On approval of the Rules for the development, coordination, approval, registration, recording, change, revision, cancellation and enactment of national military standards used for the needs of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, other troops and military units

Updated Unofficial translation

Order of the Minister of Industry and Infrastructural Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 27, 2019 No. 945. Registered with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan on December 30 2019 No. 19802.

      Unofficial translation

      In accordance with subclause 39) of article 6 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated March 18, 2019 "On the defense industry and the state defense order" I HEREBY ORDER:

      1. To approve the attached Rules for the development, coordination, approval, registration, recording, change, revision, cancellation and enactment of national military standards used for the needs of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, other troops and military units.

      2. To recognize as invalid the order of the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated March 5, 2019 № 134 "On approval of the Rules for development, coordination, approval, registration, recording, change, revision, cancellation and enactment of the national military standards used for the needs of the Armed Forces, other troops and military units of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (registered in the Register of State Registration of Regulatory Legal Acts № 18379, published on March 13, 2019 in the Reference Control Bank of Regulatory Legal Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan).

      3. The Department of development of the military industrial complex of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with the procedure, established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, shall ensure:

      1) state registration of this order with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

      2) placement of this order on the Internet resource of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

      4. Control over execution of this order shall be entrusted to the supervising vice-minister of Industry and Infrastructural Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

      5. This order shall come into force from January 1, 2020 and shall be subject to official publication.

      Minister of Industry and Infrastructural
      Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan       B. Atamkulov

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General Prosecutor's Office
of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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Ministry of Finance
of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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Ministry of Defense
of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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State Security Service
of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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Ministry of Trade and Integration
of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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National Security Committee
of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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Ministry of Internal Affairs
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  Approved by the order
of the Minister of Industry
and Infrastructural Development
of the Republic of Kazakhstan
dated December 27, 2019 № 945

Rules for the development, coordination, approval, registration, recording, change, revision,
cancellation and enactment of national military standards used for the needs of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, other troops and military units
Chapter 1. General Provisions

      1. These Rules for the development, coordination, approval, registration, recording, change, revision, cancellation and enactment of national military standards used for the needs of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, other troops and military units (hereinafter referred to as the Rules) shall determine the procedure for the development, coordination, approval, registration, recording, change, revision, cancellation and enactment of national military standards on behalf of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, other troops and military formations.

      2. In these Rules, the following concepts are used:

      1) developer – a legal entity performing work and (or) providing services for the development of national military standards;

      2) military goods (products) – weapons, military, automotive and special equipment, technical and special means, clothing and special property, documentation, objects of intellectual property, equipment for the production, testing of military goods (products), components and spare parts for the specified goods (products);

      3) dual-use (application) goods (products) – products and technologies used for civilian purposes, which can be used or subsequently repurposed and used as military goods (products);

      4) military standardization– activity to establish technical requirements, rules, characteristics, technical standards for the purpose of their repeated use to objects of military standardization in relation to real and potential tasks;

      5) the object of military standardization – military and dual-use products, processes and services (applications) which are subject to or subjected to standardization, including materials, raw materials, special technological equipment;

      6) the subject of military standardization – concerned state bodies, technical committees, enterprises of the military-industrial complex and enterprises producing military and dual-use products (applications);

      7) the national military standard – a document on standardization for products, processes and services, which, for the purpose of specific and special use, establishes rules, general principles and characteristics for military and dual-use (use) objects, including containing information, related to state secrets and restricted distribution;

      8) the interstate military standard – a standard adopted by an authorized interstate body or interstate standardization organization, which establishes requirements for military and dual-use (use) products, as well as processes and other objects of military standardization associated with such products;

      9) authorized body in the field of the defense industry – a state body responsible for the management and intersectoral coordination in the field of the defense industry (hereinafter referred to as the authorized body);

      10) the fundamental military standard – standardization document establishing general organizational and methodological provisions in the field of military standardization;

      11) Technical Commission – advisory body created under the authorized body for military standardization;

      12) technical committee for standardization – an advisory and advisory body created in sectors of the economy on a voluntary basis to carry out activities in the field of standardization and participate in the creation of a national standardization system for fixed objects of standardization or areas of activity.

