On behalf of the “RPC of Fisheries” LLP we express our sincere condolences to the relatives and friends of the victims. We wish a speedy recovery to the injured.

For the last few years, scientific cooperation between scientific institutions from Kazakhstan and Poland has been developing intensively. An example of such cooperation is the joint research of the “RPC of Fisheries” LLP (Almaty, Kazakhstan) and the Faculty of Animal Bioengineering, Warmia and Mazury University (Olsztyn, Poland) with the participation the Research Center Fishery, Kazakh AgroTechnical University named after S. Seyfullin (Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan).

As part of this work, the focus was on the artificial reproduction and cultivation of pikeperch and African catfish. This cooperation is based on business mutual contacts and internships carried out by Kazakh scientists at the Department of Ichthyology and Aquaculture, which have the latest equipment in the field of aquaculture and competent specialists in the artificial reproduction and cultivation of larvae and fry (Dariusz Kucharczyk, Joanna Nowosad, etc.) and in genetic research in Europe. Currently, together with Polish scientists, manuals are being prepared on the possibility of a wide implementation of these techniques in fish farms.

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The norm of officials of the quasi-public sector who are subjects of corruption in accordance with the “Anti-corruption Law” has been expanded.

“From now on, employees of quasi-state companies authorized to make decisions on the organization and conduct of procurement, responsible for the selection and implementation of projects financed from the state budget and the National Fund, holding a position not lower than the head of an independent structural unit, are classified as subjects of corruption. That is, they will fully assume the anti-corruption restrictions provided for by the “Anti-corruption Law”, and will also bear more serious responsibility in case of committing corruption offenses”. 

Previously, such norms applied only to the first managers of quasi-state companies. On combating corruption Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 18, 2015 No. 410-V ZRK (extract) Article 12. Anti-corruption restrictions.

Activities incompatible with the performance of state functions Persons holding a responsible state position, persons authorized to perform state functions (with the exception of deputies of maslikhats who carry out their activities on a non-permanent or exempt basis), persons equated to persons authorized to perform state functions ( with the exception of candidates for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, deputies of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan or maslikhats, akims of cities of district significance, towns, villages, rural districts, as well as members of elected bodies of local self-government, persons operating in subjects of the quasi-public sector), officials are prohibited from:

• 1) carrying out activities that are incompatible with the performance of state functions;
• 2) inadmissibility of joint service (work) of close relatives, spouses and in-laws;
• 3) the use of official and other information that is not subject to official distribution in order to obtain or extract property and non-property benefits and advantages;
• 4) acceptance of material remuneration, gifts or services for actions (inaction) in favor of the persons who provided them, if such actions are included in the official powers of the persons specified in paragraph one of this clause, or these persons, by virtue of their official position, can contribute to such actions (inaction) );
• 5) opening and holding accounts (deposits) in foreign banks located outside the Republic of Kazakhstan, keeping cash and valuables in foreign banks located outside the Republic of Kazakhstan. Laws governing the performance of certain state functions may establish other legal norms that provide for restrictions aimed at preventing corruption. The consent of the persons specified in the first paragraph of paragraph 1 of this article to the adoption of anti-corruption restrictions is recorded by the personnel management services (HR departments) of the relevant organizations in writing.

Non-acceptance of anti-corruption restrictions by the persons specified in the first paragraph of paragraph 1 of this article entails a refusal to hire or dismissal from office (dismissal from office), their failure to comply in cases where there are no signs of a criminally punishable act and an administrative offense is the basis for their termination of public service or other relevant activity. Family members of the person specified in the first paragraph of paragraph 1 of this article shall not be entitled to receive material remuneration, gifts or services provided for the activity (inactivity) of this person in favor of the persons who provided material remuneration, gifts or services, if such actions (inaction) include in the official powers of this person or he, by virtue of his official position, can contribute to such activity (inactivity).

Note.

In this Law, the family members of the person specified in the first paragraph of paragraph 1 of this article are understood to be his spouse (wife), parents, children, including adults, and persons who are dependents and permanently residing with him.

