Activities for which you need a license. What types of activities are subject to licensing in the Russian Federation: list. How to get an individual entrepreneur license

Good day, dear friends! Today I want to tell you about licensed activities. Let's start by looking at what are licensed activities?

Licensed activities - types of activities, the implementation of which may entail damage to the rights, legitimate interests, health of citizens, the defense and security of the state, the cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation and the regulation of which cannot be carried out by other methods than licensing.

Engaging in a licensed type of activity without a license, if this act has caused large damage or gained a large profit, is punished under criminal procedure. Therefore, in order not to have problems with the law and earn the trust of partners, clients, as well as successfully participate in competitive bidding, the first priority in any activity is the acquisition of a license.

License- a special document of a unified form, which confirms the right to carry out a specific type of activity for which a license is required. The license is issued by a special authority on paper or, in certain cases, in electronic form.

Let's decide with you whether your field of activity falls under compulsory licensing or joining SROs (self-regulatory organizations), because the presence of a license or SRO admission is your "pass ticket" to participate in competitive procedures.

At the moment, the types of activities subject to licensing are determined by the Federal Law of the Russian Federation dated May 4, 2011 No. 99-FZ “On licensing certain types of activities”. This Federal Law from November 3, 2011 replaced the existing Federal Law of 08.08.2001, No. 128-FZ "On licensing certain types of activities."

The list of licensed activities consists of 51 items and is specified in Part 1 of Art. 12 of Law No. 99-FZ. It should be noted that the list of licensed activities established by Art. 17 of Law No. 128-FZ, was more extensive ( 105 different activities ).

And so, the following activities are subject to licensing:

1) development, production, distribution of encryption (cryptographic) means, information systems and telecommunication systems, protected using encryption (cryptographic) means, performance of work, provision of services in the field of information encryption, maintenance of encryption (cryptographic) means, information systems and telecommunications systems protected using encryption (cryptographic) means (unless the maintenance of encryption (cryptographic) means, information systems and telecommunication systems, protected using encryption (cryptographic) means, is carried out to meet the own needs of a legal entity or individual entrepreneur) ;

2) development, production, sale and purchase for the purpose of sale of special technical means intended for secretly obtaining information;

3) activities to identify electronic devices designed to secretly obtain information (unless the specified activity is carried out to meet the own needs of a legal entity or individual entrepreneur);

4) development and production of means of protecting confidential information;

5) activities for the technical protection of confidential information;

6) production and sale of printed products protected from counterfeiting;

7) development, production, testing and repair of aviation equipment;

8) development, production, testing, installation, installation, maintenance, repair, disposal and sale of weapons and military equipment;

9) development, production, testing, storage, repair and disposal of civil and service weapons and main parts of firearms, trade in civil and service weapons and main parts of firearms;

10) development, production, testing, storage, sale and disposal of ammunition (including cartridges for civilian and service weapons and components of cartridges), pyrotechnic products of IV and V classes in accordance with the national standard, the use of pyrotechnic products of IV and V classes in compliance with technical regulations;

11) activities for the storage and destruction of chemical weapons;

12) operation of explosive and fire hazardous and chemically hazardous production facilities of I, II and III hazard classes;

14) activities to extinguish fires in settlements, at production facilities and infrastructure facilities;

15) activities for the installation, maintenance and repair of fire safety equipment for buildings and structures;

16) production of medicines;

17) production and maintenance (except for the case if maintenance is carried out to meet the own needs of a legal entity or individual entrepreneur) of medical equipment;

18) circulation of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors, cultivation of narcotic plants;

19) activities in the field of using causative agents of infectious diseases of humans and animals (except for the case if the specified activity is carried out for medical purposes) and genetically modified organisms of III and IV degrees of potential danger, carried out in closed systems;

20) activities for the carriage of passengers by inland water transport, sea transport;

21) activities for the transport of dangerous goods by inland water transport, sea transport;

22) activities for the carriage of passengers by air (except for the case if the specified activity is carried out to meet the own needs of a legal entity or an individual entrepreneur);

23) activities for the carriage of goods by air (except for the case if the specified activity is carried out to meet the own needs of a legal entity or an individual entrepreneur);

24) activities for the carriage of passengers by road transport equipped for the carriage of more than eight people (except for the case if the specified activity is carried out on orders or to ensure

25) activities for the carriage of passengers by rail;

26) activities related to the transportation of dangerous goods by rail;

