Kazakhstan Transport and Climate Profile 2026
Outline
KAZAKHSTAN
TRANSPORT AND CLIMATE PROFILE
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Transport and Climate Change
Transport Energy Consumption
Adaptation and Resilience
Other Externalities
Vehicle Fleet
Urban Transport
Transport Investments
Transport and Climate Policy Documents
Distribution of Transport and Climate Policy Measures in Policy Documents
National Policy Priorities on Transport
Direct GHG Targets
These tables contains transport-relevant (e.g. economy-wide; sector-specific) GHG emissions targets as explicitly mentioned in the policy documents.
Economy-wide GHG emissions mandates
| NDC Kazakhstan 3.0 | 2025 | This NDC increases the climate change mitigation target to reduce net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 17 percent below 1990 levels by 2035 (unconditional) and to 25 percent with international support. | 2035 |
| First Nationally Determined Contribution - KAZ | 2016 | Unconditional - A 15% reduction in GHG emissions by 31 December 2030 compared to the base year Conditional - A 25% reduction in GHG emissions by 31 December 2030 compared to the base year, subject to additional international investments, access to low carbon technologies transfer mechanism, green climate funds and flexible mechanism for country with economy in transition. | 2030 |
Net zero, carbon neutrality
| STRATEGY of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2060 | 2024 | Strategy of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2060 | 2060 |
Indirect Transport Climate Change Targets
These tables show non-GHG targets as specified in the policy documents which indirectly benefit climate change mitigation and adaptation in the transport sector.
Managing transport energy consumption
| Concept for transition of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Green Economy | 2013 | Economywide - Reduction of energy intensity of GDP from levels of 2008 = 30% (2030) | 2030 |
| Concept for transition of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Green Economy | 2013 | Economywide - Reduction of energy intensity of GDP from levels of 2008 = 50% (2050) | 2050 |
Vehicle air pollution emission standards
| Concept for transition of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Green Economy | 2013 | SOX, NOX emissions into environment = European levels of emissions | 2030 |
Transport and Climate Policy Measures
These tables list the policy measures that relate to climate change mitigation and adaptation in the transport sector that had been identified in the transport policy documents.
Accreditation of transport agencies and centres
| On the road traffic: The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of April 17, 2014 No. 194-V | 2022 | 1. The educational organization on training the drivers of vehicles shall created by individual entrepreneurs and legal entities and starts its activities from the date of submission the notification of the commencement of activities to the authorized body in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Permits and Notifications". Authorized body in the field of transport and communications: 1) exercises the state control of observance of an order of the organization and carrying out obligatory technical inspection of mechanical transport vehicles and trailers to them operators of technical inspection; 2) develops a form of the diagnostic card of technical inspection; 3) develops an order of the organization and implementation by the legal entities and individual entrepreneurs occupied on irregular transportations of passengers and baggage, activities for safety of transportation of passengers and baggage; 4) keeps the register of operators of technical inspection; | x |
Active mobility - General
| NDC Kazakhstan 3.0 | 2025 | reducing emissions through accelerated electrification and the transition to public and active transport | x | ||||
| On the road traffic: The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of April 17, 2014 No. 194-V | 2022 | 3) at a design stage and construction of roads division of the movement of pedestrian and road traffic flows by antiemergency dividing barriers and protections. | x |
Active transport infrastructure expansion and improvement
| On the road traffic: The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of April 17, 2014 No. 194-V | 2022 | 1) planning of land use taking into account an exception of risks during the movement of pedestrians by creation of the safe routes, interconnected and convenient for movement, used by them; 2) a construction of the safe, convenient, connected among themselves pedestrian ways with their artificial lighting; division of road traffic and pedestrian flows by construction of underground and elevated crosswalks; 4) existence of parkings, bicycle lanes or bicycle paths | x |
Aircraft fleet renovation
| Energy Efficiency-2020 Program | 2013 | update the fleet of aircraft and railway locomotives provided for | x |
Alternative fuels - General
