When starting any activity directly related to wholesale or retail sales, you must make sure that the product you have chosen as a subject of economic activity does not need special permits. Sales permits for certain types of goods are issued by the highest federal authorities or local authorized bodies.
Permits for the sale of goods can be issued by such state bodies as the sanitary and epidemiological station, Rospotrebnadzor, fire safety department, municipality, government, and even the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Licensing
One of the most common types of permission is licensing or a special right that provides the ability to conduct a particular type of activity. There are a number of different products subject to primary licensing, among which the following main groups can be distinguished:
- any alcohol-containing alcoholic products and tobacco products;
- medicines and other products of pharmacology;
- slot machines.
Additional approval is required for work related to the sale of precious metals and stones in bulk, any type of trade in petroleum products, fire equipment and all types of rescue devices, whether simple fire extinguishers or modern fire protection equipment. Special permission is also required for activities controlled by the authorities and closed to many organizations, such as trade in land resources and weapons.
Retail sales
A special place is occupied by the tent and tray type of product sales, which requires additional permission for the device and further operation of the facility in the municipal territory.
The sale of many types of goods, mainly food, perfumery and cosmetic products, does not require permits, however, it is subject to Law No. 294-FZ, which states that it is necessary to notify the supervisory authorities, in this case Rospotrebnadzor, about the start of work.
Certification
Similar, but at the same time having a number of differences from the license, is the certificate. Compulsory certification for wholesale or retail trade is subject to a number of products that in any way can affect the health of a person. These include almost all children's products, medical products, food products that have a limited sales period, boilers and pipelines, various types of equipment, some types of power tools, weapons, pyrotechnic materials, some types of fabrics used for sewing children's and medical clothing, and much the other in accordance with a single list approved by the Russian government.
