Ministerial Decree No. 1364 validating the Regulation on certification of efficiency performance of laboratories certifying seed quality. Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Regulation Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Planting material/seeds Crops/grasses Certification Research Standards Plant production Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Ministerial Decree establishes the modalities of certification of efficiency performance of legal persons carrying out research of variety and sowing quality of seeds for compliance with state standards in the sphere of seed-growing. Certification of efficiency performance shall be mandatory for all laboratories irrespectively of the form of ownership thereof. Requirements set for laboratories shall include: (a) availability of facilities and equipment; (b) availability of at least one seed expert; and (c) availability of normative and technical documentation related to seeds (distributed by crops). Full text Russian Website adilet.minjust.kz