Law No. 124 Revised and Updated

Law No. 124 Revised and Updated

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[translation released: 20/12/2010]

LAW No. 124 of 31st JANUARY 2006 OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

CONCERNING PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP

TableofContents

AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONS INTRODUCED BY:______

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS______

Article 1. Principal Definitions Used in This Law______

Article 1. The Fundamental Definitions Used in This Law______

Article 2. Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan concerning Private Entrepreneurship___

Article 3. Limits of Legal Regulation of Private Entrepreneurship______

Article 4. Main Objectives and Principles of State Regulation of Private Entrepreneurship___

Article 5. Special Considerations in Elaboration and Adoption of Regulatory Legal Acts Infringing upon Interests of Private Entrepreneurship Entities

CHAPTER 2. PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENTITIES AND CONDITIONS OF THEIR FUNCTIONING

Article 6. Private Entrepreneurship Entities______

Article 7. Individual Entrepreneurship______

Article 8. Rights and Obligations of Private Entrepreneurship Entities______

Article 9. Non-admittance of Unfair Competition______

Article 10. Home Market Protection______

Article 11. Protection of Information concerning Private Entrepreneurship Entities______

Article 12. Statistical ReportingPrimary Statistical Data[modified by 25]

Article 13. Procedure for Keeping Accounting and Compiling Financial Statements by Small Entrepreneurship Entities

CHAPTER 3. COMPETENCE OF THE STATE AUTHORITIES IN THE SPHERE OF PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT

Article 14. Competence of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan______

Article 15. Competence of the Authorised Body for Business[added by 19]

Article 16. Competence of Local Representative Bodies______

Article 17. Competence of Local Executive Bodies______

CHAPTER 4. STATE SUPPORT TO PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP______

Article 18. Principal Directions of State Support to Private Entrepreneurship______

Article 19. State Support to and Development of Small Business______

Article 20. State, Branch (Sectoral) and Regional Small Entrepreneurship Support and Development Programs

Article 21. Teaching-methodological, Scientific-methodological Support to Small entrepreneurship Entities

Article 22. State Support to Private Entrepreneurship Entities Carrying out Agricultural Activities

Article 23. Informational Support to Private Entrepreneurship______

CHAPTER 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENTITIES ASSOCIATIONS AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN CONDUCTING EXPERT EXAMINATION OF REGULATORY LEGAL ACTS

Article 24. Private Entrepreneurship Entities Associations______

Article 25. Accreditation of Private Entrepreneurship Entities Associations______

Article 26. Expert Councils______

CHAPTER 6. REGISTRATION AND LIQUIDATION OF PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENTITIES

Article 27. State Registration of Private Entrepreneurship Entities______

Article 28. Bankruptcy, Reorganisation and Liquidation of Private Entrepreneurship Entities__

CHAPTER 7. STATE ADMINISTRATIONREGULATION[modified by 19]

Article 29. State Administration Objectives and Types______

Article 29. The Purposes and Types of State Regulation of Private Business______

Article 30. Establishment by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, of Requirements to Private Entrepreneurship Produce and Processes

Article 31. Accreditation of Conformance Confirmation Bodies; Verification, Gauging and Test Laboratories (Centres)

Article 32. Mandatory Confirmation of Conformance of Certain Types of Produce, Processes_

Article 33. State Supervision of Private Entrepreneurship

Article 33. State Supervision of Private Business______

Article 34. Licensing of Certain Types of Private Entrepreneurship

Article 34. Licensing of Certain Types of Private Business______

Article 35. Obligatory Civil Liability Insurance of Private entrepreneurship Entities______

Article 36. Determination of Responsibility of Private entrepreneurship Entities, State Bodies and Their Official Persons

CHAPTER 8. STATE SUPERVISION OF PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP______

Article 37. Basic Principles and Assignments of State Supervision of Private Entrepreneurship

Article 37-1. Types of Audits of Private Business Entities and Bases for Appointment of Them

