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 Fee structure
 
 
 License fees are established on non-discriminatory basis. 
 
 For the consideration by a licensing body of an application for a license the said body collects a 
fee, the maximum rate of which may not exceed a threefold minimum rate of the remuneration of labour1 
established by the federal law.   A license fee is collected for the issuance of a license. The maximum rate of the license fee must 
not exceed a tenfold minimum rate of the remuneration of labour established by the federal law. 
 
 In the case of the redrawing-up of a document confirming the presence of a license, a fee is collected for the issuance of the said documents and the introduction of changes therein. The rate of the said fee must not exceed one tenth of the minimum rate of the remuneration of labour established by the 
federal law.  
 
 The types of activity which have not been included in the Federal Law № 158-FZ may be subject 
to licensing if it is stipulated by other federal laws which entered into force before the entry into force of this Federal Law. The particularities of licensing of t ypes of activity requiring licensing according to other 
federal laws are indicated it the Table 2. 
 
 For the purpose of increasing the transparency and efficiency of the existing licensing system the 
Government of the Russian Federation has elaborated and adopted the Draft of the new Federal Law on Licensing and officially submitted it to the State Duma.  According with this Draft Law the List of the 
types of activity, which are subject to licensing, is significantly shortened (List of Activities Subject to 
Licensing According to the Draft of the new Federal Law On Licensing) 
                                                     
 
 
1 Minimum rate of the remuneration of labor: from 1 January 2001 – 100 rubles per month.  
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List of activities whose licensing is established by the Federa l Law No. 158-FZ On Licensing of  certain types of activities  
 
 
No. Types of Activity Licensing Bodies Additional license requirements and conditions stipulated by the special  
Regulations for licensing of certain types of activities. 
Additional documents affirming the co nformity of an applicant for a  
license to the established license requirements and conditions. 
1 Television broadcasting; 
 
Radio broadcasting Federal Service of Russia for 
Telecasting and Radio 
Broadcasting by agreement with 
the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation Documents: 
-  the application according to the form establishe d by the Federal Service of Russia for Telecasting 
and Radio Broadcasting; 
-  information about the basic technical and economic indicators of the means of preparing and 
forming TV and radio programmes. 
The application shall be appended with the duly certif ied copies of the registration certificate as a mass 
information medium and the editorial charter (the ente rprise's charter), and also the document certifying 
the payment for the issue of a license. 
In case of the contemplated use of equipment belonging to another person, the right of lease (use) of this 
equipment shall be confirmed. The confirmation may be presented in the form of a contract or its copy certified in the established order. 
2 Broadcasting of 
additional information Ministry of Printing, of the 
Television and Radio 
Broadcasting and of the Mass Communication Media of 
Russia  
3 Audit activity 
 
Separate licenses shall be issued for the following 
kinds of audit activities: 
a) audit of insurance 
companies and 
mutual insurance societies (audit of 
insurers); 
b)  audit of stock 
exchanges, extra-
budgetary funds Ministry of Finance of the 
Russian Federation 
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
 Documents
: 
 
a)  for an individual businessman, the notarized copy of the auditor qualification certificate to the right 
to engage in the particular kind  of auditing; a standard refere nce from his place of residence; 
b)  for an auditing organization, bank references or other documents confirming the payment for the 
auditing organization's authorized capital; inform ation about the auditing organization managers, 
their deputies and the certified auditors working in the auditing organization (including their family 
name, given name, middle name and position held), including notarized copies of the auditors' qualification certificates. 
The following shall be the documents used to confirm the payment for the auditing organization's 
authorized capital: a copy of the organization's balance sheet bearing a note made by the tax body or a conclusion of another auditing organization or an independent auditor who holds a relevant auditing 
license.  
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and investment institutions; 
c)  general audit (audit 
of other legal entities and 
individual 
businessmen). 
 
  
 
 Bank auditing  
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
Bank of Russia  
Requirements and conditions
: 
1)  the auditing organization may not have the form of an open joint stock company; 
2)  the authorized capital (authorized  fund) as stated in the foundation documents shall be not less than 
100-fold minimal wages established by the federal law (at the application filing date); 
3)  the share owned by certified aud itors and/or licensed auditing organizations shall be not less than 51 
per cent of the authorized capital (authorized fund) of the auditing organization; 
4)  the auditing organization shall have at least two full time auditors holding valid auditor certificates 
that cover the area of auditing activities stated in the application filed to obtain the license. 
The license shall be issued to an individual busin essman who receives it for the first time, provided he 
holds a valid auditor certificate that covers the area of  auditing activities stated in the application filed to 
obtain the license.  
For Bank Auditing
 
 Documents
: 
-  information on the head, deputy heads and employees engaged in bank audit (either entered in the 
list of staff or combining jobs) holding a qual ification certificate, including full names and 
positions, and signed by an official with the seal of the license contender affixed thereto and copies 
of auditors' qualification certificates whereby th ey are entitled to engage in bank audits being 
attached thereto; 
-  information on the founders (stakeholders) of the license contender as including indication of the 
name of the legal entity, full name of the natural person, his/her main employer, the numbers and 
dates of issue of an auditor's qualification certif icates, audit licenses, if any, the amount of the 
contribution (stake) made by the stakeholders (fou nders) in the authorised capital as of the time 
when the application is being filed; 
-  documents confirming that the license contender has its authorised capital paid (copies of payment 
instructions or assets acceptance cer tificates, certificates of the valua tion of the said assets in the 
case of the authorised capital having been paid in noncash form or other documents). 
4 Activity in the 
distribution of encoding facilities Federal Agency for the 
Governmental Communication and Information  
5 Activity in the technical 
servicing of encoding 
facilities Federal Agency for the 
Governmental Communication 
and Information   
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6 Furnishing of services in 
the field of the encoding 
of information Federal Agency for the 
Governmental Communication 
and Information  
7 Activity in the 
manufacture of special protective marks 
designed for the marking 
of goods, accompanying commodity documents 
and the confirmation of 
the authenticity of documents and securities State Technical Commission of 
Russia, Federal Agency for Governmental Communication 
and Information, Ministry of 
Finance of Russia  
8 Activity in the 
distribution of special 
protective marks designed for the marking 
of goods, accompanying 
commodity documents and the confirmation of 
the authenticity of 
documents and securities State Technical Commission of 
Russia, Federal Agency for 
Governmental Communication and Information, Ministry of 
Finance of Russia  
9 Activity in the use of 
technical facilities 
designed for the 
revelation of electronic devices serving for secret 
obtention of information Federal Security Service of 
Russia, Federal Agency for the 
Governmental Communication 
and Information, Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia   
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10 Activity of the centers of 
obligatory certification; 
Activity of testing 
laboratories (expert centers) in the field of 
obligatory certification 
Licenses shall be issued 
for the following works: 
- to the bodies responsible for the 
certification of products - 
for the work of certifying within the limits of 
accreditation, the issue 
of certificates of compliance and licenses 
for the application of the 
mark of compliance; - to the testing 
laboratories or centres 
for the testing of products and the issue of 
test certificates for the 
purpose of certification within the limits of 
accreditation; 
-to the manufacturers 
(sellers and executors) of 
products - for the application of the mark 
of compliance of the 
certification system with products certified at their 
request. Gosstandart of Russia shall 
issue licenses to the certification 
bodies and testing laboratories. 
Licenses to manufacturers (sellers and executors) shall be 
issued by the bodies responsible 
for the certification of products, 
which have certified the given 
products, and also by the Gosstandart of Russia, if it 
certifies products.   
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11 Manufacture, repair and 
distribution of armament 
systems; 
Manufacture of military equipment; 
Manufacture of special 
self-defense facilities; 
Utilization of systems of 
armament, military equipment, special self-
defense facilities. 
 Russian aviation and space 
agency,  
Russian agency for armament,  
Russian agency for conventional weapons, 
 Russian agency for control 
systems and  
Russian agency for shipbuilding Requirements and conditions: 
1. Fulfill the requirements for protection of the state secret information.  
2. Fulfill fireproof and explosion safety rules and regulations.  
Licensing of weapons manufacture (excluding the weapon manufacture by military state organizations), manufacture  of weapon system, mil itary equipment, special self-defense facilities is conditioned by the 
following special licensing requirements:  
1)  admit to work only duly qualified professionals; 
2)  equip buildings and constructions with firepr oof facilities, existence of protected warehouses and 
storage buildings guaranteeing the safety of expendable materials, components, controlling and testing equipment processing furniture and equipment as well as existence of protected areas for 
operating with explosive technologies  
3)  ensure the production process with necessary  normative and technical documentation, tools and 
controlling and testing equipment; 
4)  ensure working conditions’ compliance with the normative requirements; 
5)  existence in the contracts entered into between a licensee, the head executor of the state defense 
order, and third parties of the provisions on par ties’ liability for manufacture and use of product and 
of the provisions on the conditions of product maintenance (relating to guarantee surveillance, 
action remedial, transmitting of documentation in ca se of termination of the licensee’s activities).  
Licensing of repair works with respect to weapon systems is conditioned by additional licensing 
requirements relating to assurance of compliance w ith safety requirements in case of operating with 
radioactive, explosive and flammable products and materials. Licensing of distribution of weapon systems is conditioned by additional licensing requirements relating 
to assurance of remedies for the intellectual property, derived from elaboration of weapon system 
components Licensing of utilization works with respect to weapon systems, military equipmen t, special self-defense 
facilities is conditioned by the following additional licensing requirements relating to  
- safety guaranteeing with respect to dismantling of weapon systems; 
- existence of protected technically equipped warehouses and premises.  
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12 Manufacture of 
ammunition 
(project research and 
developments; technologies 
development; 
development and 
manufacture of sparring 
facilities; development and manufacture of 
particular and 
technological equipment; armament and 
components 
manufacture; armament and components 
upgrading; author’s 
control, technical service, guarantee 
control within the period 
of armament and components storage and 
operation). Russian agency for armament  Documents: 
1)  a copy of the letter of the state statistics body on inserting a license applicant into the Joint State 
Register of companies; 
2)  a copy of the license as provided for in the Law of the Russian federation “on state secret” (once 
activities do not deal with the use of state secret information a reference certifying that no such 
information is involved, subject to approval by a repr esentative of the state custom er, is to be presented); 
3)  a copy of the license issued by the State Tec hnical Commission under the Russian President for the 
activities or provision of services purporting to counter act foreign technical secret services in the field of 
state secret protection, or a pro nouncement of the above Commission st ating that no information needs 
protection from foreign secret services activities; 
4)  a copy of the certificate on explosive production safety (no explosive production is involved, a 
reference certifying the absence of explosive materials’  and products’ application subject to approval by 
a representative of the state cu stomer, is to be presented); 
5)  a copy of the document certifying the en vironmental safety of the declared activity; 
6)  a copy of the pronouncement of the State Fireproof Service on  the compliance of the declared 
activity with the fireproof requirements; 
7)  a copy of the certificate of the inclusion into the state register of the dangerous production facilities 
of the dangerous productio n facilities involved with respect to the declared activity and a copy of the 
insurance policy on tort liability resulted from the dangerous production facility use; 
8)  a copy of the document certifying the title to the property, economic management and operational 
administration thereof, a copy of the lease agreem ent with respect to the property required for the 
declared activity; 
9)  a document approved by a re presentative of the state customer  certifying the conditions of the 
license applicant to ensure safety and complete accountability of the production; 
10) a comment on the works carried out and services rendered within the frame of the declared activity, 
on types of products, on availability of qualified professionals, on production equipment completion and 
availability of respective normative documents. 
Requirements and conditions: 
1. fulfil the requirements for protecti on of the state secr et information.  
2. admit to work only duly qualified professionals; 
3. equip buildings and constructions with fireproo f facilities, existence of protected warehouses and 
storage buildings guaranteeing the safety of expendable materials, components, controlling and testing equipment processing furniture and equipment as well as existence of protected areas for operating with 
explosive technologies.  
4. ensure the production process with necessary normative and t echnical documentation, tools and  
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controlling and testing equipment; 5. ensure working conditions’ compliance with the normative requirements; 
6. existence in the contracts entered into between a licensee, the head executor of the state defense 
order, and third parties of the prov isions on parties’ liability for manufacture and use of product and of 
the provisions on the conditions of product maintenance (relating to guarantee surveillance, action 
remedial, transmitting of documentation in case of termination of the licensee’s activities).  
13 Utilization ammunition Russian agency for armament  Requirements and conditions: 
1.  fulfil the requirements for protecti on of the state secret information.  
2. admit to work only duly qualified professionals; 
3. equip buildings and constructions with fireproo f facilities, existence of protected warehouses and 
storage buildings guaranteeing the safety of expendable materials, components, controlling and testing equipment processing furniture and equipment as well as existence of protected areas for operating with 
explosive technologies.  
4. ensure the production process with necessary normative and t echnical documentation, tools and 
controlling and testing equipment; 
5. ensure working conditions’ compliance with the normative requirements. 
14 Design of dangerously 
explosive, fire-dangerous, chemically 
dangerous and hazardous 
industries; mining industries and objects; 
gas mains, oil mains and 
product mains; hoisting structures; boilers, 
vessels and pipe-lines 
operating under pressure; 
Construction of 
dangerously explosive, fire-dangerous, 
chemically dangerous 
and hazardous industries; 
mining industries and 
objects; gas mains, oil 
mains and product State Mining and Industrial 
Supervising Authority of Russia (Gosgortechnadzor) or its 
regional body    
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mains; hoisting structures; 
Manufacture of boilers, 
vessels and pipe-lines operating under pressure; 
Operation of 
dangerously explosive, 
fire-dangerous, 
chemically dangerous and hazardous industries; 
mining industries and 
objects; gas mains, oil mains and product 
mains; hoisting 
structures; of boilers and vessels operating under 
pressure, of steam and 
hot-water pipe-lines; Manufacture of chemical 
equipment; boring 
equipment; oil-and-gas field equipment; 
geological-pospecting 
equipment; mining-and-shaft equipment; 
explosion-proof 
electrotechnical 
equipment; apparatus 
and systems of the control of anti-accident 
protection and alarm; 
equipment and devices of the blasting technique; 
Mounting of chemical 
equipment; boring  
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equipment; oil-and-gas field equipment; 
geological-pospecting 
equipment; mining-and-shaft equipment; 
explosion-proof 
electrotechnical 
equipment; apparatus 
and systems of the control of anti-accident 
protection and alarm; 
hoisting structures; boilers and vessels 
operating under pressure, 
of steam and hot-water pipe-lines; 
Distribution of 
equipment and devices of the blasting technique; 
Repair of hoisting 
structures; boring equipment; oil-and-gas 
field equipment; 
geological-pospecting equipment; mining-and-
shaft equipment; 
explosion-proof 
electrotechnical 
equipment; apparatus and systems of the 
control of anti-accident 
protection and alarm; hoisting structures; 
boilers and vessels 
operating under pressure,  
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of steam and hot-water pipe-lines; 
Testing of explosive 
materials of industrial purpose; equipment and 
devices of the blasting 
technique; 
Storage of equipment 
and devices of the blasting technique. 
 
15 Repair of dangerously 
explosive, fire-
dangerous, hazardous industries State Mining and Industrial 
Supervision Agency of Russia  
16 Repair of mining 
industries and objects  
 State Mining and Industrial 
Supervision Agency of Russia  
17 Repair of gas mains, oil 
mains and product mains State Mining and Industrial 
Supervision Agency of Russia  
18 Operation of boring 
equipment; 
Operation of oil and gas 
extraction equipment; Operation of geological 
prospecting equipment; 
Operation of explosion-
proof electrotechnical 
equipment; Operation of apparatuses 
and control systems for 
anti-accident protection and for signaling devices State Mining and Industrial 
Supervision Agency   
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19 Manufacture of 
explosive materials of 
industrial purpose. 
(Types of activities: à) project research and 
developments; á) 
technologies 
development; â) 
development and manufacture of particular 
and technological 
equipment; ä) manufacture of explosive 
materials including the 
areas of their use, of activation and explosion 
devices applied for the 
explosive works).  Storage of explosive 
materials of industrial 
purpose. (Transportation of 
explosive materials; 
loading and discharge of explosive materials; 
packaging and 
accounting of explosive 
materials; storage of 
explosive materials) Russian Agency for ammunition 
and Federal Mining and 
Industrial supervising Authority 
of Russia  Requirements and conditions: 
1. comply with the rules and of accountin g and safety of explosive materials;  
2. admit to work only duly qualified professionals; 
3. equip buildings and constructions with fireproo f facilities, existence of protected warehouses and 
storage buildings guaranteeing the safety of explosive materials, expendable materials and 
equipment;  
4. ensure the production process with necessary normative and t echnical documentation, tools and 
controlling and testing equipment; 
5. ensure working conditions’ compliance with the normative requirements.  
20 Distribution of explosive 
materials of industrial purpose. 
(Purchase of explosive 
materials; sales of explosive materials;  Russian agency for ammunition Requirements and conditions: 
1. comply with the rules and regulations relating to accounting and safety of explosive materials.   
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transfer of explosive materials) 
21 Distribution of 
equipment and devices 
of the blasting technique State Mining and Industrial 
Supervision Agency  
22 Application of explosive 
materials of industrial 
purpose; 
Application of equipment and devices 
of the blasting technique. State Mining and Industrial 
Supervising Authority of Russia 
(Gosgortechnadzor) or its 
regional body  
23 Manufacture of 
pyrotechnic articles; Russian agency for ammunition Documents: 
1)  a copy of the letter of the state statistics body on inserting a license applicant into the Joint State 
Register of companies; 
2)  a copy of the certificate on explosive production safety  
3)  a copy of the document certifying the en vironmental safety of the declared activity; 
4)  a copy of the pronouncement of the State Fireproof Service on  the compliance of the declared 
activity with the fireproof requirements; 
5)  a copy of the certificate of the inclusion into the state register of the dangerous production facilities 
of the dangerous production facilitie s involved with respect to the d eclared activity and a copy of 
the insurance policy on tort liability resulted from the dangerous production facility use; 
6)  a copy of the document certifying the title to the property, economic management and operational 
administration thereof, a copy of the lease agreem ent with respect to the property required for the 
declared activity; 
7)  a document approved by a re presentative of the state customer  certifying the conditions of the 
license applicant to ensure safety and complete accountability of the production; 
8)  a comment on the works carried out and services rendered within the frame of the declared activity, 
on types of products, on availability of qualified professionals, on production equipment completion and availability of respective normative documents.  
9)  a pronouncement of the Russian internal affair s authorities with respect to availability to an 
organization conditions for guaranteeing of pyrot echnic articles safety drafted on the basis of 
inspection of their storage facilities results effected for the purposes of checking the compliance 
with security devices and fireproof alarms requirements and with check gate in the warehouses and 
storehouses; 
10)  copies of documents certifying the mandatory  social insurance from industrial accidents and  
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professional diseases effected; 
11)  a reference signed by the head of an organization relating to the qualification of employees effecting 
the  licensed activity; 
12)  a pronouncement of an authority of the Russian Ministry for civil defense, emergency situations and 
liquidation of acts God aftermath on the preparedness for localization and liquidation of possible 
emergency situations and on the adequacy of measures for protection of the population and the 
territory from emergency situations.  
Requirements and conditions: 
1. fulfil the requirements of accounting and safety of pyrotechnic articles.  
2. admit to work only duly qualified professionals; 
3. equip buildings and constructions with fireproo f facilities, existence of protected warehouses and 
storage buildings guaranteeing the safety of expendable materials, components, controlling and testing equipment processing furniture and equipment as well as existence of protected areas for 
operating with explosive technologies.  
4. ensure the production process with necessary normative and t echnical documentation, tools and 
controlling and testing equipment; 
5. ensure working conditions’ compliance with the normative requirements. 
24 Distribution of 
pyrotechnic articles.  
(Bulk purchase of 
pyrotechnic articles wholesale of pyrotechnic 
articles; storage of 
pyrotechnic articles; organizing and fireworks 
making with use of 
particular and technical pyrotechnic articles) Russian agency for ammunition Documents: 
1)  an application form indicating the location of the legal entity (including the location of territorially 
separated facilities where the licensed activity will be carried out); 
2)  a copy of the letter of the state statistics body on inserting a license applicant into the Joint State 
Register of companies; 
3)  a copy of the certificate on explosive production safety (for the organizations dealing with storage 
of pyrotechnic articles) 
4)  a document certifying the title to the property, economic management and operational 
administration thereof, a copy of the lease agreem ent with respect to the property required for the 
declared activity; 
5)  a document signed by the head of the organization and the chief accountant and stamped by the 
corporate seal certifying the conditions of the license applicant to ensure safety and complete 
accountability of the production distributed (for the organizati ons dealing with storage of 
pyrotechnic articles); 
6)  a pronouncement of the Russian internal affair s authorities with respect to availability to the 
organization conditions for guaranteeing of pyrot echnic articles safety drafted on the basis of 
inspection of their storage facilities results effected for the purposes of checking the compliance with security devices and fireproof alarms requirements and with check gate in the warehouses and  
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storehouses (for the organizations dealing with storage of pyrotechnic articles). 
 