      Footnote. Paragraph 2 as amended by the Order of the Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22.08.2025 № 310 (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

      3. The organization of work in the field of military standardization shall be carried out at the expense and within the limits of the republican budget, provided by the authorized body for the corresponding year, unless another source of funding is provided.

      In order to improve safety and ensure the quality of military standardization objects, legal entities and other non-profit organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan may, at their own expense, finance the costs of performing work in the field of military standardization specified in clause 10 of these Rules, with inclusion to the action plan on military standardization for the corresponding year.

      4. Military national standards are divided into:

      1) fundamental military national standards;

      2) military national standards for products, processes, services and methods of their control;

      3) military national terminology standards;

      4) military national standards of general technical requirements for types of weapons and military equipment.

      Footnote. Paragraph 4 is amended by the Order of the Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22.08.2025 № 310 (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

      5. National military standard applies in relation to the objects of military standardization.

Chapter 2. Development and revision of national military standards

      6. The national military standard is developed and revised for the purposes of standardization of products of military and dual-use (application), stipulated by these Rules.

      7. The development and revision of national military standards shall be carried out in accordance with the annual work plan for military standardization, approved by the authorized body in the fourth quarter of the year, which precedes the planned period in compliance with the legislation on state secrets based on proposals of the subjects of military standardization within the frameworks of allocated monetary funds.

      8. The basis for refusal to be included in the military standardization work plan shall be:

      1) lack of financial resources for military standardization measures;

      2) irrelevance of the measures on the day of the decision (the national military standard was adopted or revised with the same area of distribution, the proposed changes do not correspond to the modern scientific and technical level of development of science, technology and technology).

      9. The development, coordination, approval, and introduction of amendments (additions) to the work plan for military standardization, including the establishment of forms of documents for the specified plan, is determined by the fundamental military standard of the State system of technical regulation of the Republic of Kazakhstan 1.1.

      Footnote. Paragraph 4 is amended by the Order of the Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22.08.2025 № 310 (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

      10. Development and revision of national military standards shall include the following stages:

      1) development of the terms of reference (technical specification), feasibility study;

      2) development of a draft military national standard and an explanatory note to it, sending it to the subjects of military standardization for consideration;

      3) revision of the draft military national standard, taking into account the comments and suggestions received from the subjects of military standardization;

      4) preparation for approval (adoption), including examination, approval (adoption) and consideration of the national military standard;

      5) referring to the information of restricted distribution and constituting state secrets in accordance with the norms of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated March 15, 1999 "On state secrets".

      Footnote. Paragraph 10 as amended by the Order of the Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22.08.2025 № 310 (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

      11. The procedures for the development, coordination, construction, design, content, presentation of military national standards are established by the fundamental military standards of the State system of technical regulation of the Republic of Kazakhstan 1.2 and of the State system of technical regulation of the Republic of Kazakhstan 1.5.

      Footnote. Paragraph 11 is amended by the Order of the Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22.08.2025 № 310 (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

      12. The development and revision of national military standards shall be carried out by state bodies within their competence, as well as by legal entities of the Republic of Kazakhstan that meet the requirements of the technical assignment (technical specification) of the authorized body for the development of a national military standard.

      13. The basis for classifying military national standards is their compliance with the list of information subject to classification in force at the authorized body.

      Footnote. Paragraph 13 is amended by the Order of the Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22.08.2025 № 310 (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

Chapter 3. Coordination of national military standards

      14. The draft military national standard, depending on the object of military standardization, is sent by the developer for approval to the customer of the development and the subjects of military standardization.

      Footnote. Paragraph 14 is amended by the Order of the Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22.08.2025 № 310 (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

      15. The deadline for approval of the draft military national standard does not exceed twenty working days from the date of their registration with the subjects of military standardization.

      Footnote. Paragraph 15 is amended by the Order of the Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22.08.2025 № 310 (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

      16. National military standards, containing requirements to the methods of control (testing) and methodologies of performance of measuring, not standardized at the national and interstate levels, shall be subject to coordination with the authorized body for technical regulation and metrology for compliance with the legislation in the field of ensuring the uniformity of measurements of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

      17. Following the results of the coordination, the developer of the draft military national standard prepares a summary of reviews with the inclusion of accepted and not accepted comments and suggestions from subjects of military standardization and the second edition of the draft military national standard.