Article 38. General Procedure for Organising and Carrying out Checks of Private Entrepreneurship Entities

Article 38. The General Procedure for Organisation and Conducting of Audits of Private Business Entities

Article 39. Rights and Duties of Official Persons of State Bodies in Carrying out Supervision of Private Entrepreneurship

Article 40. Rights and Duties of Private Entrepreneurship Entities in the Course of State Supervision

Article 40. The Rights and Obligations of Private Business Entities in Performance of State Supervision

Article 40-1. Restrictions in Conducting of Audits______

Article 40-2. Invalidity of an Audit Conducted with Gross Violation of Requirements of This Law

Article 41. Procedure for Appealing against Decisions, Actions (Inaction) of State Bodies and Their Official Persons Carrying out State Supervision

CHAPTER 9. RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STATE AUTHORITIES AND OFFICIAL PERSONS IN THE COURSE OF THE STATE SUPERVISION, LICENSING AND ACCREDITATION [excluded by 7]

Article 42. General Grounds and Forms of Responsibility for Infringement upon the Rights and Legitimate Interests of Private Entrepreneurship Entities

Article 43. Responsibility for Impediment to Private Entrepreneurship______

Article 44. Responsibility for Violation of the Established Procedure for Checking Private Entrepreneurship Entities

CHAPTER 10. RESPONSIBILITY OF PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENTITIES______

Article 45. General Provisions concerning Responsibility of Private Entrepreneurship Entities_

Article 46. Responsibility of Conformance Confirmation Bodies; Verification, Gauging and Test Laboratories (Centres)

Article 47. Responsibility of Private entrepreneurship Entities for Violation of the Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan concerning Unfair Competition

Article 48. Responsibility of Private entrepreneurship Entities for Violation of the Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan concerning Antidumping Measures

Article 49. Responsibility of Private entrepreneurship Entities for Violation of the Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan concerning Home Market Protection Measures in Import of Goods

CHAPTER 11. CONCLUDING PROVISIONS______

Article 50. Responsibility for Violation of the Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan concerning Private Entrepreneurship

Article 51. Procedure for This Law to Enter into Force______

Types of the State Supervision and Monitoring______

С ИЗМЕНЕНИЯМИ И ДОПОЛНЕНИЯМИ, ВНЕСЕННЫМИ:

ГЛАВА 1. ОБЩИЕ ПОЛОЖЕНИЯ

Статья 1. Основные понятия, используемые в настоящем Законе

Статья 2. Законодательство Республики Казахстан о частном предпринимательстве

Статья 3. Пределы правового регулирования частного предпринимательства

Статья 4. Основная цель и принципы государственного регулирования частного предпринимательства

Статья 5. Особенности разработки и принятия нормативных правовых актов, затрагивающих интересы субъектов частного предпринимательства

ГЛАВА 2. СУБЪЕКТЫ ЧАСТНОГО ПРЕДПРИНИМАТЕЛЬСТВА И УСЛОВИЯ ИХ ФУНКЦИОНИРОВАНИЯ

Статья 6. Субъекты частного предпринимательства

Статья 7. Индивидуальное предпринимательство

Статья 8. Права и обязанности субъектов частного предпринимательства

Статья 9. Недопустимость осуществления недобросовестной конкуренции

Статья 10. Защита внутреннего рынка

Статья 11. Охрана информации о субъекте частного предпринимательства

Статья 12. Статистическая отчетностьПервичные статистические данные[изменено (25)]

Статья 13. Порядок ведения бухгалтерского учета и составления финансовой отчетности субъектами малого предпринимательства

ГЛАВА 3. КОМПЕТЕНЦИЯ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫХ ОРГАНОВ В ОБЛАСТИ РАЗВИТИЯ И ПОДДЕРЖКИ ЧАСТНОГО ПРЕДПРИНИМАТЕЛЬСТВА

Статья 14. Компетенция Правительства Республики Казахстан

Статья 15. Компетенция уполномоченного органа по предпринимательству[дополнено (19)]