| STRATEGY of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2060 | 2024 | Shift to transport which uses alternative and renewable energy sources | x | x | x | ||
| Concept for the Development of the Fuel and Energy Sector until 2030 | 2014 | transfer of urban transport to alternative fuel (LPG, liquefied natural gas | x |
Aviation fuels - General
| NDC Kazakhstan 3.0 | 2025 | For transport powered by an internal combustion engine, as well as aviation, there will be development low-emission fuel. | x |
Aviation traffic management
| Order of the Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan of May 16, 2011 No. 279 About approval of the Instruction on the organization and air traffic maintenance | 2011 | The instruction on the organization and air traffic maintenance is developed on the basis of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "About use of airspace of the Republic of Kazakhstan and activities of aircraft", and also taking into account requirements of standards and recommendations of International Civil Aviation Organization (IKAO) stated in Annex 11 to the Convention on international civil aviation (Chicago, 1944), and the document of International Civil Aviation Organization "Air traffic management" (Doc 4444 ATM/501). | x |
Biofuels
| NDC Kazakhstan 3.0 | 2025 | In particular, it is planned to use organic additives for gasoline and diesel fuel, for which an additional 70,000 tons of bioethanol will be produced | |||||
| STRATEGY of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2060 | 2024 | Biofuels | x | x | x |
Black spot analysis and improvement
| Safely Connected: A Regional Road Safety Strategy for CAREC Countries, 2017-2030 | 2017 | Establish an effective system for blackspot identification for the CAREC road network with a system of value for money assessment built in. | x |
Capacity building - General
| INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT OF NATIONAL COMPANY KAZAKHSTAN TEMIR ZHOLY JSC FOR 2021 | 2021 | development of the technical and technological expertise for ensuring the safety and reliability of the transportation process |
Coordinate planning across government agencies
| Promoting Clean Urban Public Transport in Kazakhstan | 2017 | Inter-ministerial co-operation in greening the transport strategy | x |
Data collection and repositories - General
| On the road traffic: The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of April 17, 2014 No. 194-V | 2022 | The intellectual transport system on the basis of a complex of the interconnected automated systems: collects basic data for an assessment of a transport situation; | x |
Development of other transport-related plan/ policy
| Energy Efficiency-2020 Program | 2013 | inclusion in the development programs of the territories of measures for the development of energy-efficient transport infrastructure | x |
Development of transport adaptation/ emergency/ disaster/ recovery plan/ policy
| NDC Kazakhstan 3.0 | 2025 | Development and implementation of unified national rules for the evacuation of the population (routes, transport, temporary accommodation) and the protection of critical infrastructure (energy, water supply, transport) in climate-related emergencies |
Disaster notification/ early warning system
| NDC Kazakhstan 3.0 | 2025 | Equipping civil defense units with modern monitoring and response equipment, including drones, satellite surveillance systems and mobile early warning systems. |
EV - General
| NDC Kazakhstan 3.0 | 2025 | reducing emissions through accelerated electrification and the transition to public and active transport. The implementation of Euro 5 and Euro 6 standards, as well as an increase in the share of electric vehicles | x | ||||
| STRATEGY of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2060 | 2024 | environmentally friendly modes of transport | x | x | |||
| Updated Nationally Determined Contribution - KAZ | 2023 | infrastructure for electric and gas vehicles | |||||
| Order of the Minister of Investments and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan of March 31, 2015 No. 389 About establishment of requirements for transport energy efficiency | 2015 | Requirements for transport energy efficiency (further - requirements) are developed according to subitem 6-7) of article 5 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of January 13, 2012 "About energy saving and increase in energy efficiency" and determine normative indicators of energy efficiency of transport. | x | x | x |
EV charging infrastructure
| NDC Kazakhstan 3.0 | 2025 | Modernization of distribution networks and the transition of consumers to higher voltage will create conditions for the safe connection of charging stations and an increase in the share of electric vehicles, reducing the risk of overload during peak demand hours. | x | ||||
| Concept for transition of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Green Economy | 2013 | Developing alternative types of transport and respective infrastructure, in particular for electric cars and gas-fueled cars. |
Energy efficient vehicle incentives excl. EVs
