Investment activity - Investment contract

Investment contract

An investment contract is an agreement for the implementation of an investment project, which provides for the implementation of investments and the provision of investment preferences.

Investment preferences are targeted benefits provided in accordance with  the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan  to legal entities of the Republic of Kazakhstan implementing an investment project and to leasing companies importing technological equipment as part of the implementation of an investment project on the basis of a financial leasing agreement for a legal entity of the Republic of Kazakhstan implementing an investment project.

The conclusion of an investment contract for the implementation of an investment project, which provides for the implementation of investments and the provision of investment preferences, is a free automated state service that is provided electronically on the electronic government portal www.egov.kz , from where the applicant is automatically directed to the website www.elicense.kz .

List of documents and information requested from the service recipient, necessary for the provision of the public service:

1) an application for the provision of investment preferences in the form of an electronic document certified by an electronic digital signature (hereinafter referred to as EDS) of the service recipient;

2) an electronic copy of the charter of the service recipient, certified by the digital signature of the head of the legal entity;

3) an electronic copy of the business plan of the investment project, drawn up in accordance with the appendix to this list of basic requirements for the provision of public services, certified by the digital signature of the head of the legal entity;

4) if the application for the provision of investment preferences provides for the provision of a state grant in kind, the service recipient shall submit an electronic copy of the documents confirming the amount (cost) of the state grant in kind requested by the service recipient (assessment of the grant in kind) in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 203 of the Law "On State Property").

In the case of an assessment of the market value of municipal property, the customer is the local executive body at the expense of budgetary funds.

In the case of an assessment of the market value of republican property, the customer is the authorized body in the sphere of management of republican property at the expense of budgetary funds;

5) if the application for the provision of investment preferences provides for the provision of a state grant in kind, the service recipient shall submit an electronic copy of the preliminary approval for the provision of a state grant in kind by the local executive body;

6) if the application for the provision of investment preferences provides for the provision of tax preferences, the service recipient shall submit an electronic copy of the conclusion of the comprehensive non-departmental examination of construction projects in the manner established by Article 64-1 of the Law, certified by the digital signature of the head of the legal entity;

7) if the application for investment preferences provides for the right to attract foreign labor, the service recipient shall submit an electronic copy of the passport or identity document of the foreign worker being attracted (with a translation into Kazakh or Russian), an employment contract concluded between the employer and the foreign worker being attracted (with a translation into Kazakh or Russian), documents confirming his qualifications and (or) education (with a translation into Kazakh or Russian);

8) in the case of implementation of an investment priority project in priority tourist areas, a letter from the central executive body exercising functions of state administration in the field of tourism activities, confirming the implementation of the investment priority project in priority tourist areas, is attached.

Information on identity documents, on state registration (re-registration) of a legal entity, contained in state information systems, is obtained from the relevant state information systems through the “electronic government” gateway.