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Full procedure Put up a yurt café on a summer pasture

A café in yurts on a summer pasture (jayloo) of the ISEZ, serving tea, kymyz, boorsok and kuurdak to travellers from May to September, and taken down for the winter.

Pastures of the ISEZ are state land, used under pasture-use tickets issued by the land department of the district administration under the Pasture Act 2010. A yurt that stands for no more than the season and has no foundation is not a building and needs no building permit. The café needs a ticket “for other use” for the site, a temporary trade permit of the district administration, sanitary approval of the kitchen yurt and the water, a fire-safety inspection of the yurts, an arrangement for the waste and a seasonal patent. Sites within 2 km of the Qara-Chik line need a pass of the Border Demarcation Brigade; no site is approved beyond the line, and a café whose guy ropes cross it is outside these procedures. The operator must already be registered as a sole trader or a company (see Open a café); kymyz is served only from mares with a herd certificate (see Sell kymyz from a roadside stand).

Obtain the pasture-use ticket for the site

Pasture map extract and ticket “for other use” from the land department of the district administration.

  1. 1. Obtain the extract from the district pasture map
    Where: Land department of the district administration
    The department marks the pasture's lots, the stock routes and the springs. A café is placed outside stock routes and at least 50 m from a spring. A site on a stock route is moved when the herds come down in September, which is still in the season.
    Bring: ID card or passport of the applicant
    You receive: Extract from the district pasture map with the site marked
    Cost: IS 25
    Time: 30–120 min in the queue, 10–15 min at the counter, 3–7 days until the next step
  2. 2. Obtain the agreement of the clan whose summer camp adjoins the site ★ optional
    Where: Council of elders of the pasture's clan
    Only where the pasture adjoins tribal land. The council of elders is not an institution of the ISEZ and its agreement is not a document of the ISEZ; the land department nevertheless asks whether it has been obtained, and writes the answer in the file.
    Cost: customary gift (usually a sheep), IS 450
    Time: 0 min in the queue, 120–360 min at the counter, 3–14 days until the next step
  3. 3. Apply for the pasture-use ticket for other use
    Where: Land department of the district administration
    Pasture tickets are issued by the head of livestock. A café keeps no livestock and is issued a ticket “for other use” at 40 sheep units for each yurt. The ticket runs from 1 May to 30 September and is not extended into October.
    Bring: Extract from the district pasture map with the site marked, Certificate of registration of the firm, ID card or passport of the applicant
    You receive: Pasture-use ticket “for other use” (1 May – 30 September)
    Cost: 40 sheep units per yurt, 0.50 som per unit per month, IS 20 per yurt, per month
    Time: 30–120 min in the queue, 10–20 min at the counter, 7–15 days until the next step

Obtain a line-zone pass (sites near the line)

Pass of the Border Demarcation Brigade of the Republican Gendarmerie, for sites within 2 km of the Qara-Chik line.

  1. 4. Apply for a line-zone pass on Form RG-9 ★ optional
    Where: Border Demarcation Brigade
    Only if the site is within 2 km of the Qara-Chik line. Form RG-9 is the form for crossing the line; the box “stay in the line zone without crossing” is ticked. The Brigade measures from the line as drawn on its own map, which is not the land department's map; where the two differ, the Brigade's map applies to the pass and the department's to the ticket. No site is approved beyond the line.
    Bring: Pasture-use ticket “for other use” (1 May – 30 September), ID card or passport of the applicant, Two photographs, 3.5 × 4.5 cm
    Cost: IS 30 per person
    Cost: per yurt (as a structure in the zone), IS 20 per yurt
    Time: 60–180 min in the queue, 15–20 min at the counter, 10–20 days until the next step
  2. 5. Collect the pass and register it at the nearest checkpoint on arrival ★ optional
    Where: Gendarmerie checkpoints on the Qara-Chik line (x 9)
    Every arrival and departure of the staff is written in the post's book. A member of staff who leaves without being written out is counted as still on the pasture, and the café's pass is not renewed next year until he is found.
    You receive: Line-zone pass for the site, the staff and the vehicles
    Time: 10–60 min in the queue, 5–15 min at the counter, 0–1 days until the next step

Obtain the temporary trade permit

Permit of the trade and agriculture section of the district administration, for the season.

  1. 6. Submit the application for a seasonal trading place outside a populated place
    Where: District administration: trade and agriculture section
    With the pasture ticket and a sketch of the site at 1:500 showing the yurts, the latrine, the waste point and parking for no more than ten cars. Guests' horses are tethered on the side away from the kitchen yurt, and the tethering line is shown on the sketch.
    Bring: Pasture-use ticket “for other use” (1 May – 30 September), Sketch of the site, 1:500 (yurts, latrine, waste point, parking), Certificate of registration of the firm, Taxpayer registration card, ID card or passport of the applicant
    Cost: IS 120
    Time: 30–120 min in the queue, 15–25 min at the counter, 10–20 days until the next step
  2. 7. Collect the temporary trade permit for a seasonal trading place outside a populated place
    Where: District administration: trade and agriculture section
    The permit is fixed inside the door of the main yurt, at the eye level of a seated guest.
    You receive: Temporary trade permit for a seasonal trading place outside a populated place
    Time: 10–40 min in the queue, 5–10 min at the counter, 1–3 days until the next step

Obtain sanitary approval of the kitchen yurt and the water

Medical books, water test and inspection by the City Sanitary Inspectorate, which covers the pastures of its district.