27) loading and unloading activities in relation to dangerous goods in railway transport;

28) loading and unloading activities in relation to dangerous goods in inland water transport, in seaports;

29) activities for the implementation of towing by sea (except for the case if the specified activity is carried out to meet the own needs of a legal entity or individual entrepreneur);

30) activities for the neutralization and disposal of wastes of I - IV hazard classes;

31) activities for the organization and conduct of gambling in bookmakers and sweepstakes;

32) private security activities;

33) private detective (detective) activity;

34) procurement, storage, processing and sale of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap;

35) provision of services for the employment of citizens of the Russian Federation outside the territory of the Russian Federation;

36) provision of communication services;

37) television broadcasting and radio broadcasting;

38) activities for the production of copies of audiovisual works, programs for electronic computers, databases and phonograms on any type of media (except for cases when the specified activity is independently carried out by persons having the rights to use these objects of copyright and related rights by virtue of federal law or agreement);

39) activities in the field of using sources of ionizing radiation (generating) (except for the case if these sources are used in medical activities);

40) educational activities (except for the specified activities carried out by private educational organizations located on the territory of the Skolkovo innovation center);

41) space activities;

42) geodetic and cartographic works of federal significance, the results of which are of national, inter-sectoral importance (with the exception of the specified types of activities carried out in the course of engineering surveys carried out for the preparation of project documentation, construction, reconstruction, overhaul of capital construction facilities);

43) production of mine surveying works;

44) work on active influence on hydrometeorological and geophysical processes and phenomena;

45) activities in the field of hydrometeorology and related areas (except for the specified activities carried out in the course of engineering surveys carried out for the preparation of project documentation, construction, reconstruction of capital construction facilities);

46) medical activities (with the exception of the specified activities carried out by medical organizations and other organizations that are part of the private health care system, on the territory of the Skolkovo innovation center);

47) pharmaceutical activities;

48) activities for the preservation of cultural heritage objects (historical and cultural monuments) of the peoples of the Russian Federation;

49) activities for conducting industrial safety expertise;

50) activities related to the handling of industrial explosives;

51) entrepreneurial activity in the management of apartment buildings.

Law No. 99-FZ applies to all cases of licensing certain types of activities, with the exception of the following:

1) the use of atomic energy;

2) production and circulation of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products;

3) activities related to the protection of state secrets;

4) the activities of credit institutions;

5) activities for conducting organized auctions;

6) types of professional activities in the securities market;

7) activities of joint-stock investment funds, activities of managing joint-stock investment funds, unit investment funds, non-state pension funds;

8) the activities of specialized depositories of investment funds, mutual investment funds and non-state pension funds;

9) activities of non-state pension funds for pension provision and pension insurance;

10) clearing activities;

11) insurance activities.

Licensing of these types of activities is regulated by separate federal laws (part 3 of article 1 of Law No. 99-FZ).

Some features of licensing may be established by other federal laws in relation to:

1) provision of communication services, television broadcasting and (or) radio broadcasting;

2) private detective (detective) activities and private security activities;

3) educational activities (with the exception of the specified activities carried out by private educational organizations located on the territory of the Skolkovo innovation center);

4) entrepreneurial activity in the management of apartment buildings, (part 4 of article 1 of Law No. 99-FZ).

Licensing of activities not specified in Law No. 99-FZ terminates from the moment of its entry into force (part 1 of article 22 of Law No. 99-FZ).

Construction and design companies, as well as firms engaged in engineering and survey activities, must go through the procedure for joining a self-regulatory organization and obtain a Certificate of admission to work.

The types of work that require joining an SRO are regulated by various regulatory documents, including by order of the Ministry of Regional Development No. 624 dated December 30, 2009. This document provides the most complete list of works, for the implementation of which a Certificate of Admission is legally required. The latest amendments to Order No. 624 entered into force on November 14, 2011 on the basis of Order No. 536 of the Ministry of Regional Development.

The rules for certification of products are regulated by the Resolution of the Gosstandart of the Russian Federation dated 09.21.1994 No. 15 "On approval of the Procedure for certification of products in the Russian Federation."

The unified list of products subject to compulsory certification was approved by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated December 1, 2009 No. 982 "On approval of the unified list of products subject to compulsory certification and the unified list of products, the conformity of which is confirmed in the form of a declaration of conformity."