Requirements and conditions: 
1. comply with the rules and regulations relating to accounting and safety of pyrotechnic articles. 
25 Performance of 
underwater works of 
special purpose Ministry of Natural Resources 
of Russia  
26 Manufacture of precious 
metals, and also of jewellery containing 
precious metals and 
precious stones;  
Wholesale trade in 
precious metals, precious stones, and also 
jewellery containing 
precious metals and precious stones; 
 
Working and recuperation of precious 
stones; 
 Procurement and 
processing of recycled 
resources containing 
precious metals and 
precious stones The executive power bodies of 
the Russian Federation and the executive power bodies of the 
subjects of the Russian 
Federation  The applicant shall submit to the state body, authorized to issue the licenses, an application for granting 
him the right to engage in a certain kind (kinds) of activity, involved in precious metals and in precious stones, and enclose the documents, certifying: 
1)  the legal status of the subj ect of the declared activity and th e place of his state registration; 
2)  the description of the territory of the declared activity, of the location of the official and the 
production buildings, of the structures and the premises, with an enclosure of the relevant 
documents, plans and schemes; 
3)  the correspondence of the official and the production buildings, of the structures and the premises to 
the normative demands for ensuring the security of precious metals and of precious stones; 
4)  the existence of the professional training and of the financial possibilities for the performance of the 
declared activity. 
This list may be amended by the legislation of the Russian Federation and by the legislation of the 
subjects of the Russian Federation. 
 
27 Procurement, processing 
and realization of scrap of non-ferrous and The bodies of state power of the 
subjects of the Russian Federation
2 designated in Requirements and conditions: 
1.  observance of regulations and rules of labor protection and safety engineering as well as the present 
Regulations; 
                                                      
2 The activity for the carrying out of which a license has been issued by a licensing body of an entity of the Russian Federatio n may be carried out on the territory of the 
given entity of the Russian Federation.  
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ferrous metals accordan ce with the procedure 
established by the legislation of 
the subjects of the Russian 
Federation 2.  the licensee's having in his ownership or under other legal grounds a plot of land, premices, 
property which are used as production assets in the procurement and processing of scrap metal, 
including the technical equipment employed to cut, shred, press, sort and perform other necessary 
operations; 
3.  compliance of the equipment used to process th e scrap metal to technical  norms and requirements 
and certified specialists operating the equipment for the licensee. 
28 Activity in the conduct 
of geological- surveying works. The State Committee of the 
Russian Federation for Geology and for the Exploitation of 
Mineral Wealth and by its 
territorial (regional) subdivisions. 
 
In case of the absence on the territory of the subject of the 
Russian Federation of a 
territorial subdivision of the 
State Committee of the Russian 
Federation for Geology and for the Exploitation of Mineral 
Wealth, the discharge of the 
corresponding powers for licensing may be exercised by 
the State Committee of the 
Russian Federation for Geology and for the Exploitation of 
Mineral Wealth to the executive 
bodies of the subjects of the Russian Federation, in 
accordance with an agreement 
signed with them. Documents: 
To obtain a license, the applicant shall present information on the technical and the technological opportunities for the performance of the licensed kind of activity, on the metrological provisions, and the 
qualifications of the technical personnel (for natura l persons - a copy of the applicant's educational 
diploma and a record not less than 3 years' work experience in the corresponding trade).  
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29 Activity in the 
production of electric 
and thermal power;  
 (The production, 
transmission and 
distribution of electric 
and thermal power; the 
assembly, adjustment and repair of power 
facilities, electric power-
generating equipment and power plants of 
consumers (except for 
steam and hot-water boilers, vessels working 
under pressure, steam 
and hot-water pipelines, subject to control by the 
Federal Mining and 
Industrial Supervision of Russia). 
 
Activity in the ensuring of the serviceability of 
power networks and 
heating systems, 
 
Activity in the delivery (sale) of electric and 
thermal power. The Ministry of Fuel and Power 
Engineering of the Russian 
Federation. 
 The Ministry of Fuel and Power 
shall have the right to delegate 
its licensing powers to the 
executive power bodies of the 
subjects of the Russian Federation by agreement with 
them. 
 Documents: 
1)  information about the state of the production and technical facilities (including those rented) in the 
amount, fixed by the Ministry of Fuel and Power Engineering of the Russian Federation; 
2)  documents that confirm the compliance of the ob ject of licensing with current norms and rules of 
technical, fire and ecological safety; 
3)  the conclusion by the Chief Administration of Power-Consumption Supervision of the Ministry of 
Fuel and Power Engineering of the Russian Federa tion or the corresponding territorial agency of 
said supervision. 
 
30 Activity in the obtaining 
(purchase) of electric 
power from the wholesale market of Federal Commission for Rower 
of Russia   
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electric energy (power); 
31 Refining of oil and 
transportation of oil and 
products of its refining 
by oil mains and oil-products mains Federal Commission for Rower 
of Russia  
32 Storage of oil and 
products of its refining. The Ministry of Fuel and Power 
of the Russian Federation. 
 The Ministry of Fuel and Power 
shall have the right to delegate 
its powers to license the activity involved in the storage of oil 
and oil products, to the 
executive power bodies of the subjects of the Russian 
Federation by agreement with 
them. Documents: 
1)  information on the existence of the reservoirs an d other technological equipm ent, necessary to carry 
out the activity involved in the storage of oil an d oil products, as well as the documents confirming 
the correspondence of these reservoirs to the currently operating norms and rules of the technical, 
fire and ecological safety; 
2)  information on the professional training of the workers, performing the activity, involved in the 
storage of oil and oil products; 
3)  the conclusion of a respective state energy supervision administra tion in the subjects of the Russian 
Federation on the correspondence of the reservoirs for the storage of oil and oil products and of the 
other technological equipment to the currently operating norms and rules. 
 
33 Processing of gas and 
transportation of gas and 
products of its processing 
by gas mains and mains of products of its 
processing Ministry of Fuel and Power of 
Russia  
34 Storage of gas and 
products of its processing Ministry of Fuel and Power of 
Russia  
35 Carrying out of civil-
engineering surveying for construction. 
 
(Working out city planning documentation; 
topography, geodesy, 
and map-making works in construction activities The Ministry of Construction of 
the Russian Federation.  
The Ministry of Construction of 
the Russian Federation shall enjoy the right to delegate 
authority in licensing to federal 
bodies of executive power and bodies of executive power of the Documents: 
1)  information on the qualification of specialists and workers; 2)  information on the norm ative and technical basis; 
3)  information on the quality of works control system; 
4)  information on professional safety and environmental protection measures, as well as on fire safety 
measures; 
5)  certificate of an insurance company co nfirming insurance of construction risks.  
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(in compliance with the list of works coordinated 
with the Federal Service 
of Russia for Geodesy and Cartography); 
architectural activities 
(jointly with the Union 
of Architects of Russia); 
carrying out engineering research for construction 
projects, as well as 
design, construction, and installation works for 
buildings and structures 
and levels of responsibility; 
production of individual 
types of construction materials, structures, and 
items; engineering 
services) Activity in the designing 
of buildings and 
structures; Activity in the 
construction of building 
and structures; 
Manufacture of building 
constructions and materials. subjects of the Russian 
Federation in coordination with 
them, as well as to create their 
own licensing bodies on the territory of subjects of the 
Russian Federation. 
 
36 Hydrometeorological 
expert examination of 
designs of construction 
and development of territories. Russian Federal Service for 
Hydrometeorology and 
Environmental Monitoring Additional licensing terms and conditions that are to be fulfilled in course of hydrometeorology expertise 
of construction and territory exploration projects.  
1. in carrying out heliogeophy sical works and preparing assessments of and forecasts for 
heliogeophysical situation, use reliable databanks in heliogeophysics, specifications and guidelines and instructions of the licensing authority and other state agencies duly adopted to the extent of their  
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authority. 2. have specialists with a higher education degree in hydrometerology and hydrometerological expertise 
of construction and territory exploration projects and appropriate work experience of no less than 3 years 
or a polytechnic diploma in hydrometerology and hydrometerological expertise of construction and territory exploration projects and appropriate work experience of no less than 10 years. 
3. annual report to the licensing authority on conformity to the licensing terms. 
37 Loading-unloading 
activity of non-governmental 
organisations and 
individual businessmen at the federal railway 
transport. Ministry of Railway Transport 
of the Russian Federation Requirements and conditions: 
1) carry out the cited activity by the personnel qualified for handling subject to application of qualifications established with respect to  federal railway transport employees.  
2) guarantee compliance of handling facilities and devices (covered and uncovered warehouses and 
lorries, platforms for containers, ponderous and other cargoes, trestles, heightened  roads, railway yards, 
platforms for pig-backs and articul ated lorry), service, service an d technical premises (ammunition 
stations, repair shops etc.), auto-driveways as well as railroads with the requirements of planning of 
stations and junctions in Russian railways; 3) conformity of machinery used in loading and unloading works on federal railway transport to the 
existing requirements and compliance with the pro cedure for operation and maintenance of such 
machinery. 
38 Activity of non-
governmental 
organisations and 
individual businessmen in the technical 
servicing, repair and 
modernization of the rolling-stock and other 
technical facilities being 
used at the federal 
railway transport. Ministry of Railway Transport 
of the Russian Federation  Requirements and conditions: 
1) the said activity must be carri ed out by employees meeting the qualification requirements maintained 
in respect of workers of federal railway transport engaged in the licensed activity; 
2) conformity of the production premises, equipment and machinery used in the licensed activity to technical norms and requirements mainta ined in federal railway transport. 
39 Activity in the 
manufacture of 
technological equipment for industrial 
manufacture of ethyl 
alcohol, and also for industrial manufacture of Ministry of  Taxes and Fees of 
the Russian Federation   
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alcoholic and spirituous products 
40 Activity in the realization 
of technological 
equipment, including import technological 
equipment, for industrial 
manufacture of ethyl alcohol, and also for 
industrial manufacture 
and bottling of alcoholic and spirituous products Ministry of  Taxes and Fees of 
the Russian Federation  
41 Activity in the 
manufacture of flour, 
groats and other foodstuffs from grain. State Bread Inspection of the 
Government of the Russian 
Federation (Rosgoskhlebinsp ekcia) and its 
territorial divisions  Requirements and conditions: 
1)  Secure preservation of harvested quantities of  grain and processed products and preservation of 
their quality; 
2)  use equipment and other machinery in accordance with the production process scheme approved by 
the CEO of a legal entity or an individual entrepreneur; 
3)  comply with the rules of organisation and management of the production process or performance 
requirements of product manufacture; 
4)  carry out a regular (in each shift) controlling pr ocedure in respect of quality of grain and processed 
products. 
42 Activity in the baking of 
bread, pastry and 
macaroni products. State Bread Inspection of the 
Government of the Russian 
Federation 
(Rosgoskhlebinsp ekcia) and its 
territorial divisions  Requirements and conditions: 
1)  use equipment and other machinery in accordance with the production process scheme for baking 
bread, pastry and macaroni prod ucts approved by the CEO of a legal entity or an individual 
entrepreneur; 
2)  comply with the rules of organisation and management of the production process or performance 
requirements of bread, pastry baki ng and macaroni products manufacture; 
4)  carry out a regular (in each shift) controlling proc edure in respect of quality of input, bread, pastry 
and macaroni products. 
43 Activity in the purchase 
of grain and products of 
its processing for the state needs; 
Activity in the realization 
of grain and products of State Bread Inspection of the 
Government of the Russian 
Federation (Rosgoskhlebinsp ekcia) and its 
territorial divisions    
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grain and products of its processing for the state 
needs. 
44 Activity in the 
processing of grain for the state needs. State Bread Inspection of the 
Government of the Russian Federation 
(Rosgoskhlebinsp ekcia) and its 
territorial divisions Requirements and conditions: 
1)  Secure preservation of harvested quantities of  grain and processed products and preservation of 
their quality; 
2)  use equipment and other machinery in accordance with the production process scheme approved by 
the CEO of a legal entity or an individual entrepreneur; 
3)  comply with the rules of organisation and management of the production process or performance 
requirements of product manufacture; 
4)  carry out a regular (in each shift) controlling pr ocedure in respect of quality of grain and processed 
products. 
45 Activity in the storage of 
grain and products of its 
processing for the state needs. State Bread Inspection of the 
Government of the Russian 
Federation (Rosgoskhlebinsp ekcia) and its 
territorial divisions Requirements and conditions: 
1)  Secure preservation of harvested quantities of  grain and processed products and preservation of 
their quality; 
2)  use equipment and other machinery in accordance with the grain and processed products storage 
scheme approved by the CEO of a legal entity or an individual entrepreneur; 
3)  comply with the rules of storage of grain a nd processed products to preserve to secure quality 
preservation and rational use; 
4)  carry out a regular controlling procedure in re spect of quality of grain and processed products 
within such timeframe as provided.  
46 Manufacture of tobacco 
articles; 
 
Wholesale of tobacco articles Ministry of Taxes and Levies of 
the Russian Federation Documents: 
1)  documents regarding production capacities and information on the adequacy of technical equipment 
of the applicant for a license to support production of tobacco products, their storage and shipment, 
copies of documents confirming the right of ownership and use of land plots, buildings, constructions, premises to be used in the course of the activity for which license is sought; 
2)  information on availability of constituent and t echnical documentation and catalogues of products, 
product quality certificates issued by agencies of State Committee of the Russian Federation for Standardisation and Metrology, trade mark (service mark) ownership certificates; 
3)  copy of letter of the State Committee of the Ru ssian Federation for Statistics confirming entrance of 
the applicant in the Single State Registry of Enterprises and Organisations Irrespective of the Form of Ownership and Economic Activity; 
4)  information on access and internal regulations, report  of the agencies of the Internal Ministry of the 
Russian Federation on equipment of production and storage areas with alarm systems, including fire alarms;  
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5)  reports of authorised state ag encies on conformity of production (storage) areas of the applicant to 
sanitary and epidemiological norms and requirements and safety requirements;  
6)  information on availability of t obacco production control laboratory. 
47 Medical activity The bodies of executive power 
of the subjects of the Russian Federation Documents: 
1)  information on professional training of specialists carrying out the licensed medical activities; 2)  information on the normative and methodology s upport, organizational and technical opportunities, 
and material and technical equipment used to carry  out the respective types of the licensed medical 
activities. 
48 Pharmaceutical activity. 
 
Exept for the activities 
relating to the circulation of narcotic preparations, 
psychotropic substances 
and the precursors thereof as well as the 
trade in medical-purpose 
articles classified as metering means. 
Not subject to licensing 
shall be the pharmaceutical activities 
and wholesale trade in 
medicinal preparations and medical-purpose 
articles carried on by the 
organizations of the state 
reserve system. 
 Distribution of medicines 
and articles of medical 
purpose. The bodies of executive power 
of the subjects of the Russian 
Federation authorized to be 
licensors.  
The licensing of wholesale trade 
in medicinal preparations including poisonous and high-
effect substances as well as in 
medical-purpose articles shall be performed by the Ministry of 
Public Health of the Russian 
Federation or the bodies of executive power of the subjects 
of the Russian Federation 
authorized to be licensors  
The licensing of wholesale trade 
in radiopharmaceutical products 
shall be the responsibility of the 
Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation. 
 Documents: 
1)  a certificate of chemist's store being registered by local selfgovernment bodies: in case when a new 
chemist's store is being opened; 
2)  specialists' certificates or copies thereof attested by a notary public; 
3)  a statement of the bodies of interior affairs on the technical readiness of th e premises for the storage 
of poisonous and high-effect substances includi ng among other things on the availability of a 
security alarm; 
4)  a statement of the sanitary and epidemiological supervision and fire supervision bodies on the 
suitability of the premises for the licensed kind of activity; 
5)  a statement of a state or municipal institution authorized by the ministry of Public Health of the 
Russian Federation or a body of executive power of a subject of the Russian Federation in the field 
of public health on the facility's or premises' compliance with the license terms and conditions. 
 The license terms and conditions app licable to pharmaceutical  activity or wholesale trade in medicinal 
preparations and medical-purpose articles shall comply  with the regulations and rules in the sphere of 
circulation of medicinal preparations and medical-purpose articles established by the ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation. 
  
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49 Activity in the rendering 
of prosthetic-orthopedic 
aid Ministry of Labour and Social 
Development of the Russian 
Federation Documents: 
1)  copies of documents confirming the right of use of premises on which it is proposed to carry out the 
licensed activity, and a copy of floor plan of th e said premises issued by a technical inventory 
bureau; 
2)  information on professional qualifications of engineers and medical staff employed in provision of 
prosthetic-orthopedic aid (in such form as required by the licensing authority); 
3)  information on availability of organisation structure and knowledge base, and property, plant and 
equipment to support the licensed activity (in such form as required by the licensing authority); 
4)  reports of the territorial agencies of the Stat e Fire Service of the Russian Federation regions and 
territorial centres of state sanitary and epidem iological control regarding the conformity of 
premises, buildings and conditions to fire safe ty requirements and sanitary requirements.  
Requirements and conditions: 1)  availability of premises conforming to ecological, sanitary and epidemiological, hygienic and fire 
safety norms and requirements; 
2)  availability of employees (doctors, engineers, t echnicians, etc.) who have professional qualifications 
and special training appropriate to  the requirements and emphasis of the proposed work – for legal 
entities;  professional qualifications and special training appropriate to the requirements and 
emphasis of the proposed work – for individual entrepreneurs; 
3)  availability of organisation structure and tec hnical capacity, property, plant and equipment to 
support provision of prosthetic-orthopedic aid, including machinery and special tools, including 
measurement tools, technical docum entation necessary to carry out works and services involved in 
provision of prosthetic-orthopedic aid; 
4)  availability of duly approved model samples of prosthetic-orthopedic articles used by the licensee in 
carrying out works and services involved in provision of prosthetic-orthopedic aid. 
50 Manufacture of 
medicines Licensing Commission of the 
Ministry of Public Health and 
the Medical Industry of the 
Russian Federation Documents: 
-  the documents certifying that the premises (propert y, lease, etc.) are used on a legal basis, the 
adequacy of the equipment for carrying out the activ ities, claimed for the purpose of licensing (for 
newly established licensing subjects); 
-  a copy of the report of acceptance of produ ction capacities (for newly established licensing 
subjects) or of the report of inspection of production (for operating enterprises) by state 
supervisions agencies; 
-  a list of medicines permitted for medical application with an indication of the registration number, 
the effective normative document (the pharmacopoeian article , the provisional pharmacopoeian 
article), endorsed by the leading officials of the Administration of State Control over the Quality of Medicines and Medical Technology of the Ministry  of Public Health and the Medical Industry of  
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Russia; 
-  the launching or industrial regulations for newly established production, coordinated and endorsed 
in keeping with the State Standard 64-002-86,  Products of the Medical  and Microbiological 
Industry. Technological Schedule of Production. Procedure of Elaboration, Coordination and Endorsement; 
-  the chart of the technological level of the production process and of the preparation's quality; 
-  a certificate of the state of the metrological support; 
-  a certificate of the establishment of the intra-pr oduction system of control over the quality of the 
produced medicines, attested by agencies of th e State Committee for Stan dardization, Metrology 
and Certification (Gosstandard) of  the Russian Federation and the Administration of State Control 
over the Quality of Medicines and Medical Technolo gy of the Ministry of Public Health and the 
Medical Industry of Russia; 
-  information stating that the enterprise is staffed with the personnel which has undergone specialized 
training and has the right to pharmaceutical activity; 
-  if narcotic drugs are produced, it shall be necessa ry to present a license for their production, issued 
by the Permanent Committee for Control over Narcotic Drugs at the Ministry of Public Health and 
the Medical Industry of the Russian Federation; 
-  the originals of licenses, issued earlier. 
51 Manufacture of articles 
of medical purpose Bureau of Licensing Medical 
Equipment Items and Medical 
Products of the Ministry of 
Public Health and the Medical Industry of the Russian 
Federation Documents: 
-  documents confirming the lawful use of  premises (ownership, lease, etc.); 
-  a copy of the act of acceptance of production capacity (for subjects of licensing which have 
mastered for the first time the issue of medical articles permitted for production by the Ministry of Public Health and the Medical Industry of Russia since 1991) or a copy of the act of inspection of a 
production unit (for operating enterprises) by state supervision bodies; 
-  the list of manufactured or mastered medical articles  permitted for the application in the medical 
practice with an indication of the number of the order taken by the Ministry of Public Health and 
the Medical Industry of Russia and with a designation of a normative document on articles (State 
Standard or specifications); 
-  the reference about the intra-factory system of control of the quality of medical equipment items 
and medical products; 
-  the originals of the licenses issued earlier 
52 Storage of medicines and 
of the medicinal articles Ministry of Public Health of 
Russia  
53 Manufacture of medical 
equipment Ministry of Public Health of 
Russia   
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54 Distribution including 
the furnishing for use, of 
medical equipment Ministry of Public Health of 
Russia  
55 Technical servicing of 
medical equipment Ministry of Public Health of 
Russia  
56 Activity of non-
governmental 
organisations and 
individual businessmen in the rendering of 
gymnastic-and-health-
improvement and sporting services. Federal executive authority for 
physical training and sport 
Licensing of certain types of 
activity in the filed of physical training and sport may also be 
performed by executive 
authorities of the Russian Federation regions in charge of 
physical training and sport.  
57 Activity connected with 
the use of agents 
(pathogens) of infectious 
diseases 
 (The performance of 
works with: 
- the microorganisms, bacterial toxins and 
poisons of the biological 
origin - the pathogenic groups; 
- the pathogenic 
production and museum strains of the bacteria, 
viruses, Rickettsia, fungi 
and protozoa; - the gene engineering 
modified 
microorganisms, genomes and gemstone The Ministry of Public Health 
of the Russian Federation and 
the centers of the sanitary and 
epidemiological supervision in 
the subjects of the Russian Federation. 
 