| Energy Efficiency-2020 Program | 2013 | develop mechanisms to stimulate the purchase of fuel-efficient cars | x |
Fleet-specific improvement for freight
| STRATEGY of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2060 | 2024 | Electrification of railways and optimization of freight traffic will continue. | x | x | x |
Freight and logistics improvements - General
| State Program for Industrial and Innovative Development for 2015-2019 | 2015 | creation of a highly efficient transport and logistics system of Kazakhstan and ensuring its integration into the international transport system |
Fuel quality improvement
| NDC Kazakhstan 3.0 | 2025 | For transport powered by an internal combustion engine, as well as aviation, there will be development low-emission fuel. | |||||
| International Energy Charter | 2015 | encouraging the clean and efficient use of fossil fuels | x | ||||
| Concept for transition of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Green Economy | 2013 | Ensuring the use of high quality fuel. | x |
Hydrogen
| STRATEGY of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2060 | 2024 | Hydrogen | x |
Incentives for EVs and components
| NDC Kazakhstan 3.0 | 2025 | Expanding incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles, including measures to reduce their initial cost, will help accelerate the transition to clean transport | x |
Infrastructure improvements - General
| Strategic Development Plan until 2025 | 2018 | measures will be taken to ensure uninterrupted and safe transport links with an appropriate level of service between cities and the nearest settlements. long-term contracts with transport companies will be stimulated | x | x | x | ||
| International Energy Charter | 2015 | promoting the realisation of infrastructure projects important for providing global and regional energy security modernisation, renewal and rationalisation by industry of services and installations for the production, conversion, transport, distribution and use of energy promoting the developemnt and interconnection of energy transport infrastructure and the regional integration of energy markets facilitating access to transport infrastructure, for the international trnaist purposes in line with the objectives of this Charter coordination and where appropriate, harmonisation of safety principles and guidelines for energy products and their transport as well as for energy installations, at high level | |||||
| Concept for transition of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Green Economy | 2013 | Development of energy efficient transport infrastructure | x |
Innovations and digitalization - General
| STRATEGY of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2060 | 2024 | All processes in energy generation, transportation and consumption, including public utility sector and households will be gradually digitized | x | x | x |
Intelligent transport systems (ITS)
| Strategic Development Plan until 2025 | 2018 | Intelligent systems will be introduced | x |
Involvement of subnational government for transport activities
| LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN of July 4, 2003 No. 476-II About road transport | 2003 | Local representative bodies of areas, cities of republican value, capital: approve the complex scheme of development of passenger transport and projects of the organization of traffic within the competence | x |
LPG/ CNG/ LNG
| Promoting Clean Urban Public Transport in Kazakhstan | 2017 | Incentives for CNG/LPG vehicles | x | ||||
| Concept for transition of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Green Economy | 2013 | Switch public transport in Almaty to compressed gas; switch public transport to gas in other big cities (Astana, Karagandy, Shymkent) until 2020 depending on gas resources and decisions made on gas price subsidies | x |
Logistics hub
| Strategic Development Plan until 2025 | 2018 | creation of a modern logistics hub | x |
Low-emission vehicle zones
| ENVIRONMENTAL CODE | 2007 | Local representative bodies of regions, cities of republican significance, the capital, in case of detecting a regular exceedance of air quality standards in the territories of relevant administrative-territorial units revealed on the basis of state environmental monitoring for three consecutive years, are entitled to adopt appropriate regulatory legal acts within their competence in coordination with the authorised environmental protection body to impose restrictions preventing entrance of transport and other mobile vehicles or their individual types into settlements or separate zones within settlements on the territory of recreation and tourism places, conservation areas, as well as regulate movement of transport and other mobile vehicles within such areas in order to reduce an anthropogenic load on ambient air. | x | x |
Nationwide emergency hotline for road crashes
| On the road traffic: The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of April 17, 2014 No. 194-V | 2022 | introduction of the uniform national phone number for the message about emergency situations of the road accidents and also expeditious and single information transfer in the relevant divisions of authorized bodies | x | ||||