The rules for certification of services (works) are regulated by the Resolution of the State Standard of the Russian Federation dated 05.08.1997 No. 17 “On the adoption and implementation of the Certification Rules”.

According to Part 1.1 of Chapter I of the "Certification Rules", the objects of mandatory certification of works and services are established in accordance with the legislative acts of the Russian Federation.

The objects of voluntary certification are works and services that are not subject to mandatory certification, as well as works and services that are subject to mandatory certification, according to requirements that are not confirmed during mandatory certification.

If you do not know or doubt whether your field of activity is subject to compulsory licensing or certification, then you can contact the nearest license center with a corresponding request. And the center's specialists will give you a detailed and competent answer to your request.


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Let's find out what types of activities that are subject to licensing are included in the list established by the legislation of Russia in 2020.

Each person who opens a legal entity or individual enterprise must familiarize themselves with the list of activities that are subject to licensing.

By reviewing such a list, you will know for sure whether you need to obtain permission to do business, or you can safely conduct business by simply registering a company.

Consider what exactly you need to get a license for in 2020.

What do you need to know?

First, let's look at the basic concepts that companies and individual entrepreneurs face when obtaining permits for a certain type of activity.

Basic concepts

A license is a permission or right to carry out a number of actions that can be certified by appropriate documents.

In Russia, the procedure for issuing licenses for certain types of activities is spelled out in, which was approved by the government on 08.08.2001.

The list of types of work (more precisely, business), for which you need to obtain a special permit, is contained in.

There are separate normative legal acts that govern the rights and responsibilities of the parties. For example:

What types of activities are subject to licensing in Russia

About a hundred types of activities are subject to licensing in accordance with the Law on Licensing. The law does not apply to another 19 types of activities.

Their licensing is carried out according to special rules. This applies to:

  • banking;
  • notary business;
  • foreign economic activity, etc.

Let's consider in more detail what types of activities should be licensed. After all, such information is simply necessary if you do not want to be reputed to be a violator of the law with state bodies.

List of directions

We classify the types of activities that are subject to licensing:

  1. All work related to the development, release and implementation of protective equipment, data encryption. This also includes the manufacture of encryption devices, their maintenance.
  2. Activities in the aviation industry - creation, design, repair work, disposal.
  3. Activities related to weapons.
  4. A license is required for the development and use of explosive or chemical devices that have been installed in production.
  5. To extinguish fires in the forest, housing, you also need to have a permit. This does not include voluntary assistance.
  6. Installation and maintenance of devices that will ensure fire safety. This includes fire protection of flammable materials.
  7. Manufacturing of medicines, all types of activities related to psychotropic and narcotic substances, medical equipment maintenance.
  8. Genetic engineering, the use of viruses that affect humans and animals.
  9. Transportation of passengers and cargo, performance of unloading and loading operations with dangerous goods, provision of towing services.
  10. Provision of transportation services for more than 8 people.
  11. Recycling services, storage of hazardous waste.
  12. Activities related to gambling, sweepstakes.
  13. Security services, detective.
  14. Works with ferrous and non-ferrous metals (processing, storage, sale).
  15. Provision of services for finding a job outside of Russia.
  16. Provision of communication services.
  17. Activities related to software, video production.
  18. Educational activity.
  19. Space exploration.
  20. Hydrometeorological work.
  21. Search for minerals, measurement works of the territory.
  22. Medical services.
  23. Activities aimed at the preservation of cultural heritage.
  24. Conducting safety examinations of the production process.
  25. Work with explosive substances.

The rest of the activities, the implementation of which requires a license, are related to the above.

Without fail

We list the types of activities subject to licensing, which are established by the legislation of Russia (according to).

Legal entities and individuals with the status of individual entrepreneurs must obtain a license if they are engaged in the following activities:

  1. They are active in the communications industry.
  2. They carry out foreign economic operations of economic activity.
  3. They produce and sell alcoholic beverages.
  4. They operate as a credit firm.
  5. They have a business to ensure the protection of state secrets.
  6. They work with securities.
  7. They work as an investment fund.
  8. Provide services in customs affairs.
  9. They work in the field of education.
  10. They conduct exchange activities.
  11. Selling weapons and ammunition.
  12. They use natural resources.
  13. They carry out activities on deposit operations.
  14. Provide insurance services.
  15. Provide notary services.
  16. They work in the nuclear power industry.
  17. They act as a non-state pension fund.