The licensing of the export (of the transfer or of the exchange) 
of the pathogens of human 
infectious diseases shall be effected by the Ministry of 
Foreign Economic Relations of 
the Russian Federation in conformity with the Decision
 of 
the Government of the Russian 
Federation No. 1098 of September 26, 1994 on the 
Approval of the Provisions on 
the Order of Control over the Export from the Russian Documents: 
1)  a copy of an accreditation certificate for the laboratories, conducting certification tests of the 
products by the indices of safety for the health of the population, aimed at certifying the 
correspondence. 
2)  a copy of the permit for the right to work with the microorganisms, issued by an institution of the 
state sanitary and epidemiological service of the Russian Federation, in which shall be established 
the correspondence of organizing th e works, suggested by the applicant, to the currently operating 
sanitary norms and rules in the part of: 
-  the sanitary and hygiene, and the anti-epidemic norms and requirements; 
-  the standard of the training and the sufficiency of the skilled personnel; 
-  the methodological, material-technical and financial supply; the medico-prophylactic servicing of 
the workers. 
3)  the conclusion of the territorial management bodies of the State Fire Prevention Service on the 
correspondence of the production and laboratory prem ises to the requirements of the fire safety; the 
conclusion of the Ministry of Internal Affairs bodies of the Russian Federation on the technical state 
of the strength and of the equipment with the signalling warning system of the production premises 
and of the premises for the storage of the biological materials the conclusion of the Federal Mining and Industrial Supervision Service bodies of Russia on the correspondence of  the equipment to the 
requirements of the rules for the design and a safe exploitation of the vessels, working under a 
pressure  
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fragments of the viruses and bacteria, potentially 
capable of passing over 
human infectious diseases). Federation of the Pathogens of 
Diseases of Man, of Animals 
and of Plants, of Their 
Genetically Modified Forms, of Fragments of Effecting 
Materials and of the Equipment, 
Which May Be Applied in 
Creating Bacteriological 
(Biological) and Toxin Weapons. 
58 Carriage of goods by the 
sea transport; Carriage of 
passengers by the sea 
transport; Activity in the performance of freight 
operations in the carriage 
of goods and passengers 
in the sea 
communication; Towage of vessels and 
other floating facilities; 
Agency servicing of sea-going vessels at seaports; 
Surveyor servicing of 
sea-going vessels at seaports; 
Ship-chandler servicing 
of sea-going vessels at seaports; Technical 
servicing of sea-going 
vessels at seaports; Navigation servicing of 
sea-going vessels at 
seaports; Conduct of sea-going vessels by pilots Ministry of Transport of the 
Russian Federation Documents: 
1.  copy of the notification issued by a body of the State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation 
on inclusion of the applicant into the single state register of enterprises and organizations of all 
forms of ownership and management; 
2.  technical characteristics of ships and other vessels, loading and unloading equipment, berths and 
other facilities essential for performance of a corresponding type of activity. When the fixed assets 
are leased, then copies of documents confirming the right to use them for the licensed type of 
activities; 
3.  copy of the certificate of the organization manager, the natural person or a person authorized to 
manage a licensed type of activity, on his graduation from a specialized educational institution, or 
an extract from labor records confirming the length of work in the field of the licensed type of 
activity during 5 years within the last 15 years before applying for the license; 
4.  copy of a document issued by a shipping company (shipowner) on appointment of a person 
responsible for safety of navigation, copy of certificate of the person on his graduation from a 
specialized educational institution, his working cer tificate and his qualifications certificate to 
occupy a corresponding position; 
5.  copy of a document confirming that the ship ping company (shipowner) m eets the requirements of 
the International Code on Control of Safe Operations of Ships and Pollution Prevention; 
6.  copies of certificates of stat e agencies responsible for sanitary an d quarantine, fire safety and other 
types of supervision on conformity of ships, vessels, berths, equipment and other facilities to 
established safety requirements, and confirmation of sea port administration on the matter; 
7.  copies of documents confirming availability of sufficient financial resources or on insurance in case 
of need to compensate possible damages incurred through the fault of the license holder to a 
consumer of works (services), to other legal and natural persons, or to the environment. 
  
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and by the coastal services of the 
management of the 
traffic of sea-going vessels; 
Activity in the carrying 
out of the mooring of 
sea-going vessels at 
seaports; Collection of the vessel bilge water 
and oil products at the 
aquatory of seaports and their purification; 
Transport-forwarding 
servicing of cargo for the carriage on sea-going 
vessels; Loading-
unloading activity at seaports; 
warehouse operations at 
seaports; Servicing of passengers 
on the territories and 
aquatories of seaports and roadsteads. 
 An applicant may furnish for examination letters of reference from public associations to which it is a 
member. 
59 Carriage activity at the 
inland water transport; Reloading activity at the 
inland water transport; 
Transport-forwarding activity at the inland 
water transport; 
Agency activity at the inland water transport; Ministry of Transport of the 
Russian Federation Requirements and conditions: 
1)  the applicant or licensee must own or exercise the right of use or otherwise lawfully possess means 
of transportation and equipment of such quantity and technical description that satisfy the existing 
rules and norms and will be deemed necessary an d sufficient to engage in the licensed activity; 
2)  conformity of facilities (vessels, constructions, equipment, and other means of transporta tion) used 
in the shipping activity to the existing rules and norms; 
3)  satisfaction of the existing requirements in respect of providing safe navigation, maintenance of 
measures to prevent accidents and presence of an executive o fficer in charge of approving 
organisational and technical measures to provide failsafe functioning of vessels including when  
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Pilotage of vessels at the inland water transport. 
 transporting oil products and/or hazardous cargoes; 
4)  existence of a mandatory insurance contract to th e extent that such insurance cover in respect of the 
licensed activity is required by legislation of the Russian Federation; 
5)  conformity to the requirements of regulatory and technical acts in respect of use of transport, lifts 
and other machinery used in the shipping activity and ability to secure their safe functioning; 
6)  availability of contracts for dispatching support for fleet navigation and provision of navigators of 
prompt itinerary tips; 
7)  ability to arrange for safe anchorage or dockage of vessels and other floating transport; 
8)  presence of an officer in charge of shipping operations who has 3 or more years of navigation 
experience and the license to operate a vessel – where the shipping is supported by a single low-
tonnage vessel; 
9)  presence of an officer in charge of shipping operations who has appropriate professional 
qualifications and 3 or more out of the last 10 years of work experience in the field – in any 
conditions other than specifically provided herein; 
10)  presence of an officer in charge of shipping operations in the case of shipments of oil products 
and/or hazardous cargoes with appropriate experience of oil products and/or hazardous cargoes 
shipments of no less than 3 out of the last 5 years of work – for the purposes of the said shipments;  
11)  presence of an official in char ge of safe operation of vessels ap propriately certified to act in such 
capacity.  
 
Documents:  
1)  copy of letter of the state statistics authority regarding entrance of the applicant in the Single State 
Registry of Enterprises and Organisations; 
2)  copies of the order of the CEO of a legal entity  or an individual entrepreneur appointing the officer 
responsible for shipping operations, degree certificate from a specialised educational institution, 
extract from work r ecord book confirming experience in th e licensed activity and information of 
conformity to the existing licensing and qualification requirements; 
3)  copies of the CEO of a legal entity or an indi vidual entrepreneur appoin ting the officer responsible 
for safe operation of vessels and a certificate of required format confirming completion of 
attestation procedure; 
4)  a list of and performance specifications of fac ilities to be used in the shipping activity, copies of 
documents confirming their conformity to the existing norms and rules and documents confirming 
the right of ownership and use thereof over the licensed period; 
5)  copy of insurance policy, to the extent that laws of the Russian Federation envisage mandatory  
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insurance for the licensed activity; 
6)  documents confirming availability of database  and dispatching support of licensing activity. 
 
60 Activity in the carrying 
out of oceanographic works. 
(Types of works: 1. 
Oceanographic research, visual and instrumental 
monitoring from 
observatory platforms located on shore or 
otherwise of changes in 
the marine environment. 2. Calculation and 
modelling of marine 
environment conditions 
for use in designing, 
building and operation of hydrotechnical facilities 
and constructions. 
3. Forecasts and analyses of based on collected 
oceanographic data, 
preparation and due provision to the 
consumer of 
oceanographic information products 
Formation and 
maintenance of databases in oceanography) 
 Russian Federal Service for 
Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring Requirements and conditions: 
a)  as required by Russian laws, regularly communicat e with coastal services of the Russian Federation 
and, within such timeframe as required, transfer  to the nearest radiometeorological centre of the 
Russian Federation any data obtained by monitoring and report any emergency signal of oil 
pollution of marine environment; 
b)  duly apply the established methods of monitoring of the environment and its pollution; 
c)  as required by Russian law, transfer oceanogr aphic information to the Single State Databank on 
Environment and Pollution; 
d)  in calculations and modelling of marine environment conditions use the existing databanks in 
oceanography, specifications and gu idelines and instructions of th e licensing authority and other 
state agencies duly adopted to the extent of their authority; 
e)  to carry out the works indicated in paragraphs 2 and 3, it is required to have specialists with a higher 
education degree in oceanography and appropriate work experience of no less than 3 years or a 
polytechnic diploma in oceanography and appropriate work experience of no less than 100 years; 
f)  annual reporting to the licensing authority on conformity to the licensing terms.  
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61 Activity in the carrying 
out of heliogeophysical 
works. 
 (Types of works: 
1. observation, 
immediate evaluation of 
and forecast for solar 
activity and the state of ionosphere and nearearth 
space. 
2. Preparation and due provision to the end-user 
of official reports, 
forecasts and warnings of heliogeophysical 
phenomena and other 
heliogeophysical information. 
Formation and 
maintenance of databanks in 
heliogeophysics) Russian Federal Service for 
Hydrometeorology and 
Environmental Monitoring Requirements and conditions 
a)  duly apply the established methods of monitoring of the heliogeophysical situation; 
b)  promptly report to territorial divisions of the licensing authority any information concerning 
heliogeophysical situation that has adversely affected, affects or may affect the environment; 
c)  as required by Russian law, transfer informati on to the Single State Databank on Environment and 
Pollution; 
d)  in carrying out heliogeophy sical works and preparing asse ssments of and forecasts for 
heliogeophysical situation, use reliable databanks in heliogeophysics, specifications and guidelines 
and instructions of the licensing authority and ot her state agencies duly adopted to the extent of 
their authority; 
e)  to carry out the works indicated in paragraphs 1 and 2, it is required to have specialists with a higher 
education degree in heliogeophysics and appropriate work experience of no less than 3 years or a 
polytechnic diploma in heliogeophysics and appropriate work experience of no less than 100 years; 
f)  annual reporting to the licensing authority on conformity to the licensing terms. 
62 Conduct of mine 
surveying works. Russian State Mining and 
Industrial Supervisory Authority (Gosgortekhnadzor) or its 
regional agencies Documents: 
-  personal details of persons applying for the license on behalf of the enterprise; -  information on organisation structure, technical cap acity and financial standing of the enterprise as 
relevant to its ability to engage in the licensed activity; 
-  brief background on previous activity of the enterprise; -  other materials confirming ability and intention of the enterprise to engage in the licensing activity, 
including report of the state ec ological examination agencies. 
Subject to the content of the licensed activity and the sector of industry, the said additional materials must conform in content and volume to the requirements of appropriate guidelines approved by 
Gosgortekhnadzor of Russia.  
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63 Activity involving 
interference with 
hydrometeorological and 
geophysical processes and phenomena. 
(Types of works: 1. 
Prevention or disruption 
of hail formation 
processes. 2. Enhancement or 
reduction of 
precipitation. 3. Dissipation of clouds 
and fog. 
4. Change of optical characteristics of 
atmosphere, clouds and 
fog. 5. Regulation of 
electrical atmospheric 
activity. 6. Precautionary release 
of snow slides. 
7. Prevention or mitigation of surface 
frosts. 
8. Change of 
electromagnetic and 
other qualities of medium and upper layers 
of  atmosphere). Russian Federal Service for 
Hydrometeorology and 
Environmental Monitoring Requirements and conditions: 
a)  interference with hydrometeorological and geophysi cal processes and phenomena is restricted to 
legal entities; 
b)  use of means of interference with hydrometeorological and geophysical processes and phenomena 
shall be strictly according to purp ose and in conformity always w ith performance specifications and 
operating rules; 
c)  presence of experts having no less than 3 years of work experience in the sphere of interference 
with hydrometeorological and geophysical processes and phenomena; 
d)  submission  of annual reports to the licensing authority regarding compliance with the 
licensing terms. 
 
64 Activity in the conduct 
of geophysical works in 
the field of the exploration of the The State Committee of the 
Russian Federation for Geology 
and for the Exploitation of Mineral Wealth and by its Documents: 
information on the technical and the technological opportunities for the performance of the licensed kind 
of activity, on the metrological provisions, and the qua lifications of the technical personnel (for natural 
persons - a copy of the applicant's educational diploma and a record not less than 3 years' work  
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mineral resources; Activity in the drilling of 
holes for water; 
Activity in the drilling of geological-prospecting 
holes for solid mineral 
resources; 
 
(geological survey work; compiling and publishing 
geological maps 
(including digital and electronic maps);  
geophysical (including 
the gravimetric) work involved in the study of 
the earth's bowels;  
drilling boreholes for water (except for drilling 
boreholes for thermal 
waters) and geological prospecting boreholes for 
solid minerals). territorial (regional) 
subdivisions. 
 
In case of the absence on the territory of the subject of the 
Russian Federation of a 
territorial subdivision of the 
State Committee of the Russian 
Federation for Geology and for the Exploitation of Mineral 
Wealth, the discharge of the 
corresponding powers for licensing may be exercised by 
the State Committee of the 
Russian Federation for Geology and for the Exploitation of 
Mineral Wealth to the executive 
bodies of the subjects of the Russian Federation, in 
accordance with an agreement 
signed with them. experience in the co rresponding trade). 
65 Activity in the utilization 
of production and consumption waste 
(utilization, storage, 
shipment, placement, dumping, liquidation of 
industrial and other kinds 
of waste materials, substances, (except for 
radioactive ones); 
conduct of environmental The Ministry of Environmental 
Control and Natural Resources Protection of the Russian 
Federation and it's territorial 
organs   
The Ministry of Environmental 
Control and Natural Resources Protection of the Russian 
Federation shall be entitled to 
delegate authority to license individual kinds of activities to Documents: 
1) Information of vocational training of specialis ts who will carry out the licensed kind of activity. 
 In the case of absence of such information th e licensing organ may request certification of the 
specialists for their professional fitness; 
2)  information on availability of regulating norms and standards, on organizational and technical 
capabilities and technical and material support for the declared type of activities, information on the 
record of previous activity an d experience in operations; 
3)  environmental justification of the activity ( for activities involving waste handling and execution of 
environmental works in territories (water areas ) of natural and economic objects, as well as 
reclamation and cleaning of the said territories. 
  
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description, certification, environmental audit; 
conduct of activities 
connected with performance of works 
(provision of services) 
involving conservation 
of nature). organs of executive power of 
subjects of the Russian 
Federation. 
 
