For previously-owned vehicles of 5 years old and older, the duty rate will be Euro 4 per cubic centimeter for engines of 1800-3000 cubic centimeters, whereas the “old” duty rate was Euro 0.35.
The Ministry’s press service reports that Kazakhstan will keep on regulating retail prices at the country’s pumps even after July 1, 2011 when customs barriers between the Customs Union member states are removed.
The draft law seeks to establish a sole national operator of marketable gas supplies: the operator shall have the preemptive right to purchase processed associated gas: Oil and Gas Minister Sauat Mynbayev.
