Licensing: Legal Framework and Prospects for Legislative Regulation

Abstract

The current stage of the federal licensing legislation development suggests that its system has been formed. The author examines and characterizes the system of federal legislation on licensing by the example of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal laws, codes and by-laws. The imperfection of the legislation on licensing of certain types of activities and the presence of a number of problems of legal regulation are noted. The need for its further improvement and reform is determined. The problems of optimizing the number of licensed activities by simultaneously reducing and increasing them are raised. It is proposed to tighten licensing requirements and conditions in some cases. The absence of administrative regulations for the implementation of licensing with some licensing authorities is stated. The imperfection of the administrative licensing procedure is underlined. In this regard, the paper identifies directions and prospects for the further development of federal legislation on licensing, which includes reducing and unifying legislation on licensing, introducing changes to existing legislation, and developing and adopting new regulatory legal acts.