66 Realization of antiques Federal Service of Russia for 
Preservation of Culture 
Valuables Documents: 
-  presentation of a body of executive power of the respective constituent entity of the Russian 
Federation; 
-  certified copies of documents of ownership or right to use premises where the company plans to 
exercise its activities, as well as the certificate of inspection of such premises by a body of the 
interior; 
 I. - conclusion of a body of the interior about a check of the ex ecutives of the company 
through operation and information sources. 
Having received a license a company shall have to observe the following terms: 
-  sell antiques and store them in a separate, specia lly furnished place equipped with security and anti-
fire alarm systems; 
-  subject to a special assessment of experts, ex pert commissions and specially authorized employees 
all incoming antiques before their subsequent tr ansition for sales (definition of authenticity and 
dating, attribution, and approbation - for both artic les made of precious metals and precious stones); 
-  keep a register of all incoming antiques and relative expert data; 
-  keep a register of deliverers of antiques; 
-  approve sales of antiques only after checking them  against files of the interior bodies of the Russian 
Federation and the Ministry of Culture of the Ru ssian Federation and against the lists of items 
either stolen, or lost or illegally imported into  the Russian Federation, as well as items the 
ownership of which is debated in court; 
-  provide obligatory information to customers (s ellers and buyers) about the rules of accepting for 
receipt for sales and sales of antiques, the proce dure of their expert assessment, and the procedure 
of exporting antiques out of the bo undaries of the Russian Federation; 
-  provide an opportunity for stat e museums, archives, and libraries to have an access and buy some 
antique items (before their transition for sales); 
-  submit required information about antiques received for sales to the interior bodies, federal bodies 
of state security, and the Fe deral Service of Russia for Preserving Culture Valuables.  
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The Federal Service of Russia for Preserving Cultu re Valuables may set additional requirements for 
companies if it deems it necessary. 
67 Description, 
conservation and 
restoration of archival documents. Russian State Archive Service 
and executive authorities of the 
Russian Federation regions authorised by the State Archive 
Service of Russia to perform 
licensing Documents:  
1)  information on qualifications of experts, in cluding attestation certificates (if available); 
2)  information on the availability of the n ecessary capacities, equi pment and machinery. 
68 Activity in the conduct 
of design works 
connected with 
protection of objects of cultural heritage 
(monuments of history 
and culture); Activity in the conduct 
of designing-and-
surveying works connected with the repair 
and restoration of objects 
of cultural heritage (of monuments of history 
and culture); 
Activity in the repair and restoration of objects of 
cultural heritage 
(monuments of history 
and culture). 
 (Activity in the 
examination of the 
condition, in the preservation, restoration 
and repair of the 
monuments of history Ministry of Culture of the 
Russian Federation   
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and culture of the federal (all-Russian) importance, 
included in the List of 
the Objects of Historical and Cultural Heritage of 
the Federal (All-Russian) 
Importance, approved by 
the Decree of the 
President of the Russian Federation No. 176 of 
February 20, 1995 on 
Approving the List of the Objects of Historical and 
Cultural Heritage of the 
Federal (All-Russian) Importance) 
69 Activity in the 
restoration of museum 
objects Ministry of Culture of Russia  
70 Organization and 
conduct of lotteries Ministry of Finance of Russia  
71 Distribution and repair of 
cash registers Ministry of Taxes and Fees of 
the Russian Federation  
72 Operation of filling 
stations Ministry of Taxes and Fees of 
the Russian Federation  
73 Activity of pawnshops Executive authorities of the 
Russian Federation appointed in 
keeping with the procedure provided by the laws of the 
Russian Federation regions Requirements and conditions: 
a)  comply with Russian law (including the procedure for handling jewellery and other personal items 
made of precious metals and gems), comply with requirements of regulatory legal acts governing the activity of pawnshops in respect of acceptance, registration and safekeeping of property charged 
and/or transferred for safekeeping, the procedure of sale of non-bought-out or non-reclaimed 
property; 
b)  mandatory insurance by the pawnshop at own expense to inure to the benefit of the pawner of 
pawned property for its full value assessed based on normal trade prices for items of similar 
description and quality as at the moment of pawning; 
c)  the licensee must have the necessary premises, equipment, tools and security system satisfying  
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standard requirements; 
d)  employees involved in acceptance, storage and sale of pawned property must have appropriate 
professional qualifications. 
Documents: 1)  reports of the appropriate state supervisory and controlling authorities regarding conformity of 
premises and equipment used in this activity and the working conditions to the standard 
requirements; 
2)  copies of documents confirming professional qualifications of the employees; 
3)  copies of documents confirming the applicant’s possession by right of ownership or by other lawful 
right of premises (warehouses, auxillary room s and other) to carry out lombard activity. 
74 Activity in the use of 
radioactive materials Ministry of the Russian 
Federation on Nuclear Power  Documents: 
1) an application for the issue of a license 
The application shall be agreed with the federal ex ecutive power body in whose jurisdiction the given 
legal entity is; 2) the documents confirming the license seeker's ab ility to provide for the satisfaction of the demands 
and the terms 
3) the documents substantiating the guaranteing of the nuclear and radiation safety during the 
performance of the licensed activity, agreed with th e Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation; 
4) the documents confirming the licen se seeker's possession of the no rmative methodological documents 
on ensuring safety in handling radioactive materials,  of the documents laying down the procedure for the 
training, attestation and admittance of the personnel to the work with radioactive materials, and the 
existence at his disposal of the forces and facilities ready for action in case of the accidents and capable 
of liquidating the aftermath of the emergency situations; 
5) a copy of the license, the issue of which is envisaged by the Law of the Russian Federation on the 
State Secret (for the organizations, whose activity is involved in the use of the information comprising the state secret); 
6) the conclusion of the state ecological expertise (for the newly designed and the reconstructed objects); 
7) the documents on the financial provisions for the civil law responsibility for the losses and the harm which may be caused by a radioactive impact. 
In the performance of the licensed activity, the licensee shall be obliged to observe: 
1) the norms and rules for the nuclear, radiation and industrial safety; 2) the norms and rules for the physical protection of radioactive materials and for keeping the state 
secret; 
3) the norms and rules for the recording of and control over radioactive materials; 
75 Veterinary activity The executive power bodies of Documents:  
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 (carrying out veterinary 
treatment and 
prophylaxis, and laboratory and diagnostic 
activities, and also for: 
- the output and sale of 
veterinary-oriented 
products, produced by the enterprises, 
laboratories and shops; 
- the output and sale of fodders and of fodder 
additives for animals, 
including non-traditional, mineral and vitamin 
additives, produced by 
the enterprises, laboratories and shops; 
- the realization of 
medicines for veterinary purposes, of biological 
preparations, of zoo-
hygienic supplies and of zoo-veterinary 
attributes). the subjects of the Russian 
Federation by the place of the 
state registration of the legal 
entity or of the individual businessman 1)  an application for the issue of a license, with the indication of  the list of the places, set apart 
geographically, where the activity indicated in the application, shall be carried out; 
2)  the conclusion of the sanitary  and epidemiological serv ice and of the fire prevention service on the 
correspondence of th e premises (the production, storage, of fice ones, etc.) and of the equipment to 
the demands, made on the performance of the corresponding kind of activity; 
3)  the conclusion of the State Veterinary Service on the production base, relying on which the 
applicant intends to perform the kind of activity, i ndicated in his application, as well as the list of 
the existent normative-technical documentation, of the necessary technological equipment and tools 
for rendering services and for performing works in the sphere of veterinary medicine; 
4)  the copies of the documents, confirming the professional training of the work performers; 
5)  the conclusion of the bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on the 
technical state of the premises for the storage of strong medicines and on the premises being 
equipped with an alarm system. 
 
76 Manufacture of 
disinfectants, insecticides and deratization agents; 
 
Activity in the performance of 
disinfection, insecticide 
and deratization works Organs of executive power of 
subjects of the Russian Federation Documents: 
1)  the list of the preparations which are produced or are scheduled for production at this enterprise, 
with the complete set of normative-technical docum entation for each type of preparation, including 
the following: 
-  a copy of a registration certificate or some other type of official document confirming the state 
registration of the given preparation; 
-  interstate standards, state standards of the Russian Federation, standards used in industries, 
enterprises, scientific and technical and engineering societies and other public associations, and technical norms;  
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-  a certificate of conformity; -  a technical maintenance schedule (constant, temporary, or one-time, depending on the production 
volume); 
2)  experts' conclusion of organs and institutions of  the State Sanitary Epidemiological Service that the 
available conditions are acceptable for carrying out the production of the preparations, and their 
conformity to the requirements of sanitary norms and rules; 
3)  data on the level of vocational training of the staff; 
h)  an expert conclusion of the militia organs on the technical condition of the security system in the 
premises to be used for the production and storage of poisonous substances and preparations; 
4)  an expert conclusion of the territorial orga ns of the State Fire Safety Service and the State 
Veterinary Service of the Russian Federation on the feasibility of the given type of activity under 
the declared conditions, as well as on other matters falling within their competence. 
77 Operation of engineering 
infrastructures of cities and other populated 
areas. 
 
(The activity, involved in 
the operation of the engineering systems of 
cities and of the 
populated centers, shall include the performance 
of the works, involved in 
exploiting: - the external systems for 
the supply of electricity; 
- the internal systems for the supply of electricity; 
- the external systems for 
the heat supply; - the internal systems for 
the heat supply; 
- the external water supply and water The executive power bodies of 
the subjects of the Russian Federation Documents: 
1)  a note from the state control bodies on the technical conditions, existing for the performance of the 
work, satisfying the demands, established by these bodies; 
2)  information on the technical preparedness for the pe rformance of the corresponding works and on 
the professional competence of the personnel. 
It shall be prohibited to demand from the applicant that he present any documents, not indicated in these 
Regulations.  
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drainage systems; - the internal water 
supply and water 
drainage systems; - the housing fund and 
the fund of the non-
living premises; 
- the ventilation and the 
air-conditioning systems; - the fire prevention and 
the guard signalling 
systems and those for smoke discharge; 
- the street lighting 
systems; - the systems for the 
territories' engineering 
protection). 
78 Public showing of audio 
visual works in cinema 
halls Executive authorities of the 
Russian Federation regions Documents: 
Report of the agencies of Sanitary and Epidemio logical Service and State Fire Prevention Service 
regarding conformity of the cinema hall and film projector to the existing requirements; 
Document containing information on qualifications of experts operating film projectors.  
TV and radio broadcasting organisations must additionally provide a copy of broadcasting license. 
79 Distribution, with the 
exception of retail trade, 
of copies of audiovisual 
works on any types of 
carriers;  Ministry of Printing, of the 
Television and Radio 
Broadcasting and of the Mass 
Communication Media of 
Russia  
80 Reproduction 
(manufacture of copies) of audiovisual works on 
any types of carriers Ministry of Printing, of the 
Television and Radio Broadcasting and of the Mass 
Communication Media of 
Russia  
81 Distribution, withthe Ministry of Printing, of the   
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exception of retail trade, of copies of phonograms 
on any types of carriers 
 Television and Radio 
Broadcasting and of the Mass 
Communication Media of 
Russia 
82 Reproduction 
(manufacture of copies) 
of phonograms on any 
types of carriers Ministry of Printing, of the 
Television and Radio 
Broadcasting and of the Mass 
Communication Media of Russia  
83 Organization and 
maintenance of 
totalizators and gambling institutions Ministry of Sport of Russia  
84 Non-state pension 
welfare activities 
 
1. The activity of a 
nongovernmental 
pension fund shall be understood to be a 
noncommercial activity 
in the formation of assets by means of attracting 
the purpose-oriented 
monetary contributions of juridical and natural 
persons, in the transfer of 
such funds to a company managing the assets of 
nongovernmental 
pension funds (hereinafter referred to as 
a company), in the 
making of regular payments - lifelong or Inspectorate for the 
Nongovernmental Pension 
Funds under the Ministry of 
Social Protection of the 
Population of the Russian 
Federation Documents: 
1)  the documents confirming the payment of the authorized fund (capital) : the certificate of the 
relevant bank, the acts of the accepta nce and transfer of the property; 
2)  the document about the appointment (election) to the position of the head of the fund (company) 
and the chief accountant, their passport data and other information about them. 
A fund must additionally present: -  the accounting balance sheet with a ttaching the report on the financial results and on their use as on 
the latest accounting date before the presentation of  the documents for the obtention of the license 
(for an operating fund); 
-  the rules of the fund (in duplicate), which is  a document approved by the supreme management 
body of the fund and determining the rights and duties of the fund, the juridical and natural persons 
transferring to it the purpose-oriented monetary contributions, and the natural persons in whose favour such contributions are transferred, the proc edure for keeping the personal accounts, and also 
the versions of the procedure and conditions for making the purpose-oriented contributions and the 
payments suggested by the fund; 
-  the prospectus, which shall include a certificate w ith the number of the juridical and natural persons 
transferring monetary contributions, including the natural persons in whose favour the contributions 
are transferred, the amounts of the purpose-oriented monetary contributions and payments (for the first 2 years of activity), and also the calculations confirming the obligations assumed by the fund 
for each of the versions of the procedure and conditions for making the purpose-oriented monetary 
contributions and payments with attaching the methods of the calculation and the initial data used in the calculations;  
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over a long period of time - to citizens in the 
monetary form, and also 
any other activity in the fulfilment of obligations 
before citizens. 
2. The Activity of the 
companies for the 
management of the assets of the nongovernmental 
pension funds, that shall 
be understood to be the activity in the placement 
of the assets of a fund 
and their management, carried out by the 
company on the basis of 
an agreement for the management of the 
fund's assets. 
 -  a copy of the agreement between the fund and the company, in which there must be fixed the 
company's property accountability and its obligations on the preservation of the fund's assets and on 
the obtaining of an investment revenue sufficient for securing the fund's obligations on the pension 
maintenance of citizens. 
All the above-mentioned documents must be broached, numbered, certified with the signature of the 
head of the supreme management body of th e fund and attached with the fund's seal. 
The fund shall also present to the Inspectorate a conclusion of an in dependent auditor on the accounting 
balance sheet and on the report on the financial results and their use (for the funds conducting activity 
during at least three months from the day of the State registration). 
A company must additional present: 
-  a plan for managing the fund's assets (for the first 2 years of activity) stipulating the amount of such 
assets and the directions of their investment (into government securities, shares and bonds of 
enterprises, immovables and other directions); 
-  a copy of the license, obtained in the establis hed procedure, for conducting the activity stipulated 
by the plan for managing the fund's assets; 
-  a calculation of the internal funds; 
-  the accounting balance sheet with attaching the report on the financial results as on the latest 
accounting date before the presentation of the docum ents for the obtention of  the license (for an 
operating fund). 
All the above mentioned documents must be broached, numbered, certified with the signature of the 
head of the supreme management body of the co mpany and attached with the company's seal. 
The company shall also present to the Inspectorate a conclusion of an independent auditor on the 
accounting balance sheet and on the report on the financial results and their use. 
85 The activities of 
investment funds The Federal Commission on the 
Securities Market  Requirements and conditions: 
1.  Operations of an investment fund can be performed only by open joint stock companies set up in 
keeping with the legislation of the Russian Federation 
2.  Rules of an investment fund besides requirements fixed by the legislation of the Russian Federation 
must also contain: 
-  the provision defining the subject of its operations being investment in the securities stated in its 
investment declaration, or in securities and real estate property and (or) rights to real estate; 
-  the investment declaration defining main areas, aims and limitations of investment operations of the 
fund, maximum and (or) minimum amounts of its property shares which can be invested in 
securities and real estate; 
-  the procedure for attracting borrowed resources; -  the restriction to create any special funds;  
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-  the restriction to redeem its own stocks, apart from the cases directly envisaged by the Federal Law 
No. 208-FZ of December 26, 1995  on Joint Stock Companies; 
-  the restriction to issue other issuer secur ities, apart from ordinary registered stocks; 
-  the restriction to engage in any other type of activities other than investment; I. the procedure, place and term s of payment of dividends. 
3.  Value of the assets of an investment fund must not be less than 10,000-fold of the minimum 
amount of wage established by federal law. 
4.  The composition and structure of the assets of an investment fund must comply with the 
requirements of normative act s of the Federal Commission. 
5.  Functions of a sole executive body of an investment fund must be performed by a legal entity 
licensed by the Federal Commission to engage in trust management of property owned by unit 
investment funds 
6.  Officials, staff members of th e trust- and specialized depositary of an investment fund and their 
affiliated persons as well as affiliated persons of  the trust- and specialized depositary of an 
investment fund may not make up more than one third of the Board of Directors (Supervisory Council) of this investment fund. 
7.  Persons who are performing or have performed functions of the sole executive body, who are or 
have been members of a collegiate executiv e body, members of the Board of Directors 
(Supervisory Council) of organizations included in the register of legal persons and private 
businessmen who violate legal acts governing activities in financial and stock markets of the 
Russian Federation, 
 No member of a collegiate executive body, memb er of the Board of Directors (Supervisory 
Council) as well as head of divisions of an investment fund may have an unexpunged conviction 
for crimes involving financial gain. 
8.  Agreements of an investment fund with a trust investment fund or a specialized depositary of an 
investment fund must meet mandatory requirements endorsed by the Federal Commission. 
Documents: 
1.  Original or a notarially certified copy of a document on the election or appointment of a person 
performing functions of a sole executive body of the applicant organization. 
2.  Accounting balance sheet, financial performance st atement, auditor's report of an audit organization 
authorized by the Federal Commission, valid at the last reporting date; for an applicant organization 
which was set up after that date - documents co nfirming complete payment of the charter capital. 
3.  Certificate on the value of the assets and liab ilities of an investment fund with its appendixes. 
4.  Report of an independent valuer licensed by the Federal Commission on its valuation of the real 
estate, rights to real estate, securities, which have no generally acceptable quotation, when the  
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above assets make up a part of property of an applicant organization. 
5.  The list of affiliated persons of an applicant organization. 
6.  Copies of documents confirming registration of issues of securities issued by an applicant 
organization, reports on results of the issue. 
7.  Copy of an applicant organization's personnel allocation chart signed by a person performing 
functions of a sole executive body and certified with a seal of the applicant organization, which 
must contain data on internal structure of the applicant organization, last names, first names, 
patronymics of the organization's staff with deta ils as to their divisions and positions occupied, 
copies of labor records of the above personnel. 
8.  An agreement with the specia lized depositary of an investment fund licensed by the Federal 
Commission to operate as a specialized depositary of unit investment funds or its notarially 
certified copy. 
9.  An agreement with the manager of an investment fund licensed by the Federal Commission to hold 
in trust management the property a unit invest ment fund or its notarially certified copy. 
10.  An agreement with an independent valuer licensed by the Federal Commission to operate in the 
field of valuing the property making up an investment fund (for investment funds - an investment 
declaration which provides for a possibility of inves ting in real estate as well as in other assets 
which valuation in compliance with the norma tive acts of the Federal Commission must be 
performed by an independent value r) or its notarially certified copy. 
11.  An agreement with a registrar licensed by the Federal Commission to engage in activities to keep 
the register of owners of registered securities or  its notarially certified co py when there are 500 or 
more owners of registered secur ities of the applicant organization. 
12.  A copy of a payment order to pay a nonrecurrent fee for the issue of the license in the amount of 
100 - fold statutory minimum wage with a bank confirmation. 
13.  The form of a previously issu ed license to carry out activities of an investment fund, specialized 
investment fund for privatization, which accumulates privatization cheques of private citizens, 
when the applicant organization holds such a license. 
86 The activities of the 
specialised depositories 
of investment funds and 
mutual funds; Federal Security Market 
Committee. Documents: 
Notarised copy of bank license (for banks and lend ing institutions acting as specialised depositories); 
Notarised copy of the document on election or appoin tment of the executive body  of the applicant (for 
collegial executive bodies a notarise d copy of the document on election or appointment of its chairman is 
also required); 
Calculations of the amount of own capital of the applicant; 
Information on the structure of the charter capital of the applicant signed by the person acting as a 
single-man executive body of the applicant, and th e chief accountant, indicating the number, categories  
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and type of shares and the form of payment for shar es making up the charter capital of the applicant; 
Accounting statement and stat ement of profits and losses of the applicant as at the last reporting date, 
and the accounting statement and stat ement of profits and losses of th e applicant for the last accounting 
year (where operations have been continuing over one year), all certified by an independent auditor. 
Where a newly created enterprise (o rganisation) does not have the a bove documents, the applicant must 
submit to the Federal Committee documents confirming contributions having been paid to the charter 
capital and then submit the above-mentioned financial statements for the accounting date immediately 
following the date of application for license; 
Notarised copies of documents certifying education and work experience of o fficers and experts of the 
applicant appropriate for officers and experts of financial institutions; 
Documents on by-laws and procedures of depository activity (including sample primary registration and 
client reporting forms used by the applicant, a descrip tion of internal organisation of depository activity), 
and controlling functions ensuring compliance of the operating company of the share investment fund 
with the requirements of the Fe deral Committee’s acts for the purpose s of accounting of the assets of 
share investment fund, calculation of value of net assets of the share investment fund and the value of investment share, and share investment fund’s property management; 
Notarised copies of qualification certificates issued by the Federal Committee (if available at the date of 
submission of documents for issuance of license). Additionally to the above-listed documents the Federal Committee may require:  
Documents on organisation of internal control over compliance with rules and requirements maintained 
in respect of activity of depositories (keeping of clie nt assets), sample contracts for depository services 
in respect of securities, other client assets and accounting of rights in securities; 
Documents confirming ability of the applicant to ensure safety of securities and monies, safety and 
timely restoration of records of accoun ting of rights in client securities; 
Documents confirming availability of internal proced ures preventing conflict of interest between the 
applicant and operating company; 
Documents explaining select entries in accounting statement and statements of profits and losses 
submitted to the Federal Committee; 
Other financial statements of the applicant. The licensing terms and conditions for acting as sp ecialised depositories, investment funds and share 
investment funds are as follows: 
a)  compliance with Russian law (including requirem ents in respect of depositories), and regulatory 
and legal acts of the licensing authority; 
b)  existence of a separate structural division carrying out the licensed activity in the event a licensee 
combines the licensed activity with other types of activity;  
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c)  presence on the licensee’s staff of no less than 3 experts, one of which would be the person carrying 
out the functions of a sole executive body of or the head of the structural subdivision, who have 
appropriate higher education degree and no less than 2 years of work in an organisation acting as a 
depository at the executive level of the organisation or a division, or as an expert of a division directly involved in depository activity, and who also  have specialist qualifications in the sphere of 
specialised depository activity of investment funds and share investment funds confirmed in 
accordance with the re quirements of the licensing authority; 
d)  availability of internal rules of carrying out the licensed activity and of by-laws of the separate 
structural subdivision of the li censee developed in accordance with the legislation of the Russian 
Federation and the regulatory legal acts of the licensing authority. 
87 Activity in the 
production and bottling 
of mineral and natural 
drinking water;  Ministry of Sport of Russia  
88 Realtor activity 
 
(the activity performed 
by legal entities and individual entrepreneurs 
under an agreement with 
a person/entity (or by proxy) concerned for the 
execution on his/her 
behalf and at his/her expense or on his/her 
behalf but at the expense 
and for the benefit of a 
person concerned of civil 
legal deals in tracts of land, buildings, 
structures, installations, 
housing and non-housing premises and the rights 
thereto. 
Services for valuation of The executive authority organs 
of the subjects of the Russian 
Federation as determined by 
authorized organs of the state power of the subjects of the 
Russian Federation Documents: 
1)  information on the licenses for realtor activities received earlier; 
2)  information to confirm that the specialists  pursuing realtor activities have the knowledge and 
working experience in the such field in accordance with the me thodological recommendations 
endorsed in accordance with the established procedure by the State Property Management 
Committee of the Russian Federation; 
  
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real property shall not be deemed realtor activities) 
89 Publishing activity The Ministry of the Press and 
Information of the Russian 
Federation  
90 Printing activity; 
 
Activity in the 
manufacture and destruction of all types of 
seals and stamps of the 
bodies of the state power, the bodies of the local 
self-government, 
organisations of all forms of ownership (including 
their structural and 
isolated units), and natural persons 
(Opening in the territory 
of the Russian Federation enterprises, institutions 
and organizations 
engaged in printing and publishing, regardless of 
their organizational 
structure and legal status, 
departmental 
subordination, form of property and volume of 
production (hereinafter 
referred to as printing establishments; 
Printing and publishing 
shall be understood to The Ministry of the Press and 
Information of the Russian 
Federation or in the territorial 
bodies of the State Inspectorate for the Protection of the 
Freedom of the Press and Mass 
Information under this Ministry.  To obtain a license the founder of a printing establishment or the print-shop itself shall submit an 
application to the Ministry of the Press and Inform ation of the Russian Federation or to the respective 
territorial body of the State In spectorate for the Protection of th e Freedom of the Press and Mass 
Information under this Ministry. The application for a license shall indicate the name of a printing establishment (the name of its 
founder), its location (domicile, nationality) and the essential elements of the means of communication 
used by it, and also pinpoints the annual capacity of the enterprise). The application shall be signed by the founders or the director of the printing establishment. 
The following documents shall be appended to the application: 
-  the duly certified copy of the statutes of the printing establishment, whose statutory legal capacity 
provides for the right to engage in printing and publishing; 
-  the warrant for the receipt of the license drawn up  in the name of the representative of the printing 
establishments; 
-  the list of polygraphic equipment to be installed or installed with indication of its appellation, 
model and quantity. 
  