In Art. 17 states that companies must apply for a license that:

  1. Design, repair and test aircraft models.
  2. Distribute, maintain, provide encryption services.
  3. Protect, develop, produce information security tools.
  4. They make genuine printing materials.
  5. They develop, repair, and dispose of military technical facilities.
  6. They operate chemically hazardous facilities.
  7. They work with explosives.
  8. Putting out fires.
  9. Provide fire safety.
  10. Organize and conduct gambling.
  11. Cultural heritage objects are being restored.
  12. They transport passengers and goods by rail.
  13. They conduct geodetic activities.
  14. They work in the hydrometeorological industry.
  15. They conduct pharmaceutical activities.
  16. Carry out transportation by water, air, land types of vehicles.
  17. Produce and maintain medical equipment.
  18. Cartographic activities.
  19. Collect and store hazardous substances.
  20. Produce and sell play equipment, etc.

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Licensed medical activities

Pharmaceuticals are licensed under. It includes the sale of wholesale and retail drugs, production.

The permit is issued by the federal oversight body in the health and social development industry, as stated in Art.

When obtaining a license for enterprises that manufacture drugs, it is worth relying on.

A permit for the creation of medical equipment is issued in accordance with.

And when servicing such equipment, another document is relevant - that was approved on the same day.

Issues of licensing of prosthetic and orthopedic materials ordered by individuals are considered in.

But it is worth considering that permission should be obtained only for the manufacture of such products. When providing another type of prosthetic and orthopedic activity, it will not be required.

The right to cultivate plants for the manufacture of narcotic and psychotropic substances is said in.

The licensing authority is the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. When trafficking in narcotic drugs, a license is obtained in accordance with the Federal Law that was adopted.

Persons associated with infectious agents should rely on norms.

In the field of industrial safety

Rostechnadzor issues a permit for the following activities in the industrial safety industry:

  1. Use of explosive production facilities.
  2. Use of hazardous chemical production facilities.
  3. Conducting safety examinations.
  4. Implementation of mine surveying work.
  5. Manufacturing of explosives that have a production purpose.
  6. Storage of such substances.
  7. The use of such funds.
  8. Their redistribution.

A license is a permit that allows a businessman to carry out a certain type of activity. To engage in such areas of business, it is necessary to comply with special licensing requirements: for premises, equipment, capital, transport, qualifications of specialists. In this article, you will find out what types of activities are subject to licensing in Russia in 2020.

Laws Licensing Activities in Russia

The types of activities for which a license must be obtained are established by federal laws. In addition to the licensed types of activities provided for by law No. 99-FZ of 04.05.2011 "On licensing certain types of activities", there are other areas of business that are also subject to licensing. These types of activities in the Russian Federation are regulated by separate laws:

  • use of atomic energy - Law No. 170-FZ dated November 21, 1995;
  • production and circulation of alcohol - Law No. 171-ФЗ dated 22.11.1995;
  • activities of credit institutions - Law No. 395-1 dated 02.12.1990;
  • protection of state secrets - Law No. 5485-1 dated 21.07.1993;
  • bidding - Law No. 325-FZ dated November 21, 2011;
  • professional activity in the securities market - Law No. 39-ФЗ dated April 22, 1996;
  • NPF activities - Law No. 75-ФЗ dated 07.05.1998;
  • clearing activity - Law No. 7-ФЗ dated 07.02.2011;
  • insurance activities - Law No. 4015-1 of 27.11.1992;
  • space activities - Law No. 5663-1 of 08/20/1993.

As you can see, these are mainly areas that require serious financial investments, so a small business rarely chooses such areas of activity, with the exception of the sale of alcohol. But the list of licensed activities specified in Law No. 99-FZ dated 05/04/2011 includes many areas popular with novice businessmen, so we suggest that you familiarize yourself with it in more detail.

Licensed activities in 2020

Activities in Russia for which you need to obtain a license in accordance with Art. 12 of Law No. 99-FZ, we have collected in this list:

