License - a document, permission to conduct the activities specified in it, a kind of confirmation of the quality of the services provided by the contractor. Not all of them are required to license their economic activities, but only those whose services are subject to federal law No. 99-FZ dated 04.05.2011. The list of those activities that can be carried out only under a license is indicated in the appendix to it.
Licensing is one of the forms that enables the state to regulate entrepreneurial activity and control the qualifications of entrepreneurs providing services that require compliance with regulatory requirements, regulations and standards.
Licensing covers such activities, the implementation of which is associated with possible damage to specially protected objects. These in the Russian Federation include health, morality and defense. In the list of activities that need licensing, you will see geodetic activities, sea and water transportation, medical equipment maintenance, weapons development, auditing, etc.
Licensing activity to some extent guarantees the quality of the services that this organization provides to you. To obtain a license, among other things, it is required that the specialists working in it have a certain level of qualification and, in addition, use special equipment and tools, software. In addition, the controlling licensing authority has the right to withdraw the license from the enterprise if its rules and requirements are violated. In this case, the company may even be brought to administrative or criminal liability.
A license can be issued for a period of 5 years, after which it is necessary to re-submit the documents required to obtain it. Some types of licenses are available indefinitely.
The license serves as a confirmation of the legality of the services provided and the fact that you can present and use their results freely. The measures taken against the violators of the licenses give hope that all the conditions and procedure for the activities indicated in it were strictly observed.