| Safely Connected: A Regional Road Safety Strategy for CAREC Countries, 2017-2030 | 2017 | Ensure modern and reliable communication coverage for all sections of CAREC corridors and a single emergency call number Ensure emergency phone numbers with multilingual capability are widely known to both national and international road users. | x |
Net zero, carbon neutrality
| NDC Kazakhstan 3.0 | 2025 | achieving carbon neutrality by 2060 |
Parking measures - General
| On the road traffic: The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of April 17, 2014 No. 194-V | 2022 | 1. The places equipped with the special certified devices intended for collection of payment for the parking and accounting of time of the parking of vehicles are defined by local executive bodies of areas, cities of republican value and the capital. 2. The parking in the places provided by paragraph 1 of the real article is carried out according to rules of the parking in the places equipped with the special certified devices intended for collection of payment for the parking and accounting of time of the parking of vehicles, and tariffing approved by local executive bodies of areas, cities of republican value and the capital. 3. The special certified devices intended for collection of payment for the parking and accounting of time of the parking of vehicles have to conform to requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of technical regulation. 4. The parking in the places equipped with the special certified devices intended for collection of payment for the parking and accounting of time of the parking of vehicles without payment is forbidden, except for the cases provided by rules of the parking in the places equipped with the special certified devices intended for collection of payment for the parking and accounting of time of the parking of vehicles. 5. Control of observance of rules of the parking in the places equipped with the special certified devices intended for collection of payment for the parking and accounting of time of the parking of vehicles is carried out by local executive bodies of areas, cities of republican value and the capital | x |
Passenger and freight load limits
| Safely Connected: A Regional Road Safety Strategy for CAREC Countries, 2017-2030 | 2017 | Ensure that information on national load limit regulations is shared among CAREC countries. | x |
Promote active transport
| NDC Kazakhstan 3.0 | 2025 | Urban planning will aim to create a low-emission transport environment through the integration of pedestrian, bicycle and public transport infrastructure into the urban fabric, ensuring convenience, safety and sustainability of urban mobility. | x |
Promotion of local manufacturing, services, and contracting in transport
| STRATEGY of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2060 | 2024 | Development of local manufacturing of vehicles using alternative and renewable energy sources | x | ||||
| Promoting Clean Urban Public Transport in Kazakhstan | 2017 | Promoting local production of clean engines |
Public transport improvement - General
| NDC Kazakhstan 3.0 | 2025 | reducing emissions through accelerated electrification and the transition to public and active transport | x | x | |||
| Concept for transition of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Green Economy | 2013 | Increase in energy efficiency of local public transport due to its conversion to clean fuel (gas and electricity) Transportation control (transport infrastructure enabling efficient use of all transport types, increase of accessibility and quality of public transport). | |||||
| Concept of Transition of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Sustainable Development for 2007-2024 | 2007 | transition to environmentally friendly public transport |
Public transport pricing
| Promoting Clean Urban Public Transport in Kazakhstan | 2017 | Tariffs should be designed to maximise the social welfare of both passengers and public transport providers, subject to budget and capacity constraints Shifting from short?term contracts that encourage a short-term perspective among operators (and, therefore, discourage investments) toward a medium or long?term approach Fuel, and therefore cost, savings can be achieved by making the operation of public transport more efficient | x | x |
Rail improvement - General
| Concept for transition of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Green Economy | 2013 | Increase in railway transport efficiency | x |
Railway electrification
| STRATEGY of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2060 | 2024 | Electrification of railways and optimization of freight traffic will continue. | x |
Railway rolling stock improvement
| Energy Efficiency-2020 Program | 2013 | update the fleet of aircraft and railway locomotives provided for | x |
Reduction of transport/ logistics costs