  • development, production, distribution of encryption tools, information systems and telecommunication systems, performance of work, provision of services, maintenance in this area, except for the own needs of the organization or individual entrepreneur;
  • development, production, sale and purchase for the purpose of sale of special technical means intended for secretly obtaining information;
  • activities to identify electronic devices designed to secretly obtain information, except for the own needs of the organization or individual entrepreneur;
  • development and production of means of protection, activities for the technical protection of confidential information;
  • production and sale of printed products protected from counterfeiting;
  • development, production, testing and repair of aircraft;
  • development, production, testing, installation, installation, maintenance, repair, disposal and sale of weapons and military equipment;
  • development, production, trade, testing, storage, repair and weapons;
  • development, production, testing, storage, sale and disposal of ammunition, pyrotechnic products of IV and V classes;
  • storage and destruction of chemical weapons;
  • operation of explosive and fire hazardous and chemically hazardous production facilities of I, II and III hazard classes;
  • activities to extinguish fires in settlements, at production facilities and infrastructure facilities;
  • installation, maintenance and repair of fire safety equipment for buildings and structures;
  • production of medicines;
  • production and maintenance of medical equipment, except for the case if it is necessary for the own needs of the organization or individual entrepreneur;
  • circulation of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, cultivation of narcotic plants;
  • activities in the field of using causative agents of human and animal infectious diseases and GMOs of III and IV degrees of potential danger;
  • activity on transportation by inland water transport, sea transport of passengers;
  • activities for the transport of dangerous goods by inland water transport, sea transport;
  • activities for the carriage of passengers by air, except for the own needs of the organization or individual entrepreneur;
  • activities for the carriage of goods by air, except for the own needs of the organization or individual entrepreneur;
  • activities for the carriage of passengers by road, more than eight people, except for the own needs of the organization or individual entrepreneur;
  • activities for the carriage of passengers by rail;
  • activities related to the transportation of dangerous goods by rail;
  • loading and unloading activities of dangerous goods by rail, inland water transport in seaports;
  • activities for the implementation of towing by sea, except for the own needs of the organization or individual entrepreneur;
  • activities for the collection, transportation, processing, utilization, disposal, disposal of wastes of I - IV hazard classes;
  • activities for the organization and conduct of gambling in bookmakers and sweepstakes;
  • private security and detective activities;
  • procurement, storage, processing and sale of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap;
  • provision of services for the employment of Russian citizens outside the Russian Federation;
  • provision of communication services;
  • television broadcasting and radio broadcasting;
  • activities for the production of copies of audiovisual works, programs for electronic computers, databases and phonograms on any type of media, except for the independent activities of persons who have copyright and related rights;
  • activities in the field of using sources of ionizing radiation, except for the case if these sources are used in medical activities;
  • educational activities;
  • geodetic and cartographic works for federal purposes;
  • production of mine surveying works;
  • work on active influence on hydrometeorological and geophysical processes and phenomena;
  • activities in the field of hydrometeorology and related areas;
  • medical activity;
  • pharmaceutical activity;
  • activities for the preservation of objects of cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation;
  • activities for the examination of industrial safety;
  • activities related to the handling of industrial explosives;
  • entrepreneurial activity in the management of apartment buildings;
  • execution of works on quarantine phytosanitary disinfection;
  • activities for the production of biomedical cell products;
  • activities for the maintenance and use of animals in zoos, zoos, circuses, zoos, dolphinariums, oceanariums.

Licensed activities according to OKVED codes

Not always licensed activities in 2020 exactly correspond to the OKVED codes, which must be indicated in the application for registration of individual entrepreneurs and LLCs. Some activities according to the OKVED classifier are almost completely repeated in the text of laws.

But if we take, for example, such a licensed area as pharmaceutical activity, then it will correspond to several OKVED codes at once. In the law No. 61-FZ of 12.04. 2010, the following concept is given: "pharmaceutical activity is an activity that includes the wholesale of drugs, their storage, transportation and / or retail trade of drugs, their dispensing, storage, transportation, manufacturing of drugs."

The OKVED codes permitted for pharmaceutical activities will be as follows:

  • 46.46 - wholesale trade in pharmaceutical products;
  • 47.73 - retail sale of medicines in specialized stores;
  • 21.20 - production of drugs and materials used for medical purposes.

It is not always easy to select a list according to OKVED for a licensed line of business, so we advise you to get a free consultation from professional registrars.

How to get a license

Work without a license, if by law this activity must be licensed, is punishable by fines, confiscation of property, equipment and materials, and other sanctions. Only licensed organizations or individual entrepreneurs are entitled to engage in such activities. Licenses are issued by various government agencies, for example, and passenger transportation - by Rostransnadzor. We examined the procedure for applying for a license for a licensee in the article "".

Please note that there are some types of activities, licenses for which are issued only to legal entities. The possibility of refusal to issue a license due to organizational and legal status must be foreseen in advance. For example, an individual entrepreneur cannot sell alcohol, except for beer, or engage in insurance or credit activities. If you want to do such a business, then you only need to register an LLC.

