Ministerial Decree No. 543 validating the list of environmentally degrading economic activities. Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Regulation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Water Keyword Classification/declassification Hazardous substances Hazardous waste Air quality/air pollution Recycling/reuse Ozone layer Genetically modified organism (GMO) Radiation Pollution control Freshwater pollution 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 contains the list of environmentally degrading economic activities classified as follows: (a) land and subsoil management (reclamation of land polluted with toxic, radioactive and other hazardous substances, mining of the area exceeding 25 hectares); (b) use of water resources (waste water treatment calculated for the population of 150 thousand residents); (c) oil operations (extraction, storage, transport, processing and operation of pipelines); (d) use of nuclear and thermal energy (operation of nuclear power plants, spent nuclear fuel recycling and radioactive waste disposal); (e) atmospheric air impact, climate change and ozone layer (emissions, import and export of ozone depleting substances); (f) hazardous waste management (transboundary movement of hazardous waste, hazardous waste management, burial and disposal); and (g) other environmentally degrading economic activities (production of GMO). Full text Russian Website www.unesco.kz References - Legislation Repeals Ministerial Decree No. 19 listing ecologically hazardous economic activities and establishing compulsory state licensing thereof. Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2004 Keyword: Authorization/permit, Hazardous substances, Climate change, Ozone layer Source: FAO, FAOLEX Ministerial Decree No. 340 amending Ministerial Decree No. 19 listing ecologically hazardous economic activities and establishing compulsory state licensing thereof. Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2005 Keyword: Emissions, Hazardous substances, Transport/storage Source: FAO, FAOLEX