Статья 16. Компетенция местных представительных органов

Статья 17. Компетенция местных исполнительных органов

ГЛАВА 4. ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ ПОДДЕРЖКА ЧАСТНОГО ПРЕДПРИНИМАТЕЛЬСТВА

Статья 18. Основные направления государственной поддержки частного предпринимательства

Статья 19. Государственная поддержка и развитие малого предпринимательства

Статья 20. Государственные, отраслевые (секторальные) и региональные программы поддержки и развития малого предпринимательства

Статья 21. Учебно-методологическая, научно-методическая поддержка субъектов малого предпринимательства

Статья 22. Государственная поддержка субъектов частного предпринимательства, осуществляющих сельскохозяйственную деятельность

Статья 23. Информационное обеспечение частного предпринимательства

ГЛАВА 5. СОЗДАНИЕ ОБЪЕДИНЕНИЙ СУБЪЕКТОВ ЧАСТНОГО ПРЕДПРИНИМАТЕЛЬСТВА И ИХ УЧАСТИЕ В ПРОВЕДЕНИИ ЭКСПЕРТИЗЫ НОРМАТИВНЫХ ПРАВОВЫХ АКТОВ

Статья 24. Объединения субъектов частного предпринимательства

Статья 25. Аккредитация объединений субъектов частного предпринимательства

Статья 26. Экспертные советы

ГЛАВА 6. РЕГИСТРАЦИЯ И ЛИКВИДАЦИЯ СУБЪЕКТОВ ЧАСТНОГО ПРЕДПРИНИМАТЕЛЬСТВА

Статья 27. Государственная регистрация субъектов частного предпринимательства

Статья 28. Банкротство, реорганизация и ликвидация субъектов частного предпринимательства

ГЛАВА 7. ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ АДМИНИСТРИРОВАНИЕРЕГУЛИРОВАНИЕ[изменено (19)]

Статья 29. Цели и виды государственного администрирования

Статья 29. Цели и виды государственного регулирования частного предпринимательства

Статья 30. Установление законами Республики Казахстан требований к продукции, процессам частного предпринимательства

Статья 31. Аккредитация органов по подтверждению соответствия, поверочных, калибровочных и испытательных лабораторий (центров)

Статья 32. Обязательное подтверждение соответствия отдельных видов продукции, процессов

Статья 33. Государственный контроль за частным предпринимательством

Статья 34. Лицензирование отдельных видов частного предпринимательства

Статья 35. Обязательное страхование гражданско-правовой ответственности субъектов частного предпринимательства

Статья 36. Установление ответственности субъектов частного предпринимательства, государственных органов и их должностных лиц

ГЛАВА 8. ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ КОНТРОЛЬ ЗА ЧАСТНЫМ ПРЕДПРИНИМАТЕЛЬСТВОМ

Статья 37. Основные принципы и задачи государственного контроля за частным предпринимательством

Статья 37-1. Виды проверок субъектов частного предпринимательства и основания их назначения

Статья 38. Общий порядок организации и проведения проверок субъектов частного предпринимательства

Статья 39. Права и обязанности должностных лиц государственных органов при осуществлении контроля за частным предпринимательством

Статья 40. Права и обязанности субъекта частного предпринимательства при проведении государственного контроля

Статья 40-1. Ограничения при проведении проверки

Статья 40-2. Недействительность проверки, проведенной с грубым нарушением требований настоящего Закона

Статья 41. Порядок обжалования решений, действий(бездействия) государственных органов и их должностных лиц, осуществляющих государственный контроль

ГЛАВА 9. ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫХ ОРГАНОВ И ДОЛЖНОСТНЫХ ЛИЦ ПРИ ОСУЩЕСТВЛЕНИИ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО КОНТРОЛЯ, ЛИЦЕНЗИРОВАНИЯ И АККРЕДИТАЦИИ[исключено (7)]

