Legislative changes

The Federal Law No. 156-FZ dated 26.05.2021 amended the Federal Law No. 99-FZ dated 04.05.2011 "On licensing certain types of activity". Service maintenance of weapons and military equipment has been established as a new type of activity that is subjected to mandatory licensing.

The law will come into force on November, 21 this year.

The requirement for mandatory license availability will not apply to legal relations that arose before the date of the law entry into force, in connection to relevant public contracts for maintenance of weapons and military equipment.

The law was developed by the Russian Federation Ministry of Industry and Trade in order to implement the Decree of the Russian Federation President No. 603 dated 07.05.2012 "On implementation of plans (programs) for construction and development of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, other troops, military formations and bodies and modernization of military-industrial complex»

Currently, there are more than 440.000 companies operating in Russia that carry out activities subjected to mandatory licensing. Users of the Information and Analytical system Globas are able to access all the available information about these companies.