Law No. 93 on compulsory ecological insurance. Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Legislation Date 2005 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Polluter pays principle Liability/compensation Pollution control Contract/agreement Subsidy/incentive 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 on 1 January 2006. Abstract This Law regulates public relations originating from compulsory ecological insurance and establishes legal, economic and organizational grounds for carrying out thereof. Compulsory ecological insurance establishes liability and compensation for damages caused by accidental pollution. Objects of compulsory ecological insurance shall be valuable (property) interests of persons carrying out environmentally hazardous activities and establishes liability for compensation of damages caused to environment by accidental pollution. Basic principles of compulsory ecological insurance shall be guarantee of compensation of damages, fulfilment of contractual obligations and incentives for the prevention of accidental environmental pollution. Full text Russian Website e.gov.kz