| State Program for Industrial and Innovative Development for 2015-2019 | 2015 | reduction of infrastructure costs (utilities, transport services, costs for tare and packaging, etc.) of production in the industry |
Reference to international financial support
| Safely Connected: A Regional Road Safety Strategy for CAREC Countries, 2017-2030 | 2017 | Seek funding from external sources to augment road safety national budgets. | x |
Reporting, transparency, feedback mechanism
| On the road traffic: The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of April 17, 2014 No. 194-V | 2022 | 4) maintenance of statistical reporting and public accounting major targets of the road and ensure its safety | |||||
| Safely Connected: A Regional Road Safety Strategy for CAREC Countries, 2017-2030 | 2017 | Undertake regular monitoring of national road safety action plans and evaluate outcomes to provide feedback to improve road safety intervention development and delivery Review the effectiveness of the legislation framework for vehicle insurance requirements across CAREC countries | x |
Research in transport sector
| On the road traffic: The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of April 17, 2014 No. 194-V | 2022 | Authorized body in the field of transport and communications, owners of roads introduce modern innovative technologies of design and construction for providing safe roads and mobility with way: 1) creations of necessary conditions for carrying out research and development in the field of safe roads and ensuring mobility; 2) achievements of results of scientific research on the basis of their economic justification for inclusion in development of safer road infrastructure and allocation of necessary investments; Identification of risks: Assessment of risk and risk factors (systematic and constant monitoring, analysis of all possible causes of road accidents, qualitative estimation of their probability and size); Classification of risks (research of specifics of risks and factors which lead to their occurrence, influence on their development, expert estimations of historical data, the map of risks); | x |
Road-side checks for traffic safety enforcement
| On the road traffic: The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of April 17, 2014 No. 194-V | 2022 | If for the vehicle the allowed maximum weight is established, then the mass of the vehicle with loading shouldn't exceed the allowed maximum weight. | x | ||||
| Order of the Minister of Investments and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan of May 29, 2015 No. 671 About approval of regulations of the state service in the field of road transport | 2015 | The state service "Issue of the International Certificate of Weighing of Cargo Vehicles" (further - the state service) appears territorial authorities of Committee of transport of the Ministry for Investments and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan on stationary posts of transport control on the territories of the Republic of Kazakhstan located along the line the vehicle (further - the service provider). 2. Form of rendering the state service: electronic (partially automated) and (or) paper. 3. Result of rendering the state service - the international certificate of weighing of cargo vehicles (further - the certificate). | x |
Road-side vehicle technical checks
| Concept for transition of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Green Economy | 2013 | Enforce annual inspection of motor vehicles to check exhaust fumes quality to complete one-time audit of the whole operational car fleet until 2020 | x | ||||
| LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN of July 4, 2003 No. 476-II About road transport | 2003 | When conducting checks of subjects of entrepreneurship on road transport the service employees of authorized body performing check within the competence check: 1) availability and condition of railway vehicles, repair and production depot, technical means, cargo handling gears, the control instrumentation, the equipped service spaces (exception the companies which do not have own repair and production depot and signed agreements on accomplishment of the corresponding work types with other companies constitute), and also observance by subjects of entrepreneurship on road transport of regulations of ecological requirements and requirements for traffic safety; 2) compliance of technical operation of vehicles to the established requirements; 3) availability and compliance of services and qualified personnel for carrying out pretrip technical inspection of vehicles, pretrip and posttrip medical examination of drivers or contracts with the relevant organizations performing such activities; 4) execution of requirements of Rules of public conveyances and baggage road transport when implementing public conveyances and baggage or rendering services of bus stations, bus stations and service points of passengers; | x |
Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF)
| NDC Kazakhstan 3.0 | 2025 | The aviation industry will use SAF, the production of which in Kazakhstan will amount to at least 30,000 tons by 2035. | x |