      In case of disagreement with comments and suggestions from subjects of military standardization, argumentative reasons for non-acceptance are given.

      The second edition of the draft military national standard is sent for re-approval to the subjects of military standardization, along with a summary of the review.

      The deadline for the re-approval of the military national standard is ten working days from the date of its receipt by the subjects of military standardization.

      If no consensus is reached during the approval and consideration of the draft military standard or the content of individual provisions (paragraphs), at the initiative of the developer, the draft military standard is submitted for discussion and decision-making to the authorized body.

      The authorized body organizes a discussion of suggestions and comments on the draft military standard, on which no consensus has been reached, with the involvement of the developer, the agreeing parties having disagreements and makes a decision within no more than ten working days from the date of its receipt.

      Based on the results of discussion and decision-making on the draft military standard, the developer includes comments and suggestions accepted and not accepted in the summary of reviews on the draft military standard.

      Footnote. Paragraph 17 is amended by the Order of the Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22.08.2025 № 310 (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

      18. The developer of the military national standard, taking into account the comments and (or) suggestions received, forms a standard file on paper and (or) electronic media, which includes:

      1) draft military national standard (first, second and final editions);

      2) an explanatory note;

      3) summary of reviews;

      4) copies of outgoing letters for approval of the draft military national standard;

      5) copies of documents confirming the approval of the draft military national standard;

      6) copies of the terms of reference (technical specification) and feasibility study for the development of a military national standard (with the exception of documents on military standardization developed by government agencies);

      7) a regulatory document on standardization for military products of a foreign state, with the provisions of which the draft military national standard is harmonized (if any).

      The completed file of the military national standard is sent by the developer to the authorized body for examination.

      Footnote. Paragraph 18 is amended by the Order of the Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22.08.2025 № 310 (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

      19. The examination shall include:

      1) reaching the consensus by coordinating parties;

      2) checking the completeness of the standard case;

      3) Review summary review for completeness of coordination of the draft national military standard;

      4) elimination of duplication of requirements of existing military national standards;

      5) establishing compliance with national military standard development procedures with fundamental military standards;

      6) establishing compliance with the requirements of regulatory documents on standardization for military products of foreign states (if any).

      20. The examination of military national standards is carried out by the authorized body with the involvement of specialists in the field of military standardization of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the appropriate form of access to information constituting state secrets, within a period not exceeding twenty working days from the date of their receipt.

      Footnote. Paragraph 20 is amended by the Order of the Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22.08.2025 № 310 (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

      21. The authorized body based on the results of the examination, shall return the draft national military standard for revision, in cases of:

      1) inconsistence with the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and regulatory documents on standardization;

      2) failure to achieve the goal established in the terms of reference (technical specification);

      3) submission by the developer of an incomplete package of documents specified in clause 18 of these Rules;

      4) rejection by the developer of suggestions and (or) comments from subjects of military standardization;

      5) duplication of norms in the project, with the current national military standards;

      6) non-coordination (failure to reach the consensus) with the customer of the development of the national military standard.

      Footnote. Paragraph 21 as amended by the Order of the Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22.08.2025 № 310 (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

      22. Based on the results of the examination, the authorized body issues an expert opinion, including recommendations on the possibility (or impossibility) of finalizing the draft national military standard and submission for consideration at a meeting of the technical commission.

      23. Based on the results of the examination, the developer finalizes the draft military national standard (if necessary), completes and sends the file of the military national standard to the authorized body for further consideration and decision-making on approval at a meeting of the technical commission.

      The following documents are additionally included in the military national standard file:

      1) draft military national standard in the state and Russian languages with the stamp "FOR APPROVAL";

      2) minutes of meetings of the working group of the developer or the technical committee for standardization in the military field to review the finalized draft military standard (if any);

      3) product photo (if necessary);

      4) expert opinion of the authorized body.

      Footnote. Paragraph 23 is amended by the Order of the Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22.08.2025 № 310 (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

      24. The authorized body no later than ten working days after receiving the file of the national military standard submits it for consideration by the technical commission.