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mean the typesetting the preparation of type forms 
(including the 
manufacture of seals and stamps), printing, the 
issue of total prints of 
any publications. The 
polygraphic activity may 
include both the listed processes in their 
complex and individual 
processes). 
91 Carriage and transport-
operation activity at the access railway tracks 
outside the system of the 
federal railway transport Ministry of Transport of Russia  
92 Financial leasing Ministry of Economic 
Development and Trade of the 
Russian Federation The condition for issuance of license is acting as  a lessor under a financial lease contract.  
To obtain the license a Russian resident applicant must submit to the licensing authority the following 
documents: 
1)  financial statement of the lega l entity for the most recently ended accounting period and a report on 
the results of its financial and economic activity; 
2)  a copy of the last auditing or tax inspection report of the legal entity;  
3)  a document confirming full payment of charter capital as appearing in the constituent documents.   To obtain the license a non-resident applicant must submit to the licensing authority the following 
documents: 
a)  license application indicating the name and organisational and legal form of the applicant, its 
location, the licensed type of activity and the period of time during which it proposes to engage in 
such activity, the name of its banker and the settlement account number (application must be made in Russian); 
b)  extract from the commercial regi ster of the country of origin of the applicant or another document 
confirming its registration to be in conformity with the laws of the country of its location; 
c)  copies of constituent documents of the applicant (charter, by-la ws or memorandum); 
d)  bank reference letter concerning financial standing of applicant; 
e)  reference letter from a tax service agency of th e country of registration of the applicant concerning  
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registration of the applicant (with Russian translation); 
f)  financial statement of the app licant for the most recently ended acc ounting period and a report on 
the results of its financial and economic activity (with Russian translation); 
g)  a copy of the last auditing inspection report of the applicant (with Russian translation);   The documents must bear consular legalisation stamp or be apostilled unless international 
agreements of the Russian Federation envisage an exemption from such procedures, and be 
attached with a Russian translation, no tarised or certified by a consular agency. 
93 Designing of centralized 
systems of drinking 
water supply and systems 
of water disposal of urban and other 
settlements; State Committee for 
Construction of Russia  
94 Construction of 
centralized systems of drinking water supply 
and systems of water 
disposal of urban and other settlements State Committee for 
Construction of Russia  
95 Operation of centralized 
systems of drinking 
water supply and systems of water disposal of 
urban and other 
settlements State Committee for 
Construction of Russia  
96 Activity in the 
manufacture and 
numbering of official 
forms of the bodies of the state power, the 
bodies of the local self-
government and organisations of all forms 
of ownership (including 
their structural and Ministry of printing, of the 
Television and Radio 
Broadcasting and of the Mass 
Communication Media of Russia   
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isolated units 
97 Activity in the 
manufacture of all types 
of forms whose pattern 
has been approved by decisions of the President 
of the Russian Federation 
and the Government of the Russian Federation; Ministry of Finance of Russia  
98 Wholesale realization of 
mineral and natural 
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List of activities whose licensing is established by federal laws wh ich entered into force before the entry into force of the F ederal Law № 158-FZ  
 
 
 The set of documents to be submitted by an app licant for a license to the relevant licensing body: 
 1. An application for the issuance of a license with the indication of: 
 
- the name and the legal-organizational form of the juridical pers on, its location, the name of the bank and the number of the se ttlement account in 
the bank for a juridical person; 
- the full name, the data of the identity paper of  the citizen - for an individual businessman; 
- the name of activity which the juridical person or the indivi dual businessman intend to carry out, and the period of time durin g which the 
indicated type of activity will be carried out; 
 2. Copies of the constituent documents and a copy of the certif icate on the state registration of the licensee as a juridical p erson (with the presentation of the 
originals in the case that the copies have not been notarized) - for juridical persons; 
 
3. A copy of the certificate on the state registration of the citizen as an individual businessman (with the presentation of th e original in the case that the copy 
has not been notarized) - for individual businessmen; 
 4)  A reference on the registration of the licensee with the tax body;  5. A document confirming the payment by the applicant for the li cense of the fee for the consider ation by the licensing body of  the application of the 
applicant for the license. 
  
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1 The activity connected with the 
job placement of citizens of the 
Russian Federation abroad. The Federal Migration Service of 
Russia and its territorial bodies  Documents: copies of the agreements, contracts or protocols of intentions with foreign 
employers or foreign intermediary firms for the job placement of citizens of the Russian 
Federation abroad. 
2 The activity of promoting the 
nation's employment, including 
the provision of services of 
promoting employment, professional orientation and 
psychological support to 
unemployed citizens and members of the public without 
a job. The bodies of executive power of the 
subjects of the Russian Federation 
designated under the legislation of the 
subjects of the Russian Federation  A decision to issue a license shall be made by a licenser, given the availability of a 
statement of the respective te rritorial body of the Ministry of Labour and Social 
Development of the Russian Federation dealing with the nation's employment  
Documents: 1)  information on the employees of the contender for the license directly dealing with 
citizens: 
 employee's full name;  the kind of services to be provided by the employee, information on the employee's 
educational background and/or qualification including the name of the educational 
institutions, speciality, the number of edu cation certificate and/or qualification 
certificate and the date of issue thereof; 
 work record in the sphere of promotion of national employment; 
2)  copies of documents confirming the ri ght to use the premises where the licensed 
activity is going to be pursued and a copy of the floor layout of the said premises 
issued by a technical inventory body. 
Requirements and conditions: 
1)  the availability on the list of staff of the contender for a license of employees providing 
the services of promoting employment, professional orientation and psychological support, who qualify under the standards se t by the Ministry of Labour and Social 
Development of the Russian Federation; 
2)  the observance of the confidential nature of information provided by citizens in need of 
support in seeking a job in the course of information processing, storage and selection 
(the licenser is permitted to disseminate such information only upon consent of the 
citizens); 
3)  the availability of premises required to  pursue the licensed activity and qualifying 
under the standards established by the legislation of the Russian Federation; 
4)  the provision of trustworthy information to citizens on vacant jobs, including 
information concerning working conditions, schedule, payment terms and conditions; 
5)  the provision under law of the Russian Federation of statistical reports on the licensed 
activity to a licenser, the state supervisory and control bodies and other bodies of state power within the scope of authority thereof.  
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4 The Activity for Keeping a 
Register of Holders of 
Registered Securities - the activity of the participants in 
the securities market who keep 
the register of holders of registered securities: The Federal Commission for the 
Securities Market  Conditions: 
1.  The presence in the charter of the legal entity which has filed an application for the 
receipt or the prolongation of a license (herei nafter referred to as the applicant) of 
provisions on the keeping of the register of holders of registered securities as exclusive 
activity (except for the cases when the possibility of combining it with other activities 
has been stipulated by the laws of the Russian Federation and by the normative acts of the Russian Federation). 
2.  The contribution of any shareholder or participant to the applicant's authorized capital 
shall not exceed 20 per cent of the applicant's authorized capital. 
3.  The possession by the applicant, who keeps registers during the entire period of his 
activity, beginning with the time of filing the first application for the prolongation of his license, of not less than 25 registers of issuers with 500 holders of registered 
securities per each issuer and the possession by  the applicants, stationed in the city of 
Moscow, the Moscow Region, the city of St. Petersburg, the Nizhny Novgorod, Samara and Sverdlovsk Regions, of not less than 50 registers of issuers with over 500 
holders of registered securities per each issuer. 
4.  The possession by the applicant who does not keep registers at the time of filing an 
application for a license not less than 15 contracts for keeping registers, concluded 
with the issuers with more than 500 holder s of registered secur ities per each of them, 
the appearance of rights and duties on which is made dependent on the receipt of the license by the applicant. 
5.  The applicant's own capital at the time of filing an application period of his activity 
shall not be less than the amount equivalent to 200 000 ECU (in roubles at the rate fixed by the Central Bank of Russia on the date of the calculation of the amount of his 
own capital in keeping with the requiremen ts of the present Regulations), while the 
capital of the applicants who keep register s of holders of the issuers' registered 
securities whose over 25 per cent of shares  are federally owned shall be not less than 
400 000 ECU. 
6.  The presence of at least two specialists on  the staff of the applicant (legal entity), who 
meet the qualifying requirements for the given type of the professional activity on the 
securities market in accordance with the normative acts of the Federal Commission. 
The managers and comptrollers of the organisation shall meet the qualifying 
requirements set by the Federal Commission. 
 An issuers keeping a register of register ed securities independently, if the number of 
registered persons exceeds 50, shall have on its staff at least one specialist who meets 
the qualifying requirements for the given type  of professional activity on the securities 
market in accordance with the norma tive acts of the Federal Commission. The  
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following persons may not be the manager of the executive body of an organisation, its chief accountant or comptroller: 
a)  those who have non-cancelled or non-struck-off convictions for crimes committed in 
the sphere of economics; 
b)  those who have discharged the functions of the single executive body of an 
organisation (director or director-general) or have been members of the collegiate executive body (directorate or board of directors), who have been the chief accountant 
or comptroller of the organisation, the market-maker during the breach of the rules 
which has involved the cancellation of the licen se, during three years since the date of 
the annulment of the ma rket-maker's license. 
 The restriction in point (b) shall not apply in the event of the cancellation of a license 
due to the termination of the legal entity's activity as a result of reorganisation, and 
also of liquidation by decision of the founders (participants) or the body authorized 
therefor by the organisation's constituent documents. 
7.  The applicant's membership of the self-regulated organisation which units the market-
makers keeping registers of hold ers of registered securities. 
8.  The presence of a request by the se lf-regulated organisation for the issue or 
prolongation of a license by a licensing body. 
9.  The authorized capital of the applicant (legal entity) may not be paid up with securities 
issued by its share-holders or founders, and also with securities of the issuers whose registers are kept or will be kept by the applicant. 
5 Notarial activities  The bodies of justice in the subjects 
of the Russian Federation  1.  The license for the right to pursue notarial activities shall be issued to a citizen of the 
Russian Federation having higher law education who has undergone probation with a 
state notarial office or with a notary pursui ng private practices and who has passed the 
qualification examination. 
2.  A person who has passed the qualification examination shall within five days from the 
date when the qualification commission adopted its  decision, file with a body of justice 
his/her application for the issuance of the license for the right to pursue notarial 
activities and a document confirming that the payment has been made of the fee for the 
issuance of the license at a five-fold minimal wage rate as established under law. 
6 Insurance Activity 
 
(Licenses shall be issued for the 
purpose of effecting the voluntary compulsory personal 
insurance, property and liability 
insurance, and also covering The Ministry of Finance a) to insurers  on the strength of their application, and attaching the following documents: 
 - information about the amount of paid-up authorized capital; 
 - the economic feasibility of its insurance activity; 
 - the rules for different types of insurance;  - the calculations of the rates of insurance; 
 - information about the managers and their deputies. 
b)  to insurers engaged in reinsurance on the basis of their applications attaching the  
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reinsurance, if reinsurance is the sphere of activity of the 
insurers. In this case, licenses shall indicate the specific types 
of insurance which the insurer 
has the right to effect). following documents: 
 - their constituent instruments; 
 - a registration certificate;  - information about the amount of paid-up authorized capital; 
 - information about the managers and their deputies. 
7 The educational activity 
according to the programmes 
for the pre-school and the 
general (primary, basic and secondary /complete/) 
education, for an additional 
education for children, for the professional training and for the 
professional (primary, 
secondary, higher, post-graduate and additional) 
education, including the 
military professional education 
carried out by the educational 
establishments (organizations), by the scientific research 
institutions and by the 
educational subdivisions of the organizations engaged in the 
professional training  Ministry of Education of the Russian 
Federation;  
State bodies under the educational 
boards of the subjects of the Russian Federation; 
Local self-government bodies to 
which have been granted, in conformity with the legislation, the 
corresponding powers  
 The Ministry of Education of the 
Russian Federation shall perform the 
licensing of the educational activity: 
a) of the educational establishments 
for the higher professional education in accordance with all the educational 
programmes they implement (with the 
exception of the general education programmes); 
b) of the military educational 
establishments for the professional education, placed under the 
jurisdiction of the federal executive 
power bodies in which the military service is envisaged; 
c) of the educational establishments 
for an additional professional education, placed under the 
jurisdiction of the federal executive 
power bodies; d) of the scientific research To draw a license, the license seeker  shall submit to the Documents: 
a)  an application from the founder with an indication of the list of the educational 
programmes, of the directions and of the specialties in the tuition, as well as of the 
term of the license validity. 
 An educational establishment for the professional education shall in addition present 
an excerpt from the decision of the acade mic (of the pedagogical) council on the 
possibility to organize the tuition in accordance with the basic and with an additional programmes for the professi onal education, declared for the licensing, and an 
institution for the professional religious education (an ecclesiastical educational 
establishment) and an educational establishment of a religious organization (association) - a presentation from the admi nistration of the corresponding confession; 
b)  the copies of the Rules and of the certif icate on the state regi stration of the license 
seeker (with submitting the originals, if the copies are not certified by a notary). 
 The affiliate of an educational establishment shall in addition supply the information 
on the registration of the affiliate at the act ual address, the copies of the decision on 
setting up the affiliate and of the regulations on the affiliate approved in the established 
order. 
 The organization having an educational subdivision which performs the professional 
tuition, shall in addition submit a copy of the duly approved regulations on this 
subdivision; 
c)  a reference note on the license seeker bein g put onto the records in the tax body, with 
an indication of his identification number of the tax payer; 
d)  the information on the structure of the li cense seeker, on the complete number of the 
staff workers, on the supposed number of the students and of the inmates; 
e)  the information on the license seeker  possessing the buildings and the premises 
necessary for organizing the educational pro cess, the objects for th e physical training 
and for the sports, as well as the hostels, and also on his being able to supply the 
inmates and the tutors with the food and w ith the medical care, with an enclosure of 
the copies of the documents, confirming the li cense seeker's right to possess, to use or 
to dispose of the necessary educational-material base during the term of operation of the license (with the presentation of the origin als, if the copies are not certified by a  
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institutions, carried out according to the programmes of the post-graduate 
professional education; e) of the general education boarding 
schools with an elementary training in 
flying, of the Suvorov military secondary schools, of the military 
musical secondary schools, of the 
Nakhimov naval secondary schools 
and of the cadet (naval cadet and 
musical cadet) corps and schools (boarding schools); 
f) of the educational establishments 
for an additional education for the children and the teen-agers with a 
deviant behaviour in special teaching 
and educational establishments placed under the jurisdiction of the federal 
executive power bodies. 
The state bodies for the management of the education in the subjects of the 
Russian Federation and the local self-
government bodies which are granted, in conformity with the legislation, the 
corresponding powers, shall carry out 
the licensing of the educational activity of the license seekers situated 
on the territory of the corresponding 
subject of the Russian Federation or of 
the municipal entity (with the 
exception of the organizations
, the 
licensing of whose activity is referred 
by the present Regulations to the 
competence of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation). 
 
The licensing of the educational notary); 
f)  the conclusion of the stat e sanitary-epidemiological service of the Russian Federation 
and of the State Fire-Prevention Service on the suitability of the utilized buildings and premises for conducting the educational process; the conclusion of the State 
Inspectorate on the Road Traffic Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the 
Russian Federation on the correspondence of  the educational-material base to the 
established demands (in the case of training the motor vehicle drivers); and the license 
of the Federal Mining and Industrial Supervision of Russia for the operation of the 
corresponding equipment; 
g)  the list of the disciplines included into every declared educational programme, with an 
indication of the volumes of the tuition load (for the institutions of the professional education - of the load of lectures and of the other forms of tuition) by these 
disciplines. 
 An educational establishment which intend s to carry out the training, raising the 
qualifications and (or) retraining of specia lists on the issues of protecting the state 
secret, shall submit a copy of the license fo r the performance of the works involved in 
the use of the information comprising the stat e secret, issued by the Federal Security 
Service of the Russian Federation or by its territorial bodies, and the programme of 
tuition agreed with the Federal Security Serv ice of the Russian Federation and with the 
State Technical Commission under the President of the Russian Federation, and as concerns the specialties in the sphere of informational security - also with the Federal 
Agency of the Governmental Communication and Information under the President of 
the Russian Federation, and approved by the federal executive power body, under whose jurisdiction the given educational establishment is put. 
 An educational establishment which intends to carry out the professional training, 
raising the qualifications and retraining of the persons engaged in the private detective and guarding activity, shall present the program me of training agreed with the Ministry 
of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation; 
h)  the information on being provided with the educational literature and with the 
material-technical equipment; 
i)  the information on the educational process being provided with the proper staff, on the 
qualifications of the pedagogical workers and on the terms of drawing them into the 
labour activity (for the license seekers intending to perform the tuition according to the 
programmes for the post-graduate professi onal education - the information on the 
scientific supervisors of the studies); 
j)  an inventory of the documents submitted for obtaining the license.  
  
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activity of the institutions for the professional religious education (of 
the ecclesiastical educational establishments), as well as of the 
educational establishments of the 
religious organizations (associations) shall be carried out by the 
corresponding licensing bodies 
depending on the level of the 
implemented educational programmes. The federal licensing demands on the conditions for an implementation of the educational 
process in accordance with the educational programmes of a di fferent level and thrust, and 
the minimum normatives for the license seeker's provision with the necessity educational and material base, as well as for the educationa l standard of the pedagogical workers and the 
sufficiency of the number of the staff workers shall be laid down by the Ministry of 
Education of the Russian Federation. The demands made on the conditions for an implementation of the educational process in 
accordance with the military pr ofessional education progra mmes at the educational 
establishments in which, in conformity with  the Federal Law on the Military Duty and on 
the Military Service, the military service is e nvisaged, shall be elaborated by the federal 
executive power bodies, under whose jurisdiction the said educational establishments are put, and shall be approved by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation. 
The demands made on the conditions for an implementation of the educational process in 
accordance with the medical educa tional programmes shall be el aborated by the Ministry of 
Public Health of the Russian Federation and sha ll be approved by the Ministry of Education 
of the Russian Federation. 
The state bodies for the management of th e education in the subjects of the Russian 
Federation may establish for the educational establishments additional demands concerning 
the provisions for the educational process and the equipment of the tuition premises. 
8 Space activity, which includes 
development (including production and testing) of space 
missile systems and their 
component parts, storage, prelaunch preparation, launch 
and utilization of space crafts, 
and space missions control. The Russian Space Agency  Documents: 
1)  a permission of the State Commission on the Radio Frequencies at the Ministry of 
Communications of the Russian Federation to use frequency bands for the 
development and (or) utilization of the space radio-electronic equipment (when 
licensing activities that involve development and utilization of space communication means) 
2)  guarantee obligations of the applicant confirming the fact of inclusion of the foreign 
space craft to be delivered to space by m eans of Russian launch means into the 
national register of the country-owner of this space craft; 
3)  documents certifying the safe nature of the space activity (including ecological safety, 
safety against fires and explosions) and reliability  of the space equipment; 
4)  a l
icense, as established by the Law of th e Russian Federation on State Secrets. 
Foreign legal entities and individual entreprene urs acting as customers or co-producers of 
works in addition to the application and regist ration documents, that confirm their operating 
under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation, shall present: 
a) a contract between the customer and the principal entity carrying out the works; 
b)  documents confirming the safe nature of th e declared kind of activity and reliability of 
the equipment to be used;  
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c)  a copy of the national license of the ri ght to be engaged in space activity (if it is 
provided for by a relevant national legislation); 
d)  proof of financial viability, that shall guarantee realization of the declared kind of 
space activity; 
After the documents were submitted the Russian  Space Agency if need be, may arrange for 
an additional expert examination of the declared kind of space activity. 
At the stage of the additional expert examination of the declared kind of the space activity 
the Russian Space Agency may requ est the Russian or foreign ap plicant to provide technical 
(design related) materials proving feasibility  of the declared kind of space activity. 
 