Статья 42. Общие основания и формы ответственности за нарушение прав и законных интересов субъектов частного предпринимательства

Статья 43. Ответственность за воспрепятствование частному предпринимательству

Статья 44. Ответственность за нарушение установленного порядка проверки частного предпринимательства

ГЛАВА 10. ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬ СУБЪЕКТОВ ЧАСТНОГО ПРЕДПРИНИМАТЕЛЬСТВА

Статья 45. Общие условия ответственности субъектов частного предпринимательства

Статья 46. Ответственность органов по подтверждению соответствия, поверочных, калибровочных и испытательных лабораторий (центров)

Статья 47. Ответственность субъектов частного предпринимательства за нарушение законодательства Республики Казахстан о недобросовестной конкуренции

Статья 48. Ответственность субъектов частного предпринимательства за нарушение законодательства Республики Казахстан об антидемпинговых мерах

Статья 49. Ответственность субъектов частного предпринимательства за нарушение законодательства Республики Казахстан о мерах защиты внутреннего рынка при импорте товаров

ГЛАВА 11. ЗАКЛЮЧИТЕЛЬНЫЕ ПОЛОЖЕНИЯ

Статья 50. Ответственность за нарушение законодательства Республики Казахстан о частном предпринимательстве

Статья 51. Порядок введения в действие настоящего Закона

ВИДЫ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО КОНТРОЛЯ И НАДЗОРА

AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONS INTRODUCED BY:

O) translation of the original text;

1) Law No. 178 of 7th July 2006 of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning Issues of Improving the Management of the State Sector of the Economy. (Articles: 14, 18, 19). Effective date n/a;

2) Law No. 201 of 11th December 2006 of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning Issues of Taxation. (Supplement: paragraph 18). Effective January 1, 2007;

3) Law No. 222 of 12th January 2007 of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning Issues of Licensing. (Article 34 replaced). Effective date n/a;

4) Law No. 304 of 21st July 2007 of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and An Addition to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning Issues of State Purchases. (Supplement: paragraph 27 replaced). EffectiveJanuary 1, 2008;

5) Law No. 59 of 5th July 2008 of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning Issues of Tourist Activity. (Supplement: paragraph 29 introduced). Effective date n/a;

6) Law No. 60 of 5th July 2008 of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning Issues of Bankruptcy. (Supplement: paragraph 19). Effective date n/a;

7) Law No. 62 of 5th July 2008 of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan. (Heading of Chapter 9, Article 42; Supplement: paragraph 4). Effective date n/a;

8) Law No. 101 of 10th December 2008 of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning Issues of Taxation. (Articles: 1, 27, 28). Effective January 1, 2009;

9) Law No. 115 of 29th December 2008 of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning Issues of Special Social Services. (Supplement). EffectiveJanuary 1, 2009;

10) Law No. 116 of 29th December 2008 of Republic of Kazakhstan. Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning Issues of Activities of Independent Sectoral Regulators. (Supplement). Effective January 1, 2009;

11) Law No. 135 of 13th February 2009 of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning Issues of Functioning of the National Prosperity Foundation and Recognition as Invalid of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Concerning the Investment Foundation of Kazakhstan”. (Articles: 14, 18, 19). Effective date n/a;

12) Law No. 138 of 20th February 2009 of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning Issues of Auditing. (Supplement). Effective date n/a;

13) Law No. 156 of 4th May 2009 of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning Issues of Commodity Exchanges. (Supplement). Effective date n/a;

14) Law No. 157 of 4th May 2009 of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning Issues of Gambling Business. (Supplement). Effective date n/a;

15) Law No. 163 of 8th June 2009 of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning Issues of the Housing Communal Sphere. (Supplement). Effective date n/a;

16) Law No. 178 of 10th July 2009 of The Republic of Kazakhstan. Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of Information-Communication Networks. (Articles: 5, 23). Effective date n/a;