In this article, we will tell you what types of activities you need to obtain a license for in 2020, and what the risk of working without such a permit, if it is required by law.

A license is a permit from authorized state bodies to carry out certain types of activities.

Features of activities requiring a license

Business areas subject to licensing were not chosen by chance. All of them require special technical conditions, qualified personnel, or may adversely affect the life and health of people, the environment, and cultural heritage. Among the licensed areas of business, there are those that are associated with large financial flows (banks, credit institutions, the securities market).

Not all licensed types of activity are available to individual entrepreneurs. The laws do not explain why this is so, but it is known that the state treats individual entrepreneurs as business kids. For entrepreneurs, the fines are several times lower, and there are more tax incentives. But, for example, a license for the production and sale of strong alcohol will not be given to individual entrepreneurs. The maximum that will be allowed to sell from alcohol is.

What activities do you need a license for

The largest list of licensed species is contained in Law No. 99-FZ dated 04/05/2011, but besides it, there are several other laws, each of which regulates a separate area.

For example, the issuance of a license for the production and circulation of alcohol is controlled by Law No. 171 of November 22, 1995, for the activities of credit institutions - No. 395-1 of December 2, 1990, for holding tenders - No. 325 of November 21, 2011.

List of licensed activities in 2020:

  • Freight and passenger transportation by road (except for taxis), rail, water, sea, air
  • Loading and unloading operations and transport towing
  • Security and detective (detective) activities
  • Education of children and adults
  • Manufacturing of medicines and medical equipment
  • Activities in the field of medicine and pharmaceuticals
  • Production and sale of alcohol
  • Clearing and insurance activities
  • Activities of credit institutions and NPFs
  • Trading and professional activities in the securities market
  • Activities in the field of space and nuclear energy
  • Activities for the protection of state secrets
  • Activities related to encryption and special technical means for secretly obtaining information, protection of confidential information
  • Activities in the field of information and telecommunication systems
  • Communication services, TV broadcasting, radio broadcasting
  • Production and sale of special printed products, protected from counterfeiting
  • Production, testing, repair of aircraft
  • Activities related to weapons, ammunition, military equipment
  • Legal circulation of drugs and psychotropic substances
  • Carrying out gambling through bookmakers and sweepstakes
  • Procurement, storage, processing, sale of scrap metal
  • Apartment building management
  • Industrial safety expertise
  • Operation of industrial facilities of increased danger (explosion, fire and chemically hazardous)
  • Neutralization, collection, transportation of waste related to I - IV hazard classes
  • Industrial explosives activities
  • Activities for the use of sources of ionizing radiation
  • Fire extinguishing, installation, repair and maintenance of fire safety equipment
  • Use of pathogens of infectious diseases and GMOs
  • Employment of Russian citizens abroad
  • Production of copies of audiovisual works, computer programs, databases, phonograms on any media
  • Geodetic and cartographic activities, hydrometeorology and geophysics, mine surveying
  • Preservation of objects of cultural heritage.

Most often, individual entrepreneurs from this list choose cargo transportation, passenger transportation, medical and educational activities, and private investigation. The rest of the licensed activities in 2020 require either the organizational and legal form of a legal entity, or large financial investments.

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Responsibility for the lack of a license

Failure to comply with the legislation in the field of licensing is an administrative offense, which is punished for an individual entrepreneur in accordance with the articles of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation /

Penalties for work without a license

  • 14.1 (2) - from 4 to 5 thousand rubles with the possible confiscation of manufactured products, tools of production and raw materials (activities without a license);
  • 14.1 (3) - from 3 to 3 thousand rubles (non-compliance with the necessary license requirements);
  • 14.1 (4) - from 4 to 8 thousand rubles (gross violation of the license terms).

Special fines for a license in the field of transport under article 14.1.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation are much higher:

  • lack of a license - 100 thousand rubles with the confiscation of the vehicle;
  • violation of the terms of the issued license - 20 thousand rubles;
  • gross violation of the terms of the issued license - 75 thousand rubles.

Although the size of penalties for individual entrepreneurs is several times lower than for LLCs, the criminal liability does not differ depending on the organizational and legal form. It occurs when you receive income or damage the state or citizens in the amount of 2.25 million rubles (article 171 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

OKVED codes and license

The applicant informs about what kind of business the individual entrepreneur will be engaged in when registering with the tax office. To designate specific types of activity, digital codes are used according to OKVED (All-Russian Classifier of Economic Activities).

