Law No. 291-IV “On subsoil and subsoil management”. Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Legislation Date 2010 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Mineral resources Keyword Basic legislation Exploration Contract/agreement Minerals Oil Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Entry into force notes This Law enters into force ten days after the date of its official publication. Abstract This Law regulates social relations in the sphere of subsoil management and has as its purpose protection of the national interests, rational and complex exploration and management of subsoil. Subsoil and mineral shall be public property. Foreign natural and legal persons, and also stateless persons shall be granted rights and duties equal to those of the nationals of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Legal regulation of subsoil management shall be based on the following principles: (a) rational, complex and safe subsoil management; (b) subsoil and environmental protection; (c) transparency of subsoil management operations; and (d) payment for subsoil management. This Law consists of 15 Chapters divided into 130 articles: (1) general provisions; (2) state regulation in the sphere of subsoil management; (3) right of nature management; (4) granting of subsoil management right through tenders; (5) granting of subsoil management rights through direct negotiation; (6) subsoil management contract; (7) rights and duties of subsoil managers; (8) petroleum operations; (9) oil operations at sea and in waterbodies; (10) main pipelines; (11) subsoil protection, rational and complex subsoil management, safety of population and staff; (12) state control in the sphere of protection, exploration and management of subsoil; (13) state subsoil fund; (14) liability; and (15) conclusive and transitional provisions. Full text Russian Website www.pavlodar.com References - Legislation Repeals Law No. 2868 on subsoil and subsoil management. Legislation | Kazakhstan | 1996 (2004) Keyword: Basic legislation, Mining, Minerals, Exploration, Contract/agreement, Environmental fees/charges, Authorization/permit, Groundwater Source: FAO, FAOLEX Law No. 2350 on oil. Legislation | Kazakhstan | 1995 (2004) Keyword: Oil pollution, Environmental audit, Oil, Exploration, Mining, Transport/storage, Contract/agreement Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Code on Subsoil and Subsoil Management (Law No. 125-VI ZRK). Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2017 (2019) Keyword: Governance, Mining, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Sustainable development, International relations/cooperation, Classification/declassification, Authorization/permit, Contract/agreement, Access-to-information, Basic legislation, Exploration, Minerals, Oil, Groundwater, Water abstraction Source: FAO, FAOLEX