17) Law No. 181 of 10th July 2009 of The Republic of Kazakhstan. Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of Physical Culture and Sports. (Supplement). Effective date n/a;

18) Law No. 186 of 16th July 2009 of the Republic of KazakhstanConcerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on matters of Public Health Service. (Supplement). Effective date n/a;

19) Law No. 188 of 17th July 2009 of the Republic of KazakhstanConcerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of Private Business. (Articles: 1 replaced, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 14, 15, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, Heading of Chapter 7. Articles: 29 replaced, 33 replaced, 35, 37, 37-1 introduced, 38 replaced, 40 replaced, 40-1 introduced, 40-2 introduced, 42. Supplement. Effective date n/a, except for subparagraph 8) of Article 28 which shall be enacted from the 1st January 2010;

20) Law No. 190 of 24th July 2009 of the Republic of KazakhstanConcerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Matters of Veterinary. (Supplement). Effective date n/a;

21) Law No. 192 of 28th August 2009 of the Republic of KazakhstanConcerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of Counteraction to Legalisation (Laundering) of Income Gained in an Illegal Way, and Financing of Terrorism. (Supplement). Effective date n/a;

22) Law No. 197-IV of 9th November 2009 of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of Evaluation Activities. (Supplement). Effective date n/a;

23) Law No. 225 of 8th December 2009 of the Republic of KazakhstanConcerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of Suppression of Fraudulent Business. (Article 28). Effective date n/a;

24) Law No. 234 of 30th December 2009 of the Republic of KazakhstanConcerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of Obligatory and Mutual Insurance, Taxation. (Article 6, Supplement). Effective date n/a;

25) Law No. 258 of 19th March 2010 of the Republic of KazakhstanConcerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of State Statistics and Taxation.(Articles: 12, 15, 18, 38, Supplement). Effective date n/a;

26) Law No. 263 of 2nd April 2010 of the Republic of KazakhstanConcerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of Improvement of the Budget Process. (Articles: 14, 17, 18, 19). Effective January 1, 2010;

27) Law No. 297-IV of 30th June 2010 of the Republic of KazakhstanConcerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Matters of Customs Regulation and Taxation. (Articles: 7, 27, 33, 37-1, Supplement). Effective July 1, 2010, except for amendments to Article 27 which are effective January 1, 2013; and

28) Law No. 352 of 15th November 2010 of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of State Regulation of Manufacture and Turnover of Biofuel.(Supplement). Effective date n/a

This Law shall regulate public relations arising in connection with private entrepreneurship exercised by physical persons and non-governmental legal entities, shall specify the basic legal, economic and social conditions and guarantees ensuring freedom of private entrepreneurship in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Principal Definitions Used in This Law

Amended by 8) Law No. 101 of 10th December 2008 of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning Issues of Taxation.

Repealed by 19) Law No. 188 of 17th July 2009 of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of Private Business.

The following principal definitions shall be used in this Law:

1) business incubator means a legal entity established to support small entrepreneurship entities at the stage of their formation, by way of providing production premises, equipment, institutional, legal, financial, consulting and informational services;

1-1) location of an individual entrepreneur shall be the place of primary performance of activity or permanent residing of an individual entrepreneur as indicated in a certificate of state registration of individual entrepreneur with the entry of the full mail address; [introduced by 8]

2) individual entrepreneurship means any initiative activities of physical persons aimed at deriving income and based on property of physical persons themselves, and exercised in the name of physical persons, at their risks and under their property liability;

3) state support to private entrepreneurship means a set of state measures for promoting the development of private entrepreneurship, creating favourable legal, economic and social conditions for implementing entrepreneurial initiative in the Republic of Kazakhstan;

4) private entrepreneurship entities mean physical persons and non-governmental legal entities carrying on entrepreneurial activities;

5) private entrepreneurship means initiative activities of private entrepreneurship entities aimed at deriving income, based on property of private entrepreneurship entities themselves and carried on in the name of private entrepreneurship entities, at their risks and under their property liability;