It is impossible to compare the list by OKVED codes to the types of activities subject to licensing in Russia. The fact is that licensing directions are broader than a specific OKVED code.

How to determine if OKVED is subject to licensing

For example, if you choose educational activity, then the following codes from OKVED-2 will correspond to it:

  • 85.11: Preschool education
  • 85.12: Primary general education
  • 85.13: Basic general education
  • 85.14: General secondary education
  • 85.21: Vocational secondary education
  • 85.22: Higher education
  • 85.23: Training of highly qualified personnel
  • 85.30: Professional training
  • 85.41: Additional education for children and adults
  • 85.42: Additional vocational education

Moreover, these are only four-digit codes, and if we take into account the five-digit and six-digit codes, there will be even more of them. And if we take pharmaceutical activity, then this concept includes the sale of drugs, and their storage, and the manufacture of drugs according to prescriptions.

By itself, the indication in the form R21001 of OKVED codes corresponding to the licensed area does not oblige to obtain a license. Only if an entrepreneur starts a real activity, it is necessary to contact the licensing authority in advance.

However, some inspectors, and sometimes banks, are interested in whether you have a license, if the corresponding OKVED codes are indicated in the extract from the USRIP. If you are not going to work under a license yet, then for your own peace of mind it is not at all necessary to enter these codes in advance even when registering an individual entrepreneur. Later you can always serve them.

How to get an individual entrepreneur license

Licensing of certain types of activities has been entrusted to authorized state bodies. You can find out about which agency you need to apply for a license from the Government Decree of November 21, 2011 No. 957.

Information on the most popular licensing directions among individual entrepreneurs is given in the table.

Each authorized body has its own official website, where you can find contacts of regional divisions and all the necessary information to obtain a license.

If, as an individual entrepreneur, you plan to engage only in licensed activities, then first study the licensing requirements. For example, in order to obtain a permit for the carriage of passengers by road, you must have:

  • Transport equipped with GLONASS equipment;
  • Premises and equipment for vehicle maintenance and repair;
  • Drivers with the necessary qualifications, work experience, passed a medical examination;
  • A specialist for a pre-trip medical examination of drivers or an agreement concluded with a medical organization for its conduct, etc.

Licensed Activities in 2020 | List by OKVED codes

What types of activities are subject to licensing in 2020? Here is a list.

It is not always possible to start real activities right away. Some areas of business require a special permit from the state - a license for a certain direction. The license confirms that the licensee has the necessary technical base and qualified personnel to carry out the chosen direction.

The main law, which specifies the licensed types of activities in 2020, is Law No. 99-ФЗ dated 04/05/2011. But besides this, there is also a list of laws, each of which regulates a separate licensing business line.

Law number (№-ФЗ)Directions subject to licensing
171 from 22.11.1995Alcohol production and circulation
7 from 07.02.2011Clearing activities
4015-1 dated 11/27/1992Insurance activity
395-1 dated 02.12.1990Activities of credit institutions
325 dated 11/21/2011Bidding
75 from 07/05/1998Activity of non-state pension funds
39 dated 04/22/1996Professional activity in the securities market
5663-1 from 08.20.1993Space activities
5485-1 dated 21.07.1993Protection of state secrets
170 of 11/21/1995Activities in nuclear power

In addition to these federal laws, which include a list of activities subject to licensing, by-laws are in force at the level of Government decrees. They specify the licensing requirements, without which the permit will not be issued.

Licensing of certain types of activities has been entrusted to authorized state bodies. You can find out which structure is involved in issuing the permission you need from Government Decree No. 957 dated November 21, 2011. Thus, an educational license is issued by Rosobrnadzor, for medical and pharmaceutical activities - by Roszdravnadzor, and for transportation - by Rostransnadzor.

In 2020, work without such a permit, if necessary, is punished in accordance with the articles of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation:

  • article 14.1 - a fine from 4 to 5 thousand rubles for the head and from 40 to 50 thousand rubles for the organization itself (with the possible confiscation of products, tools of production and raw materials);
  • article 14.1.2 (special norm for activities in the field of transport) - 50 thousand rubles for the head and 400 thousand rubles for the LLC;
  • article 14.1.3 (for the management of apartment buildings) - from 50 to 100 thousand rubles for an official and from 150 to 250 thousand rubles for a legal entity;
  • article 14.1.3 (conducting gambling) - from 30 to 50 thousand rubles for the head and from 500 thousand to 1 million rubles for the organization with the confiscation of gaming equipment.

