing company of the formulation declaring the production of the formulation and giving permission to register the product (if producer and registering company are not the same)
- *Letter from the producing company of the A.I. (TC) declaring the production of A.I. (TC) and giving permission to register the product (if producer and registering company are not the same)
- Notary certified copy of the Production license
- Product dossier: toxicological reports (GLP studies) for the formulation and *TC, eco-toxicological reports for the formulation and TC. Depend on product (pesticide or fertilizer/biological product) the number of studies required is different.
* for pesticides, not required for other types of products
Note: some of the studies and conclusions from Ukraine, Russia or Belarus can be accepted in Kazakhstan which means Company does not have to repeat the studies.
Studies that must be done locally:
- Biological studies (field trials) – 2 seasons.
- Adaptation of the methods of a.i. determination (in air, water, soil, plants and formulation)
- Toxicological assessment of formulation and TC (for pesticides) and studies (if not provided, GLP only)
- Eco-toxicological assessment of the formulation and TC and studies (if not provided)
- Hygienic studies
- Residue studies (for pesticides) – 1 season
Cost of registration
The cost of pesticide and agrochemical registration in Kazakhstan can vary depend on product, number of crops you want to register your product for and number of studies (toxicological GLP, eco-toxicological) that were already done and provided.
