Laws, adopted in Kazakhstan, from 1 October 2015 to 18 January 2016

2. Law, introducing amendments to certain legislative acts on the regulation of the trading activity, dated 27 October 2015, which came into effect on 9 November 2015;

3. Entrepreneurial Code, dated 29 October 2015, which came into effect on 1 January 2016;

4. Civil Procedural Code, dated 31 October 2015, which came into effect on 1 January 2016;

5. Law on Public-Private Partnership, dated 31 October 2015, which came into effect on 23 November 2015;

6. Law, introducing amendments to certain legislative acts on the rehabilitation and bankruptcy issues, dated 13 November 2015, which came into effect on 29 November 2015;

7. Law on Access to the Information, dated 16 November 2015, which came into effect on 30 November 2015;

8. Labour Code, dated 23 November 2015, which came into effect on 1 January 2016;

9. Law on Informatisation, dated 24 November 2015, which came into effect on 1 January 2016;

10. Law, introducing amendments to certain legislative acts on the non-working loans and assets of the second-tier banks, provision of financial services and performance of activity by financial organisations and the National Bank of Kazakhstan, dated 24 November 2015, which came into effect on 1 January 2016 (with certain exceptions);

11. Law on the International Financial Centre of Astana, dated 7 December 2015, which came into effect on 20 December 2015; and

12. Law on Precious Metals and Precious Stones, dated 14 January 2016, which will come into effect on 7 February 2016.