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Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 112-IV of December 25, 2008, on Competition (as amended up to Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 380-V of October 31, 2015), Kazakhstan

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Year of Version 2015 Dates Entry into force: January 1, 2009 Adopted: December 25, 2008 Type of Text IP-related Laws Subject Matter Trademarks, Geographical Indications, Trade Names, Competition, Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets), Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights), Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, IP Regulatory Body Notes This consolidated version of the Law incorporates amendments up to Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 380-V of October 31, 2015, which came into force on November 23, 2015 (see Section 2, Chapter 2, Article 10 of the consolidated version for the amendments made by the said Law No. 380-V).

The consolidated Law contains provisions, which (i) refer to agreements on granting and (or) on alienation of the exclusive rights on use of results of intellectual activities or the means of individualization of legal entities, goods, works, and services, which are exempted from the prohibition on anti-competitive agreements (Section 2, Chapter 2, Article 10(6)); (ii) enumerates acts of unfair competition relating, among others, to intellectual property rights (Section 2, Chapter 3, Articles 16 to 19, and 28); and (iii) obliges the Anti-monopoly body to keep the confidentially of a commercial secret and to pay the damages caused by its disclosure (Section 3, Chapter 6, Article 43).

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/Z080000112_ and http://adilet.zan.kz/kaz/docs/Z080000112_ (Retrieved on July 7, 2016).


Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Russian Закон Республики Казахстан № 112-IV от 25.12.2008 г. «О конкуренции» (с изменениями, внесенными Законом Республики Казахстан № 380-V от 31.10.2015 г.) PDF HTML Kazakh Бәсекелестік туралы (Қазақстан Республикасының 2008 жылғы 25 желтоқсандағы № 112-IV Заңы) PDF HTML
Legislation Supersedes (2 text(s)) Supersedes (2 text(s))
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 112-IV of December 25, 2008, on Competition (as amended up to Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 248-V of November 7, 2014)(KZ094)
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 112-IV of December 25, 2008, on Competition (as amended up to Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 421-IV of March 25, 2011)(KZ034)
Is repealed by (1 text(s)) Is repealed by (1 text(s))
Entrepreneurial Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 375-V of October 29, 2015 (as amended up to Law No. 262-VI of July 3, 2019) (KZ130)

Historical Versions Repeals (2 text(s)) Repeals (2 text(s))
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)
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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