Money received on the account of the persons specified in paragraph one of paragraph 1 of this article, and (or) members of their families without their knowledge, as well as funds received by them in violation of subparagraph 4) of paragraph 1 and paragraph 5 of this article, no more than two weeks after their discovery, they are subject to transfer to the republican budget with an explanation to the relevant state revenue body on the circumstances of receipt of such funds.

Gifts received without the knowledge of the persons specified in paragraph one of paragraph 1 of this article, and (or) their family members, as well as received by them in violation of subparagraph 4) of paragraph 1 and paragraph 5 of this article, are subject to free transfer to the authorized body for state property management within seven calendar days from the date of receipt of the gift or from the day when the person specified in paragraph one of paragraph 1 of this article became aware of the receipt of the gift, and the services rendered to these persons under the same circumstances must be paid for by transferring money to the republican budget in within seven calendar days from the date of provision of the service or from the day when the person specified in paragraph one of paragraph 1 of this article became aware of the provision of the service.

The person who transferred the gift to the authorized body for state property management has the right, with the notification of a higher official, to redeem it at a cost determined in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On valuation activities in the Republic of Kazakhstan”, on the basis of a sale and purchase agreement concluded with the authorized body on management of state property. The proceeds from the sale of gifts are transferred to the republican budget.

Article 13.

Activities incompatible with the performance of state functions Persons holding a responsible state position, persons authorized to perform state functions (with the exception of deputies of maslikhats who carry out their activities on a non-permanent or exempt basis), persons equated to persons authorized to perform state functions ( with the exception of candidates for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, deputies of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan or maslikhats, akims of cities of district significance, towns, villages, rural districts, as well as members of elected bodies of local self-government, persons operating in subjects of the quasi-public sector), officials are prohibited from:

• 1) independently participate in the management of an economic entity, if management or participation in the management of an economic entity is not included in their official duties in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, to contribute to the satisfaction of the material interests of organizations or individuals by misusing their official powers in order to obtain property or other good;
• 2) engage in entrepreneurial activities, with the exception of the acquisition and (or) sale of shares of open and interval mutual investment funds, bonds on the organized securities market, shares of commercial organizations (common shares in an amount not exceeding five percent of the total number of voting shares of organizations) for organized securities market;
• 3) engage in other paid activities, except for pedagogical, scientific and other creative activities. Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 26, 2019 No. 273-VI The persons specified in paragraph 1 of this article have the right to lease (lease) a dwelling that belongs to them on the basis of ownership, and receive income from such delivery.

The Chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan and his deputies, the Chairman of the authorized body for regulation, control and supervision of the financial market and financial organizations and his deputies are prohibited from acquiring shares of investment funds, bonds, shares of commercial organizations. The Chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan and his deputies, the Chairman of the authorized body for regulation, control and supervision of the financial market and financial organizations and his deputies, within thirty calendar days from the date of their appointment to positions, must transfer to trust management in the manner prescribed by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, owned shares of investment funds, bonds and shares of commercial organizations acquired prior to their appointment to positions.

Non-fulfillment by the said persons of the obligations stipulated by this paragraph is the basis for the termination of their respective activities. The persons specified in paragraph 1 of this article, within thirty calendar days from the date of taking office, are obliged to transfer to trust management for the duration of these functions in the manner prescribed by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, their property, the use of which entails the receipt of income, except for money, bonds, shares of open and interval mutual investment funds legally owned by these persons, as well as property leased.

The contract for trust management of property is subject to notarization.

In the event of the acquisition of shares (shares) in the authorized capital of commercial organizations and other property, the use of which entails the receipt of income, with the exception of bonds, shares of open and interval mutual investment funds, the persons specified in paragraph 1 of this article are obliged to transfer them to trust management in within thirty calendar days from the date of acquisition in the manner prescribed by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and submit to the personnel management service (personnel department) at the place of work a copy of the notarized agreement on trust management of property within ten working days after notarization of the agreement.

Failure to fulfill the obligations provided for by paragraphs 5 and 7 of this article by the persons indicated in paragraph 1 of this article is the basis for their termination of public service or other relevant activities.