  1. 8. Obtain medical books for the staff
    Where: City polyclinic (medical commissions)
    Each member of staff who handles food, tea or kymyz passes the medical commission before the season. A medical book issued in a city is valid on the pasture.
    Bring: ID card or passport of the applicant, Two photographs, 3.5 × 4.5 cm
    You receive: Medical books of the staff
    Cost: IS 140 per person
    Time: 60–240 min in the queue, 60–120 min at the counter, 3–7 days until the next step
  2. 9. Have the spring or the water barrels tested
    Where: City Sanitary Inspectorate
    A sample in a sterile bottle issued by the Inspectorate, delivered within six hours of sampling, which from most summer pastures means leaving before dawn. Water brought up in barrels is tested in the barrel; a barrel that has held anything other than water is not accepted.
    You receive: Laboratory report on the drinking water (spring or barrels)
    Cost: IS 160
    Time: 20–60 min in the queue, 10–15 min at the counter, 5–7 days until the next step
  3. 10. Receive the inspector at the site
    Where: City Sanitary Inspectorate (On the pasture)
    The inspector checks the floor of the kitchen yurt (boards or a washable mat; felt is not a floor in a kitchen), the cool pit for kymyz and meat, a washbasin with a tap, and the latrine at least 30 m downslope of the spring. The café arranges the inspector's transport to the pasture and back on the same day.
    Bring: Laboratory report on the drinking water (spring or barrels), Temporary trade permit for a seasonal trading place outside a populated place, Medical books of the staff
    Cost: IS 220
    Cost: inspector's transport, both ways, IS 150
    Time: 0 min in the queue, 40–90 min at the counter, 3–10 days until the next step
  4. 11. Collect the sanitary certificate for a seasonal food outlet
    Where: City Sanitary Inspectorate
    Bring: Medical books of the staff
    You receive: Sanitary certificate for a seasonal food outlet
    Time: 10–40 min in the queue, 5–10 min at the counter, 1–3 days until the next step

Have the yurts checked for fire safety

Inspection by the State Fire Inspectorate of the district, on the pasture.

  1. 12. Have the felt treated with fire retardant, or obtain a note that it is untreated wool
    Where: State Fire Inspectorate
    Treated felt carries the stamp of the licensed firm on the inside of each wall panel (kanat). Untreated felt is accepted for the guest yurts only, with the stove at least 1.5 m from the walls; in the kitchen yurt the stove stands on a steel sheet of 1 × 1 m.
    You receive: Certificate of fire-retardant treatment of the felt (or note on untreated wool)
    Cost: IS 180 per yurt
    Time: 20–60 min in the queue, 10–20 min at the counter, 3–7 days until the next step
  2. 13. Receive the inspector, with two extinguishers per yurt and a barrel of water
    Where: State Fire Inspectorate (On the pasture)
    Extinguishers of approved types, with their receipts; a 200-litre barrel of water with a bucket at the kitchen yurt. The inspector checks that the stove pipe passes through the roof ring (tündük) with a metal collar and does not touch the felt.
    Bring: Certificate of fire-retardant treatment of the felt (or note on untreated wool), Receipt for fire extinguishers of an approved type, Temporary trade permit for a seasonal trading place outside a populated place
    You receive: Fire-safety inspection report on the yurts
    Cost: IS 150
    Cost: inspector's transport, both ways, IS 150
    Time: 0 min in the queue, 30–60 min at the counter, 3–10 days until the next step

Arrange for the waste

Contract with the city sanitation enterprise (Tazalık), or self-removal to the district landfill.

  1. 14. Sign a contract with Tazalık, or register for self-removal to the district landfill
    Where: City sanitation enterprise (Tazalık)
    Tazalık collects from the road only, at a point named in the contract, on Thursdays from June to August and on the second Thursday of May and of September. A café more than 1 km from a road registers for self-removal and keeps the landfill's weighbridge slips for the whole season, in date order.
    Bring: Temporary trade permit for a seasonal trading place outside a populated place, Certificate of registration of the firm
    You receive: Waste removal contract
    Cost: per month of the season, IS 45 per month
    Time: 20–60 min in the queue, 10–15 min at the counter, 1–3 days until the next step

Obtain the seasonal patent and register the cash register

Patent and cash register at the District Tax Inspectorate.