9 The construction activities and 
works according to the list 
which is endorsed by the Ministry of Construction of the 
Russian Federation and of the 
activities (works, services) for the manufacture, repair, and 
sale of the means of 
measurement of military 
designation in the Armed 
Forces of the Russian Federation, carried out by the 
military units, and also by 
enterprises, institutions, and organizations of the Ministry of 
Defence of the Russian 
Federation, and by natural persons engaged in business 
without the status of legal 
entities. In the sphere of construction activity - 
the licensing centre of construction 
activity of the Ministry of Defence, and its licensing departments in the 
services of the Armed Forces of the 
Russian Federation and the military districts; 
in the sphere of manufacture, repair, 
and sale of the means of measurement 
of military designation in the Armed 
Forces of the Russian Federation - the Metrological Service of the Armed 
Forces of the Russian Federation. Documents: 
the data on the composition and qualification of the specialists of a military unit or an 
enterprise, operating in the kind of ac tivity (works, services) to be licensed; 
information about the technological equipment, or the copies of contracts for the attraction 
of machinery, mechanisms, an d equipment necessary for carrying out the activity (works, 
services) to be licensed; information about the availability of an in-factory quality control system; 
information about the operating labour safety and environmental protection systems; 
the opinion of a specialized  or territorial expert base centre (if necessary). 
The following documents shall be appended to the application for a license for the 
manufacture, repair, or sale of the means of measurement of military designation in the 
Armed Forces of the Russian Federation: 
the certificate of a military unit or enterprise, in duplicate; 
a copy of the certificate of ac creditation for the right to conduct calibration testing, or of the 
agreement concluded with a military unit or enterprise which has such right; 
a copy of the certificate of ap proval of the type of measur ement means (to obtain a license 
for the manufacture of measurement means). The certificate of the military unit or of the enterprise shall include the following 
information: 
who and when the military unit formed or the enterprise set up (number and date of the order on the formation of the former or of the instructions on setting up the latter); 
the description of the kind of activity (works, services) to be licensed; 
general information about the military unit or enterprise and about their capability to carry out the kind of activity (works, services) to be licensed. 
 
The license shall be issued on the basis of the results of the expert examination of the 
military unit or enterprise, including of the special expert examination, and also if they have  
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complied with the requirements for carrying out the kind of activity (works, services) to be 
licensed. 
 The following requirements shall be regarded  as obligatory for carrying out construction: 
the presence in a military unit or enterprise of  specialists in the respective field, of the 
necessary machinery and equipment, including th ose attracted from else where, and also of 
the system of control over the quality of construction products; 
the timely fulfilment of the instructions and or ders of the state architectural and construction 
supervision agencies, and of other state supervisory agencies. 
The following requirements shall be regarded  as obligatory for carrying out the activity 
(performance of works, rendering of services) for the manufacture, repair, and sale of the 
means of measurement of military designa tion in the Armed Forces of the Russian 
Federation: 
compliance with the requirements of the legislative and other normative acts for ensuring unified measurements, and compliance with the metrological rules and standards; 
the availability of workrooms meeting the re quirements for the sphere of manufacture, 
repairs, and sale of the means of measuremen t of military designation,  and of the necessary 
technological equipment, technical documentation, and skilled personnel; 
the possession of a certificate of attestation for the right to conduct calibration testing, or of 
an agreement on calibration testing of the means of measurement of military designation, concluded with a military unit or enterprise which has such a right; 
the possession of the certificat es of approval of the types of means of measurement of 
military designation, and the ability to meet the requirements for calibration testing corresponding to the approved types (for obtaining a license for the manufacture of the 
means of measurement of military designation). 
10 Activity of enterprises, 
institutions and organizations in carrying out work using data 
constituting a State secret, the 
creation of means of information protection, and 
arrangements and/or services 
for the protection of State secrets. For giving access to enterprises to 
carry out work connected with the use of data constituting a State secret - the 
Federal Service of Security of the 
Russian Federation and its territorial bodies (in the territory of the Russian 
Federation), and the Service of 
External Intelligence of the Russian Federation (abroad); 
 
For the right to carry out the work connected with the creation of the Document: 
1)  copies of documents confirming the right of ownership, the right of full economic 
management and/or a property lease contract necessary to perform the activity applied 
for; 
2)  a certificate showing registration at a tax body; 3)  a document confirming payment for the consideration of the application. 
 
Licenses shall be issued on the basis of the sp ecial expert examination of enterprises and on 
the basis of the State attestation of their head s of these enterprises who are responsible for 
the protection of the data constituting a State secret provided that the following conditions 
are fulfilled: - the availability in the structure of the enterprise of a unit for the protection of State  
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means of information protection - the State Technical Commission under the 
President of the Russian Federation, and the Federal Agency of 
Governmental Communication and 
Information under the President of the Russian Federation, the External 
Intelligence Service of the Russian 
Federation (within the limits of their 
competence);  
 For the right to carry out the 
arrangements and/or render services in 
the field of the protection of State secrets - the Federal Service of 
Security of the Russian Federation and 
its territorial bodies, the Federal Agency of Governmental 
Communication and Information 
under the President of the Russian Federation, the State Technical 
Commission under the President of the 
Russian Federation, and the Service of External Intelligence of the Russian 
Federation, the Ministry of Defence of 
the Russian Federation, the Federal Security Service of the Russian 
Federation (within the limits of their 
competence). 
The licensing of the activity of the 
enterprises of the Federal Service of Security of the Russian Federation, the 
Ministry of Defence of the Russian 
Federation, the Federal Agency of Governmental Communication and 
Information under the President of the 
Russian Federation, the Federal secrets and a necessary number of officers specially trained in the protection of 
information, and whose proficiency level is sufficient to ensure the protection of State 
secrets; 
- the availability at the enterprise of information protection facilities having a certificate 
attesting to their conformity to the requirem ents for the protection of the data of the 
relevant degree of secrecy.  
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Frontier Service of the Russian Federation, the Service of External 
Intelligence of the Russian Federation, and the State Technical Commission 
under the President of the Russian 
Federation, for access to work using data constituting a State secret, shall 
be effected by the heads of the 
ministries and departments of the 
Russian Federation to which the said 
enterprises are subordinated. 
11 Communication Services 
(No licenses shall be required, if the communication network 
is used for the following 
purposes: a) for intra-production or 
technological purposes; 
b) the provision of 
communication services 
exclusively for the purposes of state administration, defence, 
security and protection of law 
and order). The Ministry of Communications of 
the Russian Federation. Documents: 
- the conclusion by the bodies using and controlling the radio frequencies of the Russian 
Federation concerning the possibility of using frequency acquisition; data on the power 
of transmitting equipment (in case of r eceipt of licenses for tele- and radio 
broadcasting and for radiotelep hone communication services); 
- the confirmation of the lease (use) of the equipment belonging to another person in the 
form of a contract or its copy certified in the established order. 
In case of filing an application for the issue of a license for the provision of technical means 
for the retranslation of the programmes of foreign tele- and radio broadcasting stations from 
the territory of the Russian Federation to third countries it is necessary to submit in addition 
information and documents in accordan ce with international agreements. 
Licenses may be issued by open competition. The procedure and terms of holding 
competitions shall be determined by the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation. 
12 Activities in the Production and 
Turnover of Ethyl Alcohol, 
Alcoholic and Alcohol 
Containing Products 
 
(Licenses will be issued to engage in the following kinds 
of activities: 
- production, storage and deliveries of produced ethyl 
alcohol, including denatured 
alcohol; Federal licenses (Ministry of Taxes 
and Fees of the Russian Federation) 
shall be issued for: 
- turnover of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic 
and alcohol containing edible 
products, other than retail trade in alcoholic products; 
- production and turnover of produced 
ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol containing edible products with the 
production capacity and the amount of 
annual turnover not exceeding 0.02 Documents: 
- a written consent of a body being duly authorized by the subject of the Russian 
Federation on which territory will be located the organization or its subdivision to be 
engaged in the production and/or storage of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol 
containing products (required to obtain the federal license) - documents on technical 
equipment and measuring instruments available at the organization, availability of certified equipment to confirm the organization's ability to produce and store ethyl 
alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol containing pr oducts which meets the State standards, to 
carry out the State control over actual amou nts of produced ethyl alcohol, alcoholic 
and alcohol containing products, to ensure the trade in the latter; 
-  copy of an information letter of the fede ral body of executive power in the area of 
statistics on its inclusion into the Single State Register of Enterprises and  
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- production, storage and deliveries of produced 
alcoholic and alcohol containing edible products; 
- procurement, storage and 
export of ethyl alcohol and alcoholic products; 
- storage of ethyl alcohol, 
alcoholic and alcohol 
containing edible products; 
- procurement, storage and deliveries of alcoholic and 
alcohol containing edible 
products; - export of alcoholic products; 
- import, storage and deliveries 
of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol containing edible 
products 
- production, storage and deliveries of alcoholic and 
alcohol containing nonedible 
products, as well as other kinds of production activities which 
involve the use of ethyl alcohol 
as a raw material or auxiliary material; 
retail trade in alcoholic 
products) million decalitres equivalent to 
absolute alcohol; 
- production and turnover of produced ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol 
containing edible products with over 
15 per cent of ethyl alcohol content of the volume of the final product. 
Subjects of the Russian Federation 
shall grant licenses for: 
- production and turnover of produced 
ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol containing edible products, processing 
of ethyl alcohol alcoholic and alcohol 
containing edible products that fail to meet the State standards and 
specifications processing of waste 
products generated by the production of ethyl alcohol with the production 
capacity and the amount of annual 
turnover not exceed ing 0.02 million 
decalitres equivalent to absolute 
alcohol; 
- production and turnover of produced ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol 
containing edible products with over 
15 per cent of ethyl alcohol content of the volume of the final product. Organizations; 
-  conclusion of the ministry of interior authorities that the organization and/or its 
subdivisions engaged in the production and/or storage of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol containing products ar e equipped with security alarm systems and fire warning 
devices; 
-  positive conclusions of specially authorized state authorities on compliance of 
production and storage premises of the organization (applicant) with the sanitary and 
epydemiological, fire safety, environmental norms and requirements, as well as with 
industrial safety requirements; 
-  a document confirming technical competen ce (accreditation) of the laboratory of 
chemical and production control over the production of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol containing products or a contract with such a laboratory to exercise such 
control; 
-  a registration document of the main production equipment for the production of ethyl 
alcohol and/or alcoho lic products issued. 
 
To obtain a license to perform a kind of ac tivities involving the turnover, except for retail 
trade of ethyl alcohol, alco holic and alcohol containing products an organization shall 
submit to the licenser body all the documents, except for the documents specified in 
Paragraph 4, 6 and 7. Additionally they shell submit positive conclusion of specially authorized state authority in the area of e nvironmental expert examination as regards 
premises intended for the st orage of alcoholic products. 
13 Evaluation activity Ministry of State Property of Russia Requirements for licensing evaluation activity where the valuers ar e individuals: 
state registration as an individual entrepreneur; 
a certificate of education certifyi ng that the holder has obtained professional training in the 
field of evaluation activity in accordance with the educational programs  agreed upon with 
the relevant authorized body; 
payment of a fee for the issuance of a license to conduct evaluation activity. 
Requirements for licensing evaluation activity where the valuers are legal entities: state registration as a legal entity;  
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the presence on the staff of the legal entity of at least one employee who holds a certificate of education which confirms that  the holder has received professi onal training in the field of 
evaluation activity; payment of a fee for the issuance of a license to conduct evaluation activity. 
14 The Activities of Handling 
Hazardous Waste 
The activities in the course of which hazardous waste is 
produced as well as the 
activities of collection, use, decontamination, transportation 
and placement of hazardous 
waste) The State Environmental Protection 
Committee of the Russian Federation 
and the territorial bodies.  Documents: 
1)  information on the professional qualifications of the specialists carrying on the 
licensed kind of activity. Should such information be lacking, the licenser may demand that attestation of the specialists be conducted to verify their qualifications; 
2)  information on the regulatory and information backup, on the organizational and 
technical facilities as well as logistic basis for the performance of the licensed kind of activity, information on previous activities and working experiences; 
3)  an ecological feasibility study of hazardous waste handling activities; 
4)  statements of the territorial bodies of  the State Environmental Protection Committee of 
the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Labour and Social Development of the Russian 
Federation, the State Fire-Fighting Service of  the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the 
Russian Federation, the state sanitary and epidemiology serv ice of the Russian 
Federation, the Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies and the Elimination of the 
Aftermath of Natural Disasters of the Russian Federation at the location of the 
registration of the legal entity or individual entrepreneur and/or at the location of the 
territorially isolated facilities where the licen sed kind of activity is being pursued. To 
perform hazardous waste handling activities in  the recovery and processing of mineral 
resources there also shall be submitted a statement by the territorial bodies of the 
Federal Mining and Industrial Supervisory Agency of Russia.  
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15 The Activities of Natural 
Persons as Arbitration 
Administrators (Activities as arbitration 
administrators during 
bankruptcy proceedings) The Federal Service of Russia for 
Matters of Bankruptcy and Financial 
Reorganization. The licensing body shall issue three categories of licenses. 
A license of the first category gives the right to implement activities as an arbitration 
administrator or deputy arbitrating administrator during the conduction of a bankruptcy proceeding, which has been stipulated by the Federal Law on Insolvency (Bankruptcy), in 
regards to defaulting debtors, citizens, individual entrepreneurs, small businesses that have 
been recognized as such in accordance with  legislation of the Russian Federation. 
A license of the second category gives the right to implement activities as an arbitration 
administrator or deputy arbitration administrator during the conduction of a bankruptcy 
proceeding, which has been stipulated by the Federal Law on Insolvency (Bankruptcy) in 
regards to citizens, individual entrepreneurs, organisations, with the exception of those 
which have been assigned in the established manner to the category of large-scale or economically or socially significant. 
A license of the third category gives the right to implement activities as an arbitrating 
administrator or deputy when conducting a bank ruptcy proceeding that has been stipulated 
by the Federal Law on Insolvency (Bankruptcy) in regards to citizens, individual 
entrepreneurs and organizations. 
Documents: d)  a copy of the certificate of passing of an examination on the program of study of a 
licensing organ; 
e)  a statement containing information on the personal, business and professional qualities 
of an applicant for a licen se according to the form
 established by the licensing body; 
f)  a copy of his work record; 
g)  a document confirming the submitting of the payment for consideration of an 
applicant. 
In order to receive a license of the second category, in addition to the above mentioned 
documents - copies of determinations of an arbitration court about the previous appointment of a license applicant as an arbitration administrator or the deputy of an arbitration 
administrator and an account of the app licant according to a fo rm confirmed by the 
licensing organ confirming the period of work of not less than 6 months as an arbitration 
administrator shall be submitted to the licensing organ. 
In order to receive a license of the third category, in addition to the above mentioned  documents - copies of determinations of an arbitration court on earlier appointment of the 
license applicant as a arbitrating administra tor as well as reports as an arbitration 
administrator, which have been confirmed by an  arbitration court, on  the completion of two 
proceedings of outside management and (or) a competitive operating in the period of work 
of the license applicant with a licenses of the second categ ory having received a positive 
opinion of a commission of experts on arbitration administration; a certificate of the passing of an examination by the applicant of a program of further training, which has been 
confirmed by the licensing organ.  
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16 International Tourism activities State Committee of the Russian 
Federation on physical activities and 
tourism.  The State Committee of the Russian 
Federation on physical activities and 
tourism shall be entitled to transfer the authority for licensing international 
tourism activities to proper executive 
authorities representing subjects of the 
Russian Federation. Organizations with founders represented by foreign legal and physical entities and 
organizations with a share of foreign capital investment and foreign citizens engaging in 
business activities within the territory of the Russian Federation with no legal entity established, may only be granted licenses by the State Committee of the Russian Federation 
on physical activities and tourism. 
17 Activities Associated with 
International Exchange of 
Information (The activity (work and 
services) of international 
sharing of information associated with the withdrawal 
from the Russian Federation of 
state information resources or 
the bringing into the territory of 
the Russian Federation of documented information to 
replenish the state information 
resources at the expense of the funds of the federal budget or 
the budgets of the Russian 
Federation's subjects). The bodies of executive authority 
carrying out the licensing of activities 
of international exchange of information shall comprise: 
the State Committee for 
Communications and Informatization of the Russian Federation - as regards 
the exchange of federal information 
resources and information resources 
under joint authority of the Russian 
Federation and the Russian Federation's subjects; 
the bodies of execu tive authority of 
the Russian Federation's subjects - as regards the exchange of information 
resources of the Russian Federation's 
subjects. Documents: 
1)  a document confirming consent (entrustment ) of state body exerci sing authority over a 
given state information resource or performing the functions of a customer for the formation of the state information resources, to the participation of the applicant in 
carrying out the activities of international exchange of information. 
 
18 Activity in the sphere of ritual 
services 
(The acceptance of the order 
and the conclusion of a contract for the organization of funeral; 
the embalming, sanitary and 
cosmetic treatment of corpses; the interment and reinterment; 
the services of crematoriums; 
keeping the tombs in order; Executive bodies of the subjects of the 
Russian Federation  Documents:  
1)  the conclusions of the bodies of the sa nitary-and-epidemiological  service and of the 
state fire supervision service about th e compliance of the premises with the 
requirements necessary for the kinds of works and service, indicated in the application 
for a license, to be performed and rendered; 
2)  the conclusion of the competent medical body about the availability of specially 
equipped premises and the certificate confirming the worker's professional 
qualification for embalming and for the sanitary and cosmetic treatment of corpses; 
3)  the conclusion of the ecological supervision bodies for activity in the sphere of 
interment and cremation.  
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the manufacture of coffins, including zinc ones; 
the conclusion during one's lifetime of contract for ritual 
services). 
19 Construction activity 
(working out city planning documentation; 
- topography, geodesy, and 
map-making works in construction activities (in 
compliance with the list of 
works coordinated with the Federal Service of Russia for 
Geodesy and Cartography); 
- architectural activities (jointly with the Union of Architects of 
Russia); 
- carrying out engineering 
research for construction 
projects, as well as design, construction, and installation 
works for buildings and 
structures and levels of responsibility; 
- production of individual types 
of construction materials, structures, and items; 
- engineering services. 
 Ministry of Construction of the 
Russian Federation. Documents: 
1.  information on the qualification of specialists and workers; 2.  information on the normative and technical basis; 
3.  information on the quality of works control system; 
4. information on professional safety and environmental protection measures, as well as 
on fire safety measures; 
5.  certificate of an insurance company co nfirming insurance of construction risks. 
 
20 The activities of exchange 
dealers and exchange brokers 
carrying out trade futures and 
optional transactions in the exchange business Commission on Commodity 
Exchanges with the State Committee 
of the Russian Federation on 
Antimonopoly Policy and Support of New Economic Structures  To obtain a license an exch ange dealer shall submit to the Commission on Commodity 
Exchanges: 
-  a balance sheet for the last period under review (excluding the balance sheet of an 
exchange dealer who has been conducting activities in less than three months). 
To obtain a license an exchange broker shall submit to the Commission on Commodity 
Exchanges: 
-  an exchange dealer recommendation (but for an independent broker);  
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-  a document confirming accreditation of an exchange broker at a commodity exchange. 
21 Activities in the Sphere of Civil 
Aviation 
(a) the provision and ensuring of air transportation (domestic 
and international) of 
passengers, luggage, cargoes and mail on a commercial 
basis; 
b) the service of the air traffic, and the serve of aircraft, 
passengers, luggage, cargoes 
and mail in aerodromes and airports; 
c) the execution of aviation 
works to cater for the needs of individuals and legal entities, 
including those in the air space 
of foreign countries, and the 
activities ensuring aviation 
works; d) the training specialists of an 
appropriate level according to 
the list of positions of aviation personnel; 
e) the activities of public 
associations in the sphere of aviation: 
for training specialists of an 
appropriate level according to the list of positions of aviation 
personnel in order to provide 
the flights of aircraft of general purpose meant for sports, 
training, advertising and other 
such purposes; to exercise control over the Federal Aviation Service of Russia 
and in certain cases by its regional 
administrations  Documents: 
1)  a copy of the document confirming the professional-tech nical (technological) 
possibility of the applicant to perform the licensed type of activity (a certificate of a user); 
2)  a document certifying the financial and economic solvency of the applicant, which 
allows to execute the licensed type of activity (in the form stipulated by the Federal Aviation Service of Russia); 
3)  findings of a regional administration of the Federal Aviation Service of Russia (when 
obtaining a license from the Federal Aviation Service of Russia). 
  