      The decision of the technical commission shall be adopted by an open vote and is considered adopted if a majority of votes from the total number of members are cast for it.

      In case of equality of votes, the decision is made by the chairman of the technical commission.

      Based on the results of the meetings of the technical commission, a protocol is drawn up within three working days, signed by the chairman and secretary.

      25. After the developer receives the decision of the technical commission, a copy of the minutes of the meeting of the Technical Commission is included in the military national standard file and sent to the authorized body for approval.

      Footnote. Paragraph 25 is amended by the Order of the Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22.08.2025 № 310 (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

Chapter 4. Approval and implementation of national military standards

      26. If the developer submits an incomplete set of documents, the authorized body returns the standard file for revision no later than three working days.

      Footnote. Paragraph 26 is amended by the Order of the Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22.08.2025 № 310 (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

      27. The military national standard is approved and put into effect by order of the head of the authorized body.

      After the approval of the military national standard by the developer, the following documents are additionally included in the military national standard File:

      1) a copy of the order approving the military national standard and putting it into effect;

      2) the approved military standard in the state and Russian languages, one copy each.

      Footnote. Paragraph 27 is amended by the Order of the Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22.08.2025 № 310 (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

Chapter 5. Registration and record of the national military standards

      28. After approval, national military standards are subject to record and registration in the Book of registration (record) of national military standards of the authorized body in the form, according to appendix to these Rules, indicating the following information:

      1) dates and index number of registrations;

      2) designation of the national military standard;

      3) name of the national military standard;

      4) number and date of the order on approval of the national military standard;

      5) name, legal address of organization-developer, organization-co-executor;

      6) data on amendments and cancellation (if any) of the national military standard;

      7) effective date / expiry date;

      8) on harmonization with international, interstate military standards, and military standards of foreign states;

      9) on the degree of restriction of information for distribution.

      29. After registration, the standard file is stored in the authorized body.

      30. National military standards are published, republished and distributed by the authorized body.

      National military standards, developed on an initiative basis by subjects of military standardization are distributed by the authorized body for coordination with these subjects.

      31. National military standards form a fund of regulatory documents on military standardization, which is an information resource.

Chapter 6. Amendments and cancellation of national military standards

      32. Amendments to national military standards are developed when adding or excluding certain requirements, extending, limiting their validity.

      33. Amendments to military national standards are carried out on the basis of verification or receipt of suggestions from subjects of military standardization.";

      Footnote. Paragraph 33 is amended by the Order of the Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22.08.2025 № 310 (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

      34. Suggestions for changes to military national standards are submitted for approval to the authorized body in accordance with these Rules.

      Amendments to military national standards are carried out by order of the head of the authorized body, in coordination with the subjects of military standardization.

      Footnote. Paragraph 34 is amended by the Order of the Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22.08.2025 № 310 (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

      35. Cancellation of national military standards, shall be carried out in case of:

      1) the termination of the release of products (performance of work, provision of services) of military and dual-use, produced in accordance with this military national standard;

      2) enactment of a new national military standard.

      36. In case of cancellation of the national military standard, the person initiating the cancellation shall send to the authorized body:

      1) a proposal on cancellation;

      2) information about the document replacing it or canceling it of the national military standard without replacement with justification;

      3) a letter confirming the consent of the customer and the developer of the national military standard to cancel it.

      37. The cancellation of the military national standard is carried out by order of the head of the authorized body, in coordination with the subjects of military standardization.

      Footnote. Paragraph 37 is amended by the Order of the Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22.08.2025 № 310 (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

  Appendix
Rules for the development, coordination,
approval, registration, recording, change, revision,
cancellation and enactment of national military
standards used for the needs of the Armed Forces
of the Republic of Kazakhstan,
other troops and military units
  Form

Book of registration (record) of national military standards

Date and index number of registration

Designation of the national military standard

Name of the national military standard

Number and date of the order on approval of the national military standard

Name, legal address of organization-developer/ organization-co-executor

Data on amendment and cancellation of the national military standard

Effective date / expiry date

Information on harmonization with international, interstate military standards, and military standards of foreign states

The degree of restriction of information for distribution

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