Licensing business in the Russian Federation is based on the requirements set out in the law 99-FZ, where Part I provides a complete list of business areas, to conduct that require registration of relevant permits (licenses).The current version of the law this list today contains 49 names of such species.
should be noted that legislation in this area is becoming more liberal.The number of licensed lines of business is constantly decreasing.Thus, the previous version of the law contains a list of 105 items.It is important and also the fact that some of the provisions of this new period of validity of the law is not fully activated.This is because it takes time to conduct appropriate activities for delisting of certain activities.The modern version of the law stipulates that the licensing activities in Russia, which are excluded from the list, is carried out on the interim order of the Government of the Russian Federation.
legal act № 99-FZ, which regulates the licensing of activities, law enforcement in all cases where the law establishes the need for a license, except for the following cases:
1) the production of nuclear energy;
2) production and turnover of alcohol and alcohol-containing materials;
3) actions for the protection of state secrets;
4) credit activity;
5) exchange activity;
6) asset transactions;
7) The activities of investment funds and specialized depositaries and management;
8) operation of pension funds;
9) clearing activity;
10) implementation of insurance services.
For these areas of enterprise business provides specific procedures.They established specifically to develop and adopt regulations.In addition, the licensing of activities in some areas can be carried out in accordance with other legislative acts of the Russian Federation, in particular, the provision of telecommunications services, radio and television, access to Internet networks, detective and security activity, the provision of education services.Succession laws provided by the Act number 99-FZ that licensing activities not specified therein shall be terminated immediately after the entry into force of the law.
as recognized by law, licensing of activities begins with the preparation of documents for registration of the license, which is of unlimited duration.Moreover, if the licensing terms and conditions have been changed during the term of the license already, then after a period its actions need to renew only those that are licensed under the new law.It also establishes that any information on the license document is open and must be provided at the request no later than five days after the request.
to establish and verify the authenticity of the information submitted by the applicant documents for the licensing of activities is given 45 days from the date of receipt by the licensing body of documents from the applicant.The procedure for licensing and registration of the relevant documents is universal and applies to the entire territory of the Russian Federation.The law does not set any simplification in relation to its passage.During the procedure, which provides for the licensing of certain types of business activities carried out checking of the documents which the applicant has submitted to the licensing authority and the possibility of visits of representatives of that body, together with the staff of the prosecutor's office for further examination of the circumstances of the claimed business.
