Rostechnadzor Licences

List of work under the appendix to Government Resolution No. 1661:

1. Production or generation of flammable, oxidizing, combustible, explosive, toxic, highly toxic and environmentally hazardous substances.
2. Use of such substances.
3. Processing of such substances.
4. Storage of such substances.
5. Transportation of such substances.
6. Destruction of such substances.
7. Use and operation of equipment under excess pressure above 0.07 MPa: steam or gas; water above 115°C; and other liquids above their boiling temperature.
8. Production of molten ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys based on them using equipment with a capacity of 500 kg or more.
9. Mining and mineral-processing operations.
10. Storage or processing of plant raw materials involving formation of explosive dust-air mixtures.

Hazard Class IV facilities are not subject to licensing.

2. Industrial-safety expert review — expert review of technical devices, buildings and structures at hazardous production facilities, documentation for mothballing or decommissioning such facilities, and industrial-safety declarations.

3. Mine-surveying activities — during construction and operation of mining enterprises, geological exploration and construction of underground structures.

4. Activities involving industrial explosives — manufacture, storage, use and distribution of explosives and products based on them for industrial purposes. This is a separate licensed activity. Ammunition and pyrotechnic products are licensed separately and do not fall within Rostechnadzor’s competence for this type of activity.

5. Activities in the field of nuclear energy use — siting, construction, operation and decommissioning of nuclear installations, radiation sources and storage facilities; handling of nuclear materials and radioactive substances. Regulated separately from Federal Law No. 99-FZ.

Operation of hazardous production facilities under Government Resolution No. 1661:

• land plots, buildings, structures and technical devices must be held by ownership or another lawful right; commissioning of the facilities must be confirmed;
• hazardous production facilities must be registered in the state register;
• employees and managers must complete industrial-safety training and attestation under Articles 9 and 14.1 of Federal Law No. 116-FZ;
• an industrial-safety management system for hazard Classes I and II and production control must be in operation;
• control, alarm and emergency-protection instruments and systems must be available where mandatory;
• contracts with professional emergency rescue services or units must be in place, together with reserves of financial and material resources;
• mandatory civil-liability insurance for hazardous-facility owners must be in place;
• accident localization and consequence-elimination plans and, where mandatory, an industrial-safety declaration must be available.

Industrial-safety expert review under Government Resolution No. 1477:

• at least one staff expert with higher technical education, at least 5 years of experience and attestation in the relevant category.

Mine-surveying activities under Government Resolution No. 1467:

• qualified employees completing advanced training at least once every 3 years; required equipment held on a lawful basis; and production control.

Industrial explosives under Government Resolution No. 1435:

• an explosives accounting system; security measures; production control and an industrial-safety management system; technical devices compliant with requirements or supported by industrial-safety expert-review conclusions.

• Federal Law No. 99-FZ; Federal Law No. 116-FZ of 21 July 1997 “On Industrial Safety of Hazardous Production Facilities”.
• Operation of hazardous production facilities — Government Resolution No. 1661 of 12 October 2020 effective until 1 January 2027.
• Industrial-safety expert review — Government Resolution No. 1477 of 16 September 2020.
• Mine-surveying activities — Government Resolution No. 1467 of 16 September 2020.
• Industrial explosives — Government Resolution No. 1435 of 15 September 2020.
• Nuclear energy — Federal Law No. 170-FZ of 21 November 1995 and Government acts adopted pursuant to it.

Indefinite. Nuclear-energy licences are an exception: they are fixed-term, for up to 10 years with the term depending on the results of the safety-substantiation expert review.

Up to 45 business days for operation of hazardous production facilities. Shorter periods apply to certain other activities.

Established by the Tax Code of the Russian Federation; the fee for granting a licence is RUB 7,500.