ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of May 31, 2025 No. 821

About standards of disclosure of information by the subjects of natural monopolies rendering gas transportation services on pipelines

According to the Federal Law "About Natural Monopolies" Government of the Russian Federation decides:

1. Approve the enclosed standards of disclosure of information as the subjects of natural monopolies rendering gas transportation services on pipelines.

2. Recognize invalid:

the order of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 29, 2010 No. 872 "About standards of disclosure of information by the subjects of natural monopolies rendering gas transportation services on pipelines" (The Russian Federation Code, 2010, No. 45, the Art. 5855);

Item of 6 changes which are made to acts of the Government of the Russian Federation, approved by the order of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 30, 2013 No. 1314 "About approval of Rules of connection (technology accession) of capital construction projects to networks of gas distribution, and also about change and recognition voided some acts of the Government of the Russian Federation" (The Russian Federation Code, 2014, No. 2, the Art. 137);

Item of 2 changes which are made to acts of the Government of the Russian Federation concerning enhancement of procedure for connection of capital construction projects to gas distribution networks and the increases in efficiency of energy infrastructure approved by the order of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 30, 2018 No. 82 "About introduction of amendments to some acts of the Government of the Russian Federation concerning enhancement of procedure for connection of capital construction projects to gas distribution networks and increase in efficiency of energy infrastructure" (The Russian Federation Code, 2018, No. 6, the Art. 897).

3. Item 533 of the list of regulatory legal acts and groups of regulatory legal acts of the Government of the Russian Federation, regulatory legal acts, separate provisions of regulatory legal acts and groups of regulatory legal acts of federal executive bodies, legal acts, separate provisions of legal acts, groups of legal acts of executive and administrative organs of the government of RSFSR and USSR, the decisions of the State Commission on Radio Frequencies containing mandatory requirements to which provisions of parts 1, 2 and 3 articles 15 of the Federal law "About Mandatory Requirements in the Russian Federation" approved by the order of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 31, 2020 No. 2467 "About approval of the list of regulatory legal acts and groups of regulatory legal acts of the Government of the Russian Federation, regulatory legal acts are not applied separate provisions of regulatory legal acts and groups of regulatory legal acts of federal executive bodies, legal acts, separate provisions of legal acts, groups of legal acts of executive and administrative organs of the government of RSFSR and USSR, decisions of the State Commission on Radio Frequencies containing mandatory requirements to which provisions of parts 1, 2 and 3 articles 15 of the Federal law "About Mandatory Requirements in the Russian Federation" are not applied (Russian Federation Code, 2021, No. 2, Art. 471), to exclude.

4. This resolution becomes effective since September 1, 2025.

5. The standards approved by this resolution are effective within 6 years from the date of entry into force of this resolution.

Approved by the Order of the Government of the Russian Federation of May 31, 2025 No. 821

Standards of disclosure of information by the subjects of natural monopolies rendering gas transportation services on pipelines

I. General provisions

1. This document determines structure and procedure for disclosure of information which is subject to open entry (further - information), the subjects of natural monopolies rendering gas transportation services on pipelines (further - subjects of natural monopolies) concerning which state regulation and the state control (supervision) in spheres of natural monopolies are performed.

2. Disclosure of information hereunder is understood as ensuring access of the unrestricted group of people to information on regulated activities of subjects of natural monopolies irrespective of the purpose of receipt of information.

3. Subjects of natural monopolies information reveals in the way:

a) publications on the official site of the subject of natural monopolies (further - the official site) and (or) other official site on the Internet (further - Internet network) determined by the Government of the Russian Federation;

b) publications in the official printing mass media extended in subjects of the Russian Federation in the territory of which subjects of natural monopolies render regulated transportation services of gas on pipelines (further - official printing publications);

c) provisions on a grant basis by written requests of consumers of transportation services of gas on pipelines, including in electronic form (further respectively - the consumer, request).

4. If information is posted by the subject of natural monopolies only on the official site chosen by it, it shall publish data on it in official printing publications with reference to the official site. At the same time information posted on the official site shall be available within 5 years.

Subjects of natural monopolies shall tell the consumer on demand the address of the official site and the name of official printing publications where information is placed.

In the territories where there is no access to Internet network, information reveals by publication in official printing publications in full.

5. In case of the address of the consumer to the subject of natural monopolies with the request signed by the consumer, the request shall contain the following data:

a) the name of the organization to which the inquiry is sent;

b) the name of the legal entity or surname, name, middle name (in the presence) person who made inquiry;

c) the list of information concerning which the request is sent;

d) date of the address with request;

e) method of receipt of required information (by means of the mailing, issue personally to the consumer and (or) the directions of the electronic message) with indication of mail and (or) electronic addresses.

6. Subjects of natural monopolies no later than 20 calendar days from the date of receipt of request provide to the consumer information according to the method of its obtaining elected by the consumer.

If information requested by the consumer is opened in required amount on the official site and (or) in official printing publications, subjects of natural monopolies have the right, without opening required information, to tell the consumer the address of the official site and (or) the name and details of official printing publications where information is placed.

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