  1. 15. Buy the seasonal patent for the months of the season
    Where: District Tax Inspectorate
    The patent is priced by the seat and the month. A season that starts late because of snow on the pass road is still paid from 1 May, unless the district administration declares the road closed in writing.
    Bring: Temporary trade permit for a seasonal trading place outside a populated place, Sanitary certificate for a seasonal food outlet, Fire-safety inspection report on the yurts, Taxpayer registration card
    You receive: Seasonal trading patent
    Cost: per seat per month, IS 6 per seat, per month
    Time: 30–120 min in the queue, 10–20 min at the counter, 0–1 days until the next step
  2. 16. Register a cash register that works without mains power
    Where: District Tax Inspectorate
    Pastures have no mains power. The register must print receipts on its battery for a full working day; the Inspectorate accepts only models on its list of autonomous registers. Prices on the board are in som only, including the price of a bowl of kymyz.
    Bring: Certificate that the cash register model is approved, Seasonal trading patent, Taxpayer registration card
    You receive: Registration card of the cash register
    Cost: IS 90
    Time: 30–120 min in the queue, 15–25 min at the counter, 3–7 days until the next step

Close the season

Acceptance of the cleared site by the district administration and suspension of the cash register.

  1. 17. Take down the yurts by 30 September and have the site accepted
    Where: District administration: trade and agriculture section (On the pasture)
    The district inspector walks the site with the pasture ticket: holes of the guy pegs filled, ash pit covered, latrine filled in and marked with a stake. A site not accepted is entered in the register, and next year's ticket is not issued until the fine is paid.
    Bring: Pasture-use ticket “for other use” (1 May – 30 September), Temporary trade permit for a seasonal trading place outside a populated place
    You receive: Act of acceptance of the cleared site
    Cost: IS 40
    Time: 0 min in the queue, 30–60 min at the counter, 0–5 days until the next step
  2. 18. Suspend the cash register for the winter by 15 October
    Where: District Tax Inspectorate
    A register not suspended by 15 October is treated as working in winter, and a patent is charged for the winter months at the city rate. The register is suspended with the act of acceptance of the site; without it, the café is treated as still standing.
    Bring: Act of acceptance of the cleared site, Registration card of the cash register
    Cost: IS 20
    Time: 30–120 min in the queue, 10–15 min at the counter, 0–1 days until the next step

Laws and documents

  • № 10-04 Pasture Act 2010 (articles 6, 12, 15; article 21; article 18)
  • Bishkek Ceasefire 2007 Bishkek Ceasefire, annex on the restricted-weapons zone (annex, paragraph 3)
  • Regulation 2014/3 Regulation on seasonal trade outside populated places, 2014 (articles 3, 8; article 12; articles 14, 15)
  • Sanitary Rules SR 2.3-04 Sanitary rules for food businesses and food storage, 2004 (sections 2, 9, 14; section 11)
  • Fire Safety Rules FSR-01 Fire Safety Rules for premises and storage, 2003 (sections 4, 17)
  • № 09-11 Tax Code of the Irad Special Economic Zone 2009 (articles 88, 112)

Institutions

  • Land department of the district administration, District administration building, ground floor. Monday to Thursday, 9:00–12:30
  • Council of elders of the pasture's clan, At the clan's winter quarters or summer camp; reached through the herder's own kin. By arrangement
  • Border Demarcation Brigade, Talas, Gendarmerie Academy compound, permits office, gate 4. Monday to Thursday, 9:00–12:30
  • Gendarmerie checkpoints on the Qara-Chik line (x 9), Qara-Chik Border Checkpoint (main), Aksay, Toguz-Bulak (x 2), Kara-Bulak, Suusamyr, Mailuu-Suu road, Arslanbob road, Kök-Kamar. Daylight hours, every day
  • District administration: trade and agriculture section, The seat of your district (Nurzhan, Kyzyl-Adyr, Talas, Tash-Kömür, Toktogul, Sary-Bulak). Monday to Friday, 9:00–17:00, lunch 12:30–13:30
  • City polyclinic (medical commissions), City polyclinic No. 1 of each city; district hospitals outside the cities. Medical commission: Monday to Friday, 8:00–11:00
  • City Sanitary Inspectorate, Talas, Regional Hospital grounds, building 4; Nurzhan and Iyık Janyl: city polyclinic No. 1. Monday to Friday, 9:00–17:00, lunch 12:30–13:30
  • State Fire Inspectorate, Fire station of your district; in Talas, Fire Station No. 1, Trans-Talas Highway 33. Monday to Friday, 9:00–17:00, lunch 12:30–13:30
  • City sanitation enterprise (Tazalık), Talas, Tazalık depot, Kirpich Street 40. Monday to Friday, 9:00–17:00, lunch 12:30–13:30
  • District Tax Inspectorate, District administration building; in Talas, Government House annex, rooms 40–48. Monday to Friday, 9:00–17:00, lunch 12:30–13:30

Updated 2026-10-23. Developed with the support of the UNMI trade facilitation programme.