6) industrial zone means land of non-agricultural designation, provided with service lines, allocated by the state to private entrepreneurship entities to place and operate industrial facilities in accordance with the procedure established by the Land Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan and other laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

7) accreditation of private entrepreneurship entities associations means the recognition by relevant state bodies of private entrepreneurship entities associations being consistent with the criteria established to represent the interests of private entrepreneurship entities in expert councils in issues of entrepreneurship;

8) private entrepreneurship infrastructure means a set of under-formation or effective organisations that shall ensure general conditions for functioning and development of private entrepreneurship, in particular assistance in organising own businesses, supply of information in the sphere of law, marketing, engineering and management, support in the provision of material-technical, financial and other resources on a commercial basis;

9) visits and inspections log book means a journal of the format established by the authorised body for entrepreneurship for mandatory registering a fact of a check (supervision) carried out by the official persons of state bodies, indicating positions, surnames and subjects of checks;

10) commercial secret means any information defined and safeguarded by private entrepreneurship entities, to which free access on legal grounds is allowed for a limited circle of persons, and which disclosure, receipt and use can inflict damage on the interests of the private entrepreneurship entities;

11) private entrepreneurship entities association means an independent institutional-legal form of a non-commercial organisations, established to protect the rights and legitimate interests of private entrepreneurship entities;

12) authorised body for entrepreneurship (henceforth - the authorised body) means the central executive body implementing the state policy to create favourable conditions for the development of private entrepreneurship and coordinate work of central state and local executive bodies for the development and support to private entrepreneurship;

13) expert council for issues of entrepreneurship (henceforth - the expert council) means the consultative-advisory body established at central state and local executive bodies to organise work on obtaining expert resolutions from accredited private entrepreneurship entities associations and interested non-commercial organisations with regard to draft regulatory legal acts infringing upon the interests of private entrepreneurship;

14) state supervision means the activities of state bodies exercised within the limits of their competence on supervision of compliance by private entrepreneurship entities with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

15) small entrepreneurship support centres mean legal entities carrying on training, information support, render of consultative and marketing services, the performance of the economic and technological expert evaluation of projects of small entrepreneurship entities.

Article 1. The Fundamental Definitions Used in This Law

Introduced by 19) Law No. 188 of 17th July 2009 of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of Private Business.

The following fundamental definitions are used in this Law:

1) business incubator  a legal entity that is organised to support entities of small business on the state of their establishing through providing production premises, equipment, organisational, legal, financial, consulting and information services;

2) social responsibility of business  voluntary contribution of private business entities in development of the society in the social, economic and ecological spheres;

3) individual entrepreneur  a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan or oralman carrying out individual business without formation of a legal entity and matching the criteria specified in paragraphs 3 and 7 of Article 6 of this Law;

4) individual business  initiative activity of natural persons that is directed towards gaining income, based on property of natural persons themselves and carried out on behalf of natural persons, at their risks and under their financial responsibility;

5) private business  initiative activity of private business entities that is directed towards gaining income, based on property of private business entities themselves and carried out on behalf of private business entities, at their risks and under their financial responsibility;

6) state supervision of private business  activity of the state bodies within their scopes that is directed towards ensuring the compliance of natural persons and legal entities with requirements of the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan and decrees of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

7) state promotion of private business  a set of state efforts for stimulating development of private business, organising favourable legal, economic and social conditions for implementation of business initiative in the Republic of Kazakhstan;

8) private business infrastructure  a set of organisations under formation or operating that ensure general conditions of functioning and development of private business, in particular assistance in organisation of own business, providing with information in the field of law, marketing, engineering and management, promotion in providing with material-technical, financial and other resources on the commercial basis;

9) private business entities  natural persons and non-state legal entities carrying out business activity;

10) association of private business entities  a non-profit organisation that is formed by private business entities for the purposes of coordinating their business activity, and also providing and protecting rights, legal interests of private business entities;