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technical condition and safety of operating general purpose 
aircraft meant for sports, training, advertising and other 
such purposes.) 
22 Topographic, geodetic, 
cartographic activities  (The performance of 
topographic, geodetic and 
cartographic works (geodetic, astronomic and geodetic, 
gravimetric, topographic, 
topographic and geodetic as part of minesurveying works 
and engineering survey, 
aerospace photography, cartographic, map-publishing 
works and also the 
development of digital, 
electronic maps and geo-
information systems). The works performed by 
subdivisions of the Ministry of 
Defence in the interests of the country's defence, and the 
works performed by 
educational institutions for educational or research 
purposes, shall not require 
licensing. State Geodetic Supervision Service 
within the Federal Service of Geodesy and Cartography . Documents: 
1)  the data on the specialists who will perform the works to be licensed (number, 
education, length of service in the trade); 
2)  the data on the technological equipment and availability of the required technical acts 
for the performance of the kinds of works to be licensed; 
3)  the conclusion of the body of the State Fire-Prevention Service of the Ministry of 
Internal Affairs on compliance with the requi rements for the fire safety of buildings, 
premises, technological and other kinds of equipment used ; 
4)  information about the orga nization of control and acceptan ce of the kinds of works to 
be licensed, including the availability of the service of control over the quality of 
products turned out. 
Moreover, depending on the specifics of any works to be licensed, the following documents 
shall be presented: 
a)  a copy of the license for any works associated with use of state secrets; 
b)  a copy of the lease by the organization of flying vehicles, designed for carrying out 
serial photography works; 
c)  a copy of the agreemen t on the meteorological servicing of instruments (geodetic, 
topographic, photogrammetric, etc.). 
 
23 Commercial fishing and fish-
breeding 
(with the exception of 
commodity fish-breeding) Committee of the Russian Federation 
for Fishery or by its basin boards  
The Committee of the Russian 
Federation for Fishery shall be granted the right to pass the powers for 
licensing industrial fishing and fish-
breeding to the executive power Documents: 
-  a copy of the certificate, issued by th e body of the State Committee of the Russian 
Federation for Statistics, on the applicant being entered into the Uniform State Register 
of the Enterprises and Organizations of All Forms of Ownership and Economic Activity. 
 
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bodies of the subjects of the Russian Federation. powered main propulsion engine, or effected on the continental shelf, in an exclusive 
economic zone, in the open expanses of the Worl d Ocean, or in the coastal areas of foreign 
states, the applicant shall in addition present the following documents: a)  the list of the ships owned or rented by him, with an over 110 kW powered main 
propulsion engine; 
b)  the safety certificate - the document cer tifying that the safety system during the 
performance of the licensed ac tivity corresponds to the provisions of Paragraphs 13.2 
and 13.4 of the International Code for Supe rvising the Safe Operation of Ships and the 
Prevention of Pollution. 
 
To obtain a license for commerci al fishing performed in the internal water bodies using 
ships with a 110 kW and less powered main propulsion engine, and in the internal water 
bodies and in the territorial waters using the stationary or the coastal implements and 
methods of fishing, the appli cant shall in addition present: 
a)  the list of the ships with a 9 kW to 100 kW powered main propulsion engine, 
inclusively; 
b)  a certified copy of the decision, passed by the executive power body of the 
corresponding subject of the Russian Federation on assigning to the applicant certain 
fishing economy areas, if there are such, in conformity with the established procedure. 
To obtain a license for performing fish-breeding activity, the applicant shall in addition present the list of the aquatoria (the fishing economy reservoirs) and of the kinds of the 
aquatic bioresources, in which the declared activity is going to be involved. 
To implement a concrete acclimatization progra mme, the licensee, possessing a license for 
fish-breeding, shall obtain a biological substantiation of the planned work, approved by the 
Inter-Departmental Ichthyological Commission. 
24 Power engineering: 
1) the production, transmission and distribution of electric and 
thermal power; 
2) the assembly, adjustment and repair of power facilities, 
electric power-generating 
equipment and power plants of consumers (except for steam 
and hot-water boilers, vessels 
working under pressure, steam and hot-water pipelines, subject Ministry of Fuel and Power 
Engineering of the Russian Federation Documents: 
1)  information about the state of the production and technical facilities (including those 
rented) in the amount, fixed by the Ministry of Fuel and Power Engineering of the 
Russian Federation; 
2)  documents that confirm the compliance of the object of licensing  with current norms 
and rules of technical, fire and ecological safety; 
3)  the conclusion by the Chief Administration of Power-Consumption Supervision of the 
Ministry of Fuel and Power Engineering of the Russian Federation or the corresponding territorial agency of said supervision. 
  
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to control by the Federal Mining and Industrial 
Supervision of Russia). 
25 Activity on the Use of 
Radioactive 
Materials When Performing the 
Works on the Use of Nuclear Power for the 
Purposes of Defence 
(Including the development, manufacture, tests, 
transportation, operation, 
storage, liquidation and utilization of nuclear weapons 
and nuclear power installations 
intended for military uses). Except for the activity on the 
use of radioactive materials in 
the operation of nuclear 
weapons and of nuclear power 
installations intended for military uses by the military 
units of the Ministry of 
Defence of the Russian Federation. Ministry of the Russian Federation on 
Nuclear Power  Documents: 
1)  the documents confirming the license seeker 's ability to provide for the satisfaction of 
the demands and the terms established by the present Regulations (hereinafter in the 
text referred to as the license demands and terms); 
2)  the documents substantiating the guaranteeing of the nuclear and radiation safety 
during the performance of the li censed activity, agreed with the Ministry of Defence of 
the Russian Federation; 
3)  the documents confirmi ng the license seeker's po ssession of the normative 
methodological documents on ensuring safety in handling radioactive materials, of the 
documents laying down the procedure for the training, attestation and admittance of the personnel to the work with radioactive materials, and the existence at his disposal 
of the forces and facilities ready for actio n in case of the accidents and capable of 
liquidating the aftermath of the emergency situations; 
4)  a copy of the license, the issue of which is envisaged by the Law of the Russian 
Federation on the State Secret (for the organizations, whose activity is involved in the 
use of the information comp rising the state secret); 
5)  the conclusion of the state ecological expertise (for the newly designed and the 
reconstructed objects); 
6)  the documents on the financial provisions for the civil law responsibility for the losses 
and the harm which may be caused by a radioactive impact. 
 
26 The use of atomic energy 
(- the activity associated with 
the development, manufacture, 
testing, use, storage and 
destruction of nuclear weapons 
and military-oriented nuclear-power plants. 
- medical radio-pharmaceutical 
preparations, the issue of permits (sanitary certificates) 
for the right to work with 
sources of ionizing radiation, Federal Nuclear and Radiation Safety 
Supervision Service of Russia 
(Gosatomnadzor). 
 Documents: 
1)  a copy of the duly completed document that confirms the applicant's right to possess or 
use nuclear materials, nuclear-power plants , radiation sources, radioactive substances 
and waste storage points; 
2)  copies of decisions on the siting, building or dismantling nuclear-power plants, 
radiation sources or storage points, adopted by the relevant federal executive bodies and the organs of state power in the subjects of the Russian Federation or by the local 
self-government bodies; 
3)  three sets of documents validating the nu clear and radiation safety of a nuclear-power 
plant, radiation source, storage point and/ or stated activity (requirements for the 
composition of a set and the content of its documents shall be determined by the 
Gosatomnadzor of Russia);  
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the issue of conclusions on the stage of health of the personnel 
of the atomic energy use facilities, and to the activity 
involving the professional 
selection of personnel;  - activity (works, services) in 
the sphere of fire safety on the 
atomic energy use facilities). 4)  the documents that confirms the payment for the consideration of the application for 
the issue of a license. 
Where an operating organization is an applicant, the following documents shall be submitted in addition:  
a)  the document that confirms the recognition by the relevant administrative body 
responsible for the use of atomic energy of the serviceability of the applicant to operate 
a nuclear plant, radiation source or storage point and to carry out on its own and with 
the attraction of other organizations the activ ity connected with the siting, designing, 
building, operating and putting out of operation a nuclear-power pant, radiation source 
or storage point, and also the activity of  handing nuclear materials and radioactive 
substances; 
b)  the document that attributes the facility on which and/or in respect of which the stated 
activity should be carried out to the categories specified by the Federal Law on the Use 
of Atomic Energy; 
c)  the opinion of a state eco logical expert examination; 
d)  a copy of the sanitary certificate of another permit of sanitary and epidemiological 
supervision bodies for the right to work with radiation sources; 
e)  the documents confirming the applicant's possession of the financial security of civil 
liability for the losses and damage caused by radiation, which is provided for by the 
legislation of the Russian Federation; 
f)  the document confirming the possibility of transferring the radioactive waste held in 
temporary storage for burial; 
g)  the report on the fire prevention of the atomic energy use facilities during their 
operation: nuclear-power stations and other plants defined by federal norms and rules 
in the sphere of the use of atomic energy; 
h)  the documents confirming the applicant's possession of sources of financing the works 
of putting out of operation nuclear-power plants, radiation sources or storage points, 
including the special fund for financing the expenditure on the dismantling of said 
facilities and for financing research and development works of validating and 
increasing the safety of these facilities. 
While examining a set of documents validating the nuclear and radiation safety of nuclear-power plant, radiation source, storage point and/or stated activity, the Gosatomnadzor of 
Russia shall analyse without fail: 
a)  the compliance of design, development and technological solutions with federal norms 
and rules in the use of atomic energy and of  the professional skills of personnel with 
the set requirements and the presence o conditions for the maintenance of their 
qualification on a requisite level, and also the availability and the conformity with the  
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set requirements of the system of collection, storage, processing and burial of radioactive waste in the course of stated activity; 
b)  the completeness of technical and organizational measures for ensuring nuclear and 
radiation safety during stated activity; 
c)  the availability of appr opriate conditions for the stor age, accounting and control (of 
nuclear materials, radioactive substances, the physical protectio n of nuclear-power 
plants, radiation sources, storage points, nuc lear materials and radioactive substances, 
the provision of pans of measures for the protection of the personnel of an atomic 
energy use facility and the population in case of an accident and the readiness to 
implement these measures, and also the existence of a system of ensuring the quality 
and the necessary engineering and t echnical support for stated activity; 
d)  the capability of the applicant to provide conditions for a safe discontinuance of stated 
activity and the putting of the atomic energy use facility out of operation, and also the 
availability of appropriate design materials. 
27 Banking operations Bank of Russia The license for banking operations shall be issued to the credit organization after its st ate 
registration in compliance with procedure fixed in the  Federal Law  № 17-FZ of February 3, 1996 On introducing the amendments and addenda to the law of the 
RSFSR On banks and banking activity. 
Documents: 
1)  an application requesting state registration of the credit organization and issue of a 
license for banking operations; 
2)  promotion agreement, if the signing of it is envisaged in the Federal Law; 
3)  charter; 
4)  minutes of the meeting of founders which adopted the Charter and endorsed the 
candidates for the managing positions in executive bodies and the Chief Accountant; 
5)  certificate confirming th e payment of state duty; 
6)  copies of certificates of state registration of constituent legal entities, audit statements 
confirming validity of their financial reports, as  well as certificate of the bodies of the 
State Tax Service of the Russian Federation confirming fulfilment by the constituent 
legal entities of their obligations to the Federal Budget, budgets of subjects of the Russian Federation, and local budget s for the most recent three years; 
7)  income declarations of constituent natura l persons certified by bodies of the State Tax 
Service of the Russian Federation confirming the sources of resources contributed to the registered capital of the credit organization; 
8)  questionnaires of candidates for the managing positions in executive bodies and the 
Chief Accountant of the credit organizatio n filled out by them and containing the 
following information:  
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-  presence of a higher legal or economic education with such persons (while presenting a 
copy of a diploma or a document substituting it) and a working experience of no less 
than one year as a manager of a department or other division of a credit organization engaged in banking operations, and in case of absence of a special education, a 
managing experience in such a divi sion of no less than two years; 
- presence (absence) of a criminal history; - document confirming the payment of 100 % of the stated registered capital. 
Requirements for  suggested candidates for managing positions in executive bodies and/or 
the Chief Accountant position:  a higher legal or economic education and managing 
experience in a department or other division of a credit organization engaged in banking 
operations, or a managing experience in such a division of at least two years.   
State registration of a credit organization with foreign investments and of a branch of a 
foreign bank and obtaining of a license for banking operations by them requires the submission additionally of the duly drawn up documents listed below: 
1)  decision of its participation in the creatio n of the credit organization on the territory of 
the Russian Federation or on the opening of the bank branch; 
2)  document confirming the fact of registration of the legal entity and balance reports for 
the three most recent years certif ied with an audit statement; 
3)  written consent of respective control body of the country of its location for the 
participation in the creation of the credit or ganization on the territory of the Russian 
Federation, or for the opening of a branch of the bank, in cases when such permission 
is required in compliance with legisl ation of the country of its location. 
A foreign legal entity shall present a confirmation of solvency of this legal entity by a first 
class foreign bank (in compliance with international practice). 
 
The amount of participation (quotas) of foreign capital in the banking system of the Russian Federation shall be fixed by the Federal Law at the suggestion of the Government of the 
Russian Federation coordinated with the Bank of Russia. The mentioned quota is calculated 
as a ratio of the total capital belonging to non-residents in the registered capitals of credit 
organizations with foreign investments and the capital of branches of foreign banks to the aggregate registered capital of credit organizations registered on the territory of the Russian 
Federation. 
Upon reaching the fixed quota, the Bank of Russia shall suspen d the issue of licenses for 
banking operations to banks with foreign investments, branches of foreign banks. 
 
28 Social services to population Executive authorities of the Russian Documents:  
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(Including: a) social work helping persons 
who are physically challenged by old age, illness, 
incapacitated or needing 
constant or temporary help and out-of-clinic medical care at 
home; 
b) social help provided in-clinic 
to persons physically 
challenged or incapacitated, needing constant care; 
c) provision of temporary 
accommodation to disabled children, children deprived of 
parental care, homeless 
underage children, children in crisis situations, homeless and 
tramps, battered and abused 
individuals, victims of natural calamities, wars and ethnic 
conflicts, other crisis victims; 
d) arrangement of in-clinic day care for elderly and disabled 
people who are active and do 
not need constant care, and to other persons including 
underage crisis victims). Federation regions appointed pursuant 
to laws of the Russian Federation 
regions 1)  copies of documents confirming the right of use of premises on which it is proposed to 
carry out the licensed activity, an d a copy of floor plan of the said premises issued by a 
technical inventory bureau; 
2)  information on professional qualifications of specialists to provid e social services to 
population; 
3)  information on availability of organisation structure and knowledge base, and property, 
plant and equipment to support the licensed activity; 
4)  reports of the territorial agencies of th e State Fire Service of the Russian Federation 
regions and territorial centres of state san itary and epidemiological control regarding 
the conformity of premises, buildings and conditions to fire safety requirements and 
sanitary requirements.  
Terms and conditions: 
1)  availability of premises conforming to ecological, sanitary and epidemiological, 
hygienic and fire safety norms and requirements; 
2)  availability of employees who have professional qualifications and special training 
appropriate to the requirements and emphasi s of the proposed work – for legal entities; 
3)  professional qualifications and special tr aining appropriate to the requirements and 
emphasis of the proposed work – for individual entrepreneurs; 
4)  availability of organisation structure and technical capacity, property, plant and 
equipment to support provision of social services to population. 
29 Activity incidental to storage, 
transportation (except by railway) and destruction of 
chemical weapons, handling of 
toxic chemicals and wastes resulting from destruction of 
chemical weapons 
Types of works: а) storage and transportation Russian Armament Agency Documents: 
1)  copy of safety certificate for production involving spontaneous combustion risks 
(where no such risks exist provide a c onfirmation of no combustibles or articles 
incorporating combustibles being used in production); 
2)  copies of documents confirming ecological and industrial safety of licensed activity; 3)  copy of report of the State Fire Prevention Service confirming conformity of operating 
conditions to fire prevention requirements; 
4)  copy of certificate of in sertion of dangerous production facilities used in the licensed 
activity in the state registry of dangerous production facilities, and a copy of liability  
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(except by railway) of chemical weapons; 
b) development of technologies of destruction of chemical 
weapons, destruction or 
conversion of facilities for production, storage thereof and 
recycling of wastes resulting in 
the process of destruction of 
chemical weapons; 
c) planning, construction and operating of facilities for 
destruction of chemical 
weapons, their storage or processing of wastes resulting 
from their destruction; 
d) research and development in storage, transportation (except 
by railway transport) and 
destruction of chemical weapons, handling of toxic 
chemicals and wastes resulting 
from destruction of chemical weapons; 
        e) production and 
circulation of toxic chemicals. insurance contract for damage inflicted by  operating a dangerous production facility; 
5)  copy of document confirming availability of  property by right of ownership, economic 
management or operational administration thereof, or a copy of the lease agreement with respect to the premis es or property required for the licensed activity; 
6)  document confirming ability of the applicant to provide for safety and accounting of 
chemical weapons, toxic chemicals and wastes  resulting from destruction of chemical 
weapons (signed by the CEO or chief accountant and sealed); 
7)  explanatory note on works and services provided, principal production activity types, 
availability of professional staff, the necessary productio n equipment, availability of 
required constituent documents, foreign share in property; 
8)  copy of license as required by the La w of the Russian Federation “On State Secrets” 
(where carrying out the licensed activity does not involve use of any information 
attributable to state secrets, a confirmation thereof signed by the CEO of the applicant 
must be provided); 
 
An applicant proposing to car ry out academic research as part of the licensed activity 
additionally provides a copy of certificate of state accreditation as a research establishment 
pursuant to the Federal Law “On Science and Public Research and Development Policy”.  
Terms and conditions: 
1)  conformity to the requirements in respect of protection of information constituting 
state secrets, conformity to ecological, sanitary-epidemiological, hygienic, and fire 
prevention rules and regulations; 
2)  availability of an action plan for preven tion of emergencies and rectification of their 
effects, approved by state authorities of the Russian Federation regions and local 
authorities; 
3)  report of an agency of the Russian Federation Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies 
and Rectification of Aftermath of Natura l Calamities confirming readiness of the 
applicant to locate and liquidate potential em ergencies and adequacy of the measures 
proposed to protect the population and territory from the effects of such emergencies; 
4)  involvement of professionally qualified employees only; 
5)  supply of buildings and constructions with fire protection equipment, guaranteeing the 
safety of expendable materials, compon ents, controlling and testing equipment, 
processing and other equipment, and existe nce of protected areas for operating with 
chemical weapons, toxic chemicals and wast es resulting from destruction chemical 
weapons;  
6)  availability of necessary  normative and technical docum entation to support processes 
of storage, transportation and destruction of chemical weapons, handling of toxic  
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chemicals and wastes resulting from destruction of chemical weapons; 
7)  compliance of working conditions with th e special normative requ irements maintained 
in respect of works incidental in storage, transportation and destruction of chemical weapons, handling of toxic chemicals and wastes resulting from destruction of 
chemical weapons; 
8) availability of a written commitment of the CEO of the applicant to allow access to its 
territory of international inspectors of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical 
Weapons bearing a corr esponding mandate, their Russian escort, representatives of the 
Russian Armament Agency, and to provide any information necessary for such 
monitoring. 
30 Architectural activity. 
(Design and construct 
architecture to provide a human 
friendly and socially 
convenient environment, 
provide for convenient and safe buildings and constructions, 
preserve the existing skyline, 
preserve historical and cultural 
heritage).  
 License is not required for 
architectural activity supervised 
by a licensed architect, or architectural activity involving 
production and implementation 
of designs for such construction development that does not 
require construction permit, or 
for taking part in a tender for architectural design unless the 
terms of the tender provide 
otherwise. Federal licensing authority in 
architecture and its te rritorial agencies Licensing terms and conditions: 
Any citizen of the Russian Federation who has a higher education degree in architecture, no 
less than two years of professional experience, and knowledge of requirements maintained in respect of planning and construction in the Russian Federation is eligible for license. In 
exceptional cases the said license may be granted to persons who do not have a higher 
education degree in architecture, provided no less than ten years of professional experience are available.  
  Requirements in respect of legal entities engaging in architectural activity: 
1.  A legal entity will be granted a license provided that one of its chief executives is 
licensed to perform architect ural activity, or the architect personally supervising 
designing works under a labour contract for such legal entity holds such license. 
2.  Where the CEO of a legal entity whose activity is restricted to developing 
documentation for residential and civilian construction is a licensed architect, such 
legal entity has the right to engage in the said activity without having to obtain a license for project works. 
 