Sufficiently serious sanctions, so it is worth figuring out whether licensing of the activities of legal entities is required in your case.

What types of activities do you need to get a permit for?

And now specifically - what areas are subject to licensing in 2020? In the table above, we have already indicated licensed activities, each of which is regulated by a separate law.

But the largest list of business areas for which a license is required is given in Law No. 99-FZ dated 04/05/2011. There are 51 items in the list, but some of them can be combined in one direction:

  • Activities in the field of information and telecommunication systems, encryption tools.
  • Activities related to special technical means designed to secretly obtain information, as well as to identify them.
  • Development and production of means of protecting confidential information, activities to protect confidential information.
  • Production and sale of counterfeit-proof printed products.
  • Aircraft production, testing, repair.
  • Activities related to weapons, ammunition, military equipment.
  • Operation of fire and explosion hazardous and chemically hazardous production facilities.
  • Fire extinguishing, installation, maintenance, repair of fire safety equipment.
  • Manufacture of medicines and medical equipment.
  • Turnover of narcotic and psychotropic substances.
  • Activities in the field of the use of pathogens of infectious diseases and GMOs.
  • Transportation of passengers and goods by road, rail, water, sea, air.
  • Loading and unloading activities and transport towing.
  • Collection, transportation, disposal of wastes of I - IV hazard classes.
  • Organization and conduct of gambling.
  • Private security and detective activities.
  • Procurement, storage, processing, sale of scrap metal.
  • Employment of Russian citizens outside the Russian Federation.
  • Communication services, television and radio broadcasting.
  • Production of copies of audiovisual works, computer programs, databases, phonograms on any media.
  • Using sources of ionizing radiation.
  • Educational activities.
  • Geodetic and cartographic activity, mine surveying.
  • Activities in the field of hydrometeorology and geophysics.
  • Medical and pharmaceutical activities.
  • Preservation of objects of cultural heritage.
  • Industrial safety expertise.
  • Activities related to industrial explosives.
  • Management of apartment buildings.

OKVED codes for obtaining a license

When registering a limited liability company, the applicant indicates in the P11001 form what types of activities according to OKVED codes he will carry out. In 2020, digital codes must comply with the All-Russian Classifier OKVED-2.

When registering a legal entity, you can choose an unlimited number of OKVED codes, and you can add them later. Do I need to obtain permission already upon the indication of the licensed type of activity in the applications Р11001 (Р13001, Р14001) and the Unified State Register of Legal Entities?

By itself, the indication of OKVED codes that correspond to one of the licensed types of activity does not oblige you to obtain a permit, if in reality you have not started this business.

However, there is some risk that the auditors will try to fine the company if it is engaged in some similar direction. The problem is that the description of the licensed line of business and its characteristics in the OKVED Classifier do not always coincide.

For example, in OKVED there is no term "confidential information" or "information protection", while in Law No. 99-FZ of 04/05/2011 there are as many as four licensed types of activity in this area. But the Classifier has completely different directions:

  • Computer software development (62.01)
  • Advisory activities and work in the field of computer technology (62.02)
  • Data processing activities, provision of information hosting services and related activities (63.11).

When carrying out real activities using these OKVED codes, one can either have or not have access to confidential information. In such ambiguous cases, only licensing authorities will be able to answer the question of whether an LLC needs a license after analyzing a specific situation. It is desirable that the received response from the department be given in writing, which to some extent will protect against a possible fine.

If we talk about the types of activities that do not give rise to doubts about the need for their licensing, then we cannot name one OKVED code that fully characterizes the licensed line of business.

For example, pharmaceutical activities that must be licensed include the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, their storage, transportation, dispensing, and the wholesale and retail trade of pharmaceuticals.

In OKVED-2, we will find the following codes corresponding to pharmaceutical activities:

  • 21.20 - production of drugs and materials used for medical purposes;
  • 46.46 - wholesale trade in pharmaceutical products;
  • 47.73 - retail sale of medicines in specialized stores.

The same analysis and selection of codes should be carried out for other licensed areas. You can do this yourself or ask for help from lawyers-registrars. In some cases, their advice on the selection of OKVED codes turns out

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