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Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 144-II of January 19, 2001, on Competition and Restriction of Monopoly Activities (as amended by Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 125 of January 31, 2006), Kazakhstan

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Year of Version 2006 Dates Adopted: January 19, 2001 Type of Text IP-related Laws Subject Matter Competition, Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets), Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, IP Regulatory Body, Other Notes This consolidated version of the Law incorporates amendments made by Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 125 of January 31, 2006, which came into force on February 14, 2006 (see Chapter 2-1, Articles 16-1 to 16-8 of the consolidated version for the amendments made by the said Law No. 125).

The consolidated Law defines the legal framework for prevention, limitation and suppression of monopolistic activities and unfair competition.
Among others, Article 6(2) provides that the Anti-monopoly body is entrusted to take measures to suppress acts of unfair competition.
Article 10(4) allows the employees of the Anti-monopoly body to access a commercial secret in the course of their duties and prevents them from disclosing it to others.

The Russian and Kazakh versions of the consolidated Law are reproduced with the permission of the Republican Center of Legal Information of the Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan from the URLs http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/Z010000144 and http://adilet.zan.kz/kaz/docs/Z010000144_ (Retrieved on July 4, 2016).

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Russian Закон Республики Казахстан № 144-II от 19.01.2001 г. «О конкуренции и ограничении монополистической деятельности» (с изменениями, внесенными Законом Республики Казахстан № 125 от 31.01.2006 г.) PDF HTML Kazakh Бәсеке және монополистік қызметті шектеу туралы (Қазақстан Республикасының Заңы. 2001 жылғы 19 қаңтар № 144-II) PDF HTML
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Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 232 of June 9, 1998, on Unfair Competition (as amended up to Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 174 of July 7, 2006) (KZ010)
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Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 144-II of January 19, 2001, on Competition and Restriction of Monopoly Activities(KZ011)
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Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 173 of July 07, 2006, on Competition and Restriction of Monopoly Activities (as amended by Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 316 of July 27, 2007) (KZ029)

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