The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 202-V of 16 May 2014 “On Permits and Notifications” is the single statute that sorts every kind of business activity in Kazakhstan into three groups by level of danger: high-danger activities require a licence (a first-category permit), medium-danger activities a second-category permit, and low-danger activities a notification of commencement or termination. Exhaustive lists of all three groups are contained in three annexes to the Law: on the consolidated text as at 9 September 2026, Annex 1 holds 81 licence entries in force, Annex 2 226 second-category permit entries and Annex 3 65 notifications. If an activity appears in none of the annexes, no permit of any kind is needed: Article 17(6) of the Law and Article 109(1) of the Entrepreneurial Code expressly prohibit introducing a permit or notification requirement other than by inclusion in these lists. A licence is, as a rule, issued no later than 15 working days and without a time limit, a licence fee is payable at the rates set by Article 616 of Tax Code No. 214-VIII (from 3 to 3,845 MRP, that is from 12,975 to 16,629,625 tenge at the 2026 MRP of 4,325 tenge), and a notification allows the business to start immediately after it is sent.