Technical standards for general transport infrastructure
| Safely Connected: A Regional Road Safety Strategy for CAREC Countries, 2017-2030 | 2017 | Conduct a legislative review of vehicle standards across CAREC countries to ensure that these are at a level that promotes safety | x | ||||
| LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN of July 4, 2003 No. 476-II About road transport | 2003 | 1. When designing vehicles all possible dangers at all stages of lifecycle shall be identified, including in case of regular operation, emergency situations (refusals and external impacts), expected human errors and inadmissible use. 1. In case of production it is necessary to provide compliance of production of vehicles to requirements of the project documentation, this Law, technical regulations. 2. In case of production of vehicles the manufacturer shall execute all package of measures for safety control determined by the project documentation and provide possibility to control of accomplishment of all technological transactions on which safety depends. | x |
Technical standards for road infrastructure
| Safely Connected: A Regional Road Safety Strategy for CAREC Countries, 2017-2030 | 2017 | Review existing design standards for CAREC highways in the light of international good practice Develop and implement a system to improve design standards for CAREC highways to conform with internationally accepted standards of road safety engineering. | x |
Technical standards for vehicles
| LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN of July 4, 2003 No. 476-II About road transport | 2003 | 1. When designing vehicles all possible dangers at all stages of lifecycle shall be identified, including in case of regular operation, emergency situations (refusals and external impacts), expected human errors and inadmissible use. 1. In case of production it is necessary to provide compliance of production of vehicles to requirements of the project documentation, this Law, technical regulations. 2. In case of production of vehicles the manufacturer shall execute all package of measures for safety control determined by the project documentation and provide possibility to control of accomplishment of all technological transactions on which safety depends. | x |
Technology and knowledge transfer
| Safely Connected: A Regional Road Safety Strategy for CAREC Countries, 2017-2030 | 2017 | Provide opportunities for CAREC countries to share expertise and knowledge to ensure consistency of vehicle inspection and maintenance systems across CAREC countries | x |
Traffic management
| Updated Nationally Determined Contribution - KAZ | 2023 | smart traffic management systems | x | ||||
| Concept for transition of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Green Economy | 2013 | Improvement in the transport flows control system (smart traffic control system) is required. | x |
Training of enforcement authorities
| Safely Connected: A Regional Road Safety Strategy for CAREC Countries, 2017-2030 | 2017 | Provide training for traffic police and engineers in crash investigation and blackspot identification. | x |
Transport Laws and Regulations- General
| Safely Connected: A Regional Road Safety Strategy for CAREC Countries, 2017-2030 | 2017 | Strengthen legislative frameworks based on the findings of the review. Introduce modifications and amendments to the legislative framework in each CAREC country. | x | ||||
| LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN of July 6, 2004 No. 574-II About inland water transport | 2004 | This Law governs the public relations arising between state bodies, physical persons and legal entities in the field of inland water transport during the implementing navigation, public conveyance, baggage and loads, operation of small size vessels including on the reservoirs which are not relating to inland waterways and seawaters and also determines their rights, obligations and responsibility. | x | ||||
| LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN of July 4, 2003 No. 476-II About road transport | 2003 | This Law governs the relations arising between carriers, passengers, consignors, consignees, other physical persons and legal entities in the field of road transport. | x | ||||
| LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN of December 8, 2001 No. 266-II About rail transport | 2001 | About rail transport - This Law governs the public relations between carriers, participants of transportation process, state bodies, passengers, senders, receivers, consignors, consignees, other physical persons and legal entities when implementing public conveyance, baggage, loads, cargo baggage and mailings by rail. | x |
Transport asset management - General
| On the road traffic: The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of April 17, 2014 No. 194-V | 2022 | Design, construction, reconstruction, repair, the maintenance of roads and management of them in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan have to be carried out on a basis and with observance of safety requirements of road traffic established by the real Law, technical regulations in the field of highways | x |