Architectural activity by foreign residents, stateless persons and foreign legal entities.  
Foreign residents, stateless pe rsons and foreign legal entities may engage in architectural 
activity on equal terms with Russian residents and legal entities if so provided by an 
international agreement of the Russian Federation. For lack of such agreement, foreign residents, stateless persons and foreign legal entities may only participate in architectural 
activity in the Russian Federation jointly with  a licensed Russian resident architect or a 
licensed Russian legal entity.  
31 Activity in production, bottling, 
storage and circulation of 
alcoholic products, except retail 
sale of such products.  State Tax Service of Russia handles 
issuance of licenses for production, 
bottling, storage, procurement and 
wholesale of alcoholic products in Documents: 
1)  consent of the executive authority of th e Russian Federation region and appropriate 
local authorities in whose jurisdiction the applicant is registered and proposes to carry 
out the declared activity;  
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Licenses are issued : 
For production, bottling, 
storage and wholesale; For bottling, storage and 
wholesale; 
For storage; For procurement, storage and 
wholesale; 
For the right for import 
procurement, storage and 
wholesale of the following product types: 
Drinking alcohol; 
Vodka; Liquors and spirits; 
Champaign; 
Cognac (brandy); Calvados; 
Grape wine, fruit wine, 
sparkling wine, natural and special wine and input; 
Low-alcohol beverages and 
other food products containing over 1.5% ethyl alcohol. which ethyl alcohol constitutes over 
6% of volume, and for which volumes 
of production or sale as prorated for absolute alcohol (a nhydrous alcohol) 
make up over 0.02 million decaliters 
per year, as well as licenses for import procurement, storage and wholesale of 
such products irrespective of sales 
volumes.  2)  information on technical and metrological equipment of the applicant, availability of 
certified equipment allowing manufacture of product conforming to the existing 
standards, state control over actual production volumes, provision of storage and deliveries, and information on availability of equipment allowing blockage or removal 
from production process of idle alcohol production capacities; 
3)  information on availability of regulatory and technical documentation, norms, rules 
and other documents (including information on state registration of produce 
referencing the regulatory and technical documentation) necessary to engage in the 
declared activity; 
4)  copy of circulation letter of the State St atistics Committee of Russia on insertion in the 
Single State Register of Enterprises and Organisations Irrespective of the Form of Ownership and Economic Management;  
5)  information on production capacitie s available confirmed by inspection; 
6)  information on access and internal regulations , report of the agencies of the Internal 
Ministry of the Russian Federation on equipment of production and storage areas with 
alarm systems, including fire alarms, subject  to the requirements in respect of state 
protected facilities; 
7)  reports of authorised state agencies on conformity of production and storage areas of 
the applicant to sanitary and epidemiological norms and requirements and safety 
requirements;  
8)  plant and equipment adequacy to GOST R requirements confirmed by conformity 
certificate of the laboratory for chemical and technological control over production. 
32 Activity in production, storage 
and circulation of ethyl alcohol 
produced from all types of input, and alcohol-containing 
products, except retail sale of 
the said products.  Licenses are issued
: 
For production, bottling, 
storage and wholesale of ethyl alcohol; 
For production, bottling, 
storage and wholesale of alcohol-containing products; State Tax Service of Russia handles 
issuance of licenses for production, 
storage and circulation of ethyl alcohol for which volumes of 
production or sale as prorated for 
absolute alcohol (a nhydrous alcohol) 
make up over 0.02 million decaliters 
per year, as well as licenses for import 
procurement, storage and wholesale of such products irrespective of sales 
volumes.  Documents: 
1)  consent of the executive authority of th e Russian Federation region and appropriate 
local authorities in whose jurisdiction the applicant is registered and proposes to carry out the declared activity; 
2)  information on technical and metrological equipment of the applicant, availability of 
certified and registered equipment allowing  manufacture of product conforming to the 
existing standards, state control over actual production volumes, provision of storage 
and deliveries; 
3)  information on availability of regulatory and technical documentation, norms, rules 
and other documents (including information on state registration of produce 
referencing the regulatory and technical documentation) necessary to engage in the 
declared activity; 
4)  copy of circulation letter of the State St atistics Committee of Russia on insertion in the  
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For storage of ethyl alcohol; For storage of alcohol-
containing products; For procurement, storage and 
wholesale of alcohol-containing 
products; For the right to import and 
export ethyl alcohol; 
For the right for import 
procurement, storage and 
wholesale of alcohol-containing products; for the right for 
export of alcohol-containing 
products. Single State Register of Enterprises and Organisations Irrespective of the Form of 
Ownership and Economic Management;  
5)  information on production capacitie s available confirmed by inspection; 
6)  information on access and internal regulations , report of the agencies of the Internal 
Ministry of the Russian Federation on equipment of production and storage areas with 
alarm systems, including fire alarms, subject  to the requirements in respect of state 
protected facilities; 
7)  reports of authorised state agencies on conformity of production and storage areas of 
the applicant to sanitary and epidemiological norms and requirements and safety 
requirements;  
8)  plant and equipment adequacy to GOST R requirements confirmed by conformity 
certificate of the laboratory for chemical and technological control over production 
9)  organisations commissioned in or after 1993 and newly commissioned organisations 
producing ethyl alcohol and alcohol-containing products must confirm availability of sewage systems and their conformi ty to ecological requirements. 
To obtain the license for storage of ethyl alcohol or alcohol-containing products, for 
procurement, storage and wholesale of alcohol-containing products, an organisation must submit to the State Tax Service of Russia a ll of the above documents except those in 
contained in items 2, 5, 8, and 9.  
To obtain the license for export of ethyl alcohol or alcohol-containing products, an organisation must submit to the State Tax Service of Russia copies of the related federal 
licenses: for production, storage, and wholesale of ethyl alcohol, for production, bottling, 
storage and wholesale of alcohol-containing products, or copy of the license for procurement, storage and wholesale of alcohol-containing products. 
 
To obtain the license for import of ethyl alcohol and import procurement, storage and wholesale of alcohol-containing products, an organisation must submit to the State Tax 
Service of Russia copies of the related fe deral licenses: for production, storage, and 
wholesale of ethyl alcohol, for production, bottling, storage and wholesale of alcohol-
containing products, or procurement, storage and wholesale of alcohol-containing products. 
34 Physical training and sport The federal executive authority for 
physical training and sport (Ministry 
of Sport of Russia) handles the licensing of various types of activity 
involving provision of fitness, health 
and sports services by organizations and individual entrepreneurs.  
 
  
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Licensing of certain types of the above activity may be performed also by 
executive authorities of the Russian Federation for physical training and 
sport. 
35 Production and sale of seeds of 
agricultural plants (elite seeds of agricultural plants and 
foundation seeds of agricultural 
plants for sale) Ministry of Agriculture and Food of 
the Russian Federation  Executive authorities of the Russian 
Federation regions  Documents: 
1)  confirmation of availability  and operational state of property, plant and equipment for 
seed growing, certified by the state seed in spection and copies of documents certifying 
the right of use of premises and land plots.  
An applicant engaging in production of elite seeds must provide documentation on the size of seed-breeding crops and their yielding capac ity, and certificates de scribing sorts and yield 
expectation of seeds. 
36 Design, construction and 
operation of hydrotechnical facilities Ministry of Natural Resources of 
Russia Licenses for operation of hydrotechnical facilities are issued based on documents 
confirming financial security of liability of ow ners or operators of hydrotechnical facilities 
in respect of effects of pote ntial accidents. A prerequisite condition for issu ance of such 
licenses is insertion of hydrotechnical  facilities into the special Register. 
37 Safe handling of pesticides and 
agrochemicals Ministry of Agriculture and 
Foodstuffs of Russia  
38 Activity of museums in the 
Russian Federation irrespective of their form of ownership and 
jurisdiction  Ministry of Culture of the Russian 
Federation Documents: 
1)  information on availability of conditions to engage in the proposed activity 
(availability of museum pieces and collections of such quantity and historical and 
cultural value as can justify their public display in the form of a museum exhibition, as 
well as premises suitable for storage and ex hibition of museum pieces and collections 
and guaranteed sources of financing; 
2)  numbers of certificates on inclusion of  museum pieces and collections constituting the 
applicants funds in the State Museum Fund  of the Russian Federation (if such are 
available to the applicant); 
3)  copies of permits for keeping specimens of fire arms and cold steel arms (if such 
specimens are present in the collection); 
4)  overall concept of the museum exhibition; 
Requirements and conditions: - availability of museum pieces and collectio ns of such quantity and historical and 
cultural value as can justify their public display in the form of a museum exhibition; 
- availability of premises suitable for storage and exhibition of museum pieces and 
collections; 
- availability of guaranteed sources of financing to support the functioning of the 
museum.  
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39 Planning and research activity 
incidental to land use  
(Land planning for allocation of land for use and land use 
regulation based on the existing 
allocation norms and official land- and town-planning 
ocumentation; 
development of land-planning 
projects associated with 
establishment of a legal framework for land use, 
restrictions and easements in 
respect of land use; substantiation of delineation of 
borders of territories in which a 
special regime is maintained for environmental protection, 
recreational and conservation 
purposes; groundwork in respect of 
possibilities for emphasizing or 
changing city or rural skyline;  works to reveal developments 
in the state and use of available 
land and assessment thereof; works to reveal unused land, 
irrationally used land or land 
used for purposes other than the 
original purpose; 
development of land-planning documentation, associated with 
resource assessment, use and 
protection of land, preservation and development of historical 
occupational patterns of minor 
peoples and ethnic groups; Ministry of Economic Development 
and Trade of Russia Documents: 
1)  information on technical, technological and human resource capacities of the enterprise 
(availability of tools, equipment, expe rts of appropriate qualifications); 
2)  information on duly completed metrological certification of machinery and 
technologies to be used in planning and research activity; 
3)  information on maintainin g a restricted access regime in respect of planning and 
research associated with use of materials and data attributable to state secrets;  
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cadastral evaluation of lands, groundwork for determination 
of land tax rates and reference price for land, price mapping of 
administrative and territorial 
formations.  
40 Activity associated with 
ensuring road safety  
- passenger and cargo 
transportation; - transportation and forwarding 
services to legal entities and 
natural persons; - repair and maintenance of 
motor vehicles on commercial 
basis; - planning, construction, 
reconstruction, repair and 
maintenance of roads and road 
constructions; 
- training, retraining, and refresher training of drivers of 
motovehicles, CEOs and 
experts of enterprises in transport industry directly 
involved in providing road 
traffic safety as required by licensing terms of activity in 
education in accordance with 
the legislation of the Russian Federation; 
manufacture, installation and 
operation of machinery and systems for traffic regulation; 
instrument testing of 
operational condition of vehicles;  Ministry of Home Affairs   
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production of forms of driving licenses, state registration 
marks for vehicles, reference letters and reports and other 
special products necessary for 
vehicles and drivers to participate in road traffic; 
trade in vehicles and numbered 
equipment. 
41 Activity in construction, 
reconstruction, repair and 
maintenance of federal motor 
roads and road constructions  (Construction of federal motor 
roads and road constructions; 
reconstruction of federal motor roads and road constructions; 
repair of federal motor roads 
and road constructions; 
maintenance of federal motor 
roads and road constructions;)  Russian Road Management Agency Documents: 
1) information on adequate technical equipment;  
2)  documents confirming availability of an internal quality control system installed in the 
production processes and containing operational specifications thereof. 
42 Trade in vehicles and numbered 
equipment Executive authorities of the Russian 
Federation regions  The mandatory licensing requirements for trade in means of transportation are as follows:  
1)  a licensee must have the necessary terr itory, premises and equipment conforming to 
standard requirements and a security system for territories and premises; 
2)  a licensee engaged in retail trade must pe rform pre-sale preparation of vehicles and 
numbered equipment in accordance with th e manufacturer’s assignment, which pre-
sale preparation services must be confir med to meet the standard requirements. 
Documents: 
-  report of appropriate agencies of state surveillance and control confirming conformity 
of the territory, premises and equipment used in trade in vehicles to standard 
requirements. 
43 Activity in livestock breeding, 
production and use of pure-strain product (input). Ministry of Agriculture and Food of 
the Russian Federation and executive authorities of the Russian federation 
regions directly in charge of livestock 
breeding management Documents: 
1)  report of expert committ ee authorized by an agency st ate livestock breeding service 
confirming the breeding worth of the applicant’s animal stock; 
2)  reference letter from the State Veterinary  Service confirming clearance of livestock for 
infectious diseases; 
3) report of the State Fire Prevention Service confirming conformity of production  
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Additional set of documents 
(storage, etc) premises and equipment to safety requirements. 
If required, submit information on education and qualifications of employees, availability of 
special equipment and the necessary anti-epizoo tic, sanitary and hygienic, zootechnical and 
veterinary conditions for the proposed activity. 
44 Activity in designing and 
production of devices for 
protection of information and personal data processing Federal Agency for the Governmental 
Communication  
45 Loading-unloading activity of 
non-governmental 
organizations and individual businessmen on the federal 
railway transport. Ministry of Railway Transport of the 
Russian Federation Terms and conditions: 
1)  carry out the cited activity by the personnel qualified for handling subject to 
application of qualifications established w ith respect to federal railway transport 
employees.  
2)  guarantee compliance of handling fac ilities and devices (covered and uncovered 
warehouses and lorries, platforms for contai ners, ponderous and other cargoes, trestles, 
heightened roads, railway yards, platforms fo r pig-backs and articulat ed lorry), service, 
service and technical premises (ammunition stations, repair shops etc.), auto-driveways 
as well as railroads with the requirements of planning of stations and junctions in Russian railways; 
3)  conformity of machinery used in loading and unloading works on federal railway 
transport to the existing requirements and compliance with the pr ocedure for operation 
and maintenance of such machinery. 
Documents:  
1)  information on technical equipment (crane, lifts, etc) of the facility in which it is 
proposed to carry out loading and unloading activity; 
2)  copies of documents confirming the righ t of use of equipment, facilities and machinery 
necessary to carry out the proposed activ ity for the entire duration of the licensed 
period; 
3)  copy of letter of the State Committ ee of the Russian Federation for Statistics 
confirming entrance of the applicant in th e Single State Registry  of Enterprises and 
Organisations; 
4)  reports of authorized state agencies on  conformity of facilities, premises, machinery 
and equipment of the applicant to the existing requirements, including in respect of 
labour and environmental protection, sanitary and epidemiological norms and 
requirements and safe ty requirements;  
5)  copies of documents confirming qualifications of experts and employees of the 
applicant appropriate to engage in loading and unloading activity. 
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 List of Activities Subject to Licensing stipulated in the 
 
Draft of the new Federal Law on Licensing  
 
(approved by the Government and passed to the Duma in April 2001) 
 
1. Works and services in space industry; 
2. Development, manufacture, repair and test ing of aircraft, including double purpose aircraft; 
3. Distribution of encoding (cryptographic) facilities; 
4. Maintenance of encoding (cryptographic) facilities; 
5. Information encoding services; 
6. Development, manufacture of encoding fac ilities, information systems, telecommunication 
systems and complexes protected by encoding (cryptographic) devices;  
7. Issuance of certificates of electronic digital signature keys, registration of owners of 
electronic digital signature keys, provision of services incidental in manufacture of electronic digital signature keys, authentication of electronic digital signature; 
8. Detection of electronic devices used for secr et collection of inform ation from tapping and 
bugging devices planted in buildings and equipment; 
9. Design and (or) manufacture of confidential information protection devices; 10. Technical protection of confidential information; 11. Manufacture, repair of measurement devices; 12. Development, production, sale and acquisition for the purposes of sale of special equipment 
for secret collection of information by individuals and legal entities unauthorized to carry out 
investigative activity; 
13. Manufacture and numbering of forgery-proof printed matter, including security forms; 
14. Development of armament and military equipment; 15. Manufacture of armament and military equipment; 
16. Repair of armament and military equipment; 
17. Disposal of armament, military equipment; 18. Trade in armament and military equipment; 
19. Manufacture of weapons; 20. Trade in weapons; 21. Manufacture and development of ammunition and parts thereof; 
22. Disposal of ammunition and parts thereof; 
23. Storage, transportation and destruction of chemical weapons;  24. Maintenance of explosive, spontaneously igniting, and chemically hazardous production 
facilities; 
25. Maintenance of main pipe-line transportation; 
26. Manufacture of industrial explosives; 
27. Use of industrial explosives; 28. Distribution of industrial explosives; 29. Manufacture of pyrotechnic articles; 30. Distribution of pyrotechnic articles; 31. Works and services in nuclear power use; 
32. Use of radioactive materials; 
33. Maintenance of electric power and thermal en ergy grids (except utilities) in an operational 
state; 
34. Maintenance of gas stations;  35. Design of buildings and structures of 1 and 2 responsibility leve l, and land and town 
planning; 
36. Construction of buildings and structures of 1 and 2 responsibility level; 37. Engineering research for the purposes of construction of buildi ngs and structures of 1 and 2 
responsibility levels; 
38. Conduct of mine surveying works; 
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 40. Geodesic and cartographic activity; 
41. Conduct of works involving interference with hydrometeorological and geophysical processes 
and phenomena; 
42. Medical activity; 43. Pharmaceutical activity; 
44. Manufacture of medicines; 
45. Manufacture of medical equipment; 46. Maintenance of medical equipment; 47. Distribution of medicines and medicinal articles; 48. Rendering of prosthetic-orthopedic aid; 
49. Cultivation of plants used in the manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances; 
50. Activity associated with circulation of narcotic drugs and ps ychotropic substances 
(development, manufacture, production, processi ng, storage, shipment, release, sale, 
distribution, acquis ition, destruction of na rcotic drugs and psychotropic substances included 
in Lists II and III pursuant to the Federa l Law on “Narcotic Dr ugs and Psychotropic 
Substances"; 
51. Activity associated with the use of agents of infectious diseases; 
52. Veterinary activity; 53. Manufacture of disinfectants, insecticides and deratization agents; 54. Performance of disinfection, insecticide and deratization works; 55. Carriage of passengers and goods by sea transport; 
56. Carriage of passengers and goods by inland water transport; 
57. Carriage of passengers and goods by automobile transport; 58. Carriage of passengers, goods and mail by air transport (domestic and international); 
59. Towage by sea transport; 60. Loading-unloading works at seaports; 
61. Loading-unloading activity on inland water transport; 
62. Technical servicing of air navigation, and maintenance and repair of aircraft; 
63. Technical servicing, repair  and modernisation of rolling-stock and other machinery used on 
railway transport; 
64. Loading-unloading activity on railway transport; 65. Disposal of wast e products and litter; 
66. Handling of dangerous waste products; 
67. Activity of pawn-houses; 68. Organization and maintenance of totalizators and gambling establishments; 69. Valuation activity; 70. Audit activity; 
71. Activity of investment companies (funds); 
72. Management of investment funds and mutual funds; 73. Activity of commercial organizations as fi nancial agents under financial agreements secured 
by assignment of payment claims;  
74. Broker activity in securities and other financial instruments; 
75. Management of securities; 
76. Depository activity; 
77. Keeping of registers of shareholders; 78. Detective (investigative) activity; 79. Security services; 80. Procurement, processing and sale of scrap of non-ferrous metals; 
81. Procurement, processing and sal e of scrap of ferrous metals; 
82. Activity of preschool institutions; 83. Primary and secondary education; 84. Notary activity; 85. Publishing activity; 
86. Printing activity; WT/ACC/SPEC/RUS/21 
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 87. Provision of pension welfare; 
88. Activity associated with employment of Russ ian citizens outside of the Russian Federation.