Transport demand management - General
| Concept for transition of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Green Economy | 2013 | Improvement in the transport flows control system (smart traffic control system) is required. | x |
Transport institutional reform
| Safely Connected: A Regional Road Safety Strategy for CAREC Countries, 2017-2030 | 2017 | Create a CAREC Road Safety Working Group to monitor progress at the regional level. | x |
Transport international conventions - General
| Safely Connected: A Regional Road Safety Strategy for CAREC Countries, 2017-2030 | 2017 | Establish a biennial CAREC Road Safety Conference that helps to build communications, co-operation and confidence amongst member countries towards tackling road safety issues with a regional focus. | x |
Travel time improvement
| Strategic Development Plan until 2025 | 2018 | optimizing the transportation of goods and reducing the time and cost of delivery | x |
Vehicle air pollution emission standards
| On the road traffic: The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of April 17, 2014 No. 194-V | 2022 | 7. The emissions in the environment made by vehicles at their operation shouldn't exceed the admissible level established by technical regulations in the field of environmental protection. | x | ||||
| INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT OF NATIONAL COMPANY KAZAKHSTAN TEMIR ZHOLY JSC FOR 2021 | 2021 | In the Republic of Kazakhstan, it is prohibited to manufacture transport and other mobile vehicles if the content of pollutants in their emissions does not meet requirements of the Eurasian Economic Union technical regulations. | x | ||||
| Concept for transition of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Green Economy | 2013 | Set air emission standards for road transportation vehicles compliant with EU norms from July 2016 | x |
Vehicle efficiency standards
| NDC Kazakhstan 3.0 | 2025 | The implementation of Euro 5 and Euro 6 standards, as well as an increase in the share of electric vehicles | x | ||||
| STRATEGY of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2060 | 2024 | switch to modern fuelsaving vehicles | x | ||||
| Order of the Minister of Investments and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan of March 31, 2015 No. 389 About establishment of requirements for transport energy efficiency | 2015 | Requirements for transport energy efficiency (further - requirements) are developed according to subitem 6-7) of article 5 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of January 13, 2012 "About energy saving and increase in energy efficiency" and determine normative indicators of energy efficiency of transport. | x | ||||
| Concept for transition of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Green Economy | 2013 | Deploy a modern transportation fleet together with improved practices, fuel formulations, and operational practices | x | ||||
| Energy Efficiency-2020 Program | 2013 | adapt international energy efficiency standards vehicles Reduced fuel consumption in the transport sector | x |
Vehicle improvement - General
| Concept for transition of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Green Economy | 2013 | monitoring, and ensuring that all requirements connected with fuel efficiency with respect to new cars appearing in the market are fulfilled | x |
Vehicle inspection and maintenance
| On the road traffic: The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of April 17, 2014 No. 194-V | 2022 | 1. Motor vehicles and trailers, participating in road traffic on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and registered with the authorized body, as well as those registered in other states, are subject to mandatory technical inspection, with the exception of vehicles of category M1, whose age does not exceed seven years, including the year of manufacture, not used in business activities in the field of automotive transport. 2. Compulsory technical inspection shall be carried out by operators of technical inspection, included by the authorized body in the field of transport and communications in the register of technical inspection operators, regardless of the place of registration of the vehicle and the residence of the owner of the vehicle. | x | ||||
| Safely Connected: A Regional Road Safety Strategy for CAREC Countries, 2017-2030 | 2017 | Review legislative framework for vehicle inspection and maintenance systems in CAREC countries. | x |
Vehicle scrappage scheme
| Concept for transition of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Green Economy | 2013 | Developing an incentive program for car disposal aimed at transport fleet renewal within shorter terms (for example, in form of trade-in schemes for more eco-friendly cars) | x | ||||
| Energy Efficiency-2020 Program | 2013 | renewal of the vehicle fleet | x |
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