ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of May 31, 2025 No. 825

About ensuring non-discriminatory access to services of subjects of natural monopolies in oil transportation (oil products) on bulk distribution lines in the Russian Federation

According to article 10 of the Federal law "About Protection of the Competition" Government of the Russian Federation decides:

1. Approve the enclosed Rules of ensuring non-discriminatory access to services of subjects of natural monopolies in oil transportation (oil products) on bulk distribution lines in the Russian Federation.

2. Recognize invalid:

the order of the Government of the Russian Federation of March 29, 2011 No. 218 "About ensuring non-discriminatory access to services of subjects of natural monopolies in oil transportation (oil products) on bulk distribution lines in the Russian Federation and recognition voided some acts of the Government of the Russian Federation" (The Russian Federation Code, 2011, No. 14, the Art. 1943);

the order of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 16, 2014 No. 819 "About modification of Rules of ensuring non-discriminatory access to services of subjects of natural monopolies in oil transportation (oil products) on bulk distribution lines in the Russian Federation" (The Russian Federation Code, 2014, No. 34, the Art. 4676).

3. In 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, 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" (The Russian Federation Code, 2021, No. 2, Art. 471 are not applied; 2024, No. 25, Art. 3505; No. 33, Art. 5163; No. 38, Art. 5651; No. 40, Art. 5981; No. 42, Art. 6257; No. 44, Art. 6619; No. 50, Art. 7744; 2025, No. 6, Art. 439; No. 10, Art. 1067, 1082; No. 11, Art. 1178; No. 13, Art. 1476; No. 14, Art. 1723; No. 15, Art. 1919, 1925; No. 17, Art. 2152, 2158, 2160, 2169, 2170; No. 18, Art. 2234, 2240, 2242, 2243; No. 19, Art. 2333; No. 20, Art. 2442, 2443, 2446, 2454, 2484; Official Internet portal of legal information (www.pravo.gov.ru), 2025, on May 21, No. 0001202505210010; On May 23, No. 0001202505230075):

a) ceased to be valid according to the Order of the Government of the Russian Federation of 27.10.2025 No. 1670

b) Item 494 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 specified resolution are not applied to exclude.

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

5. The rules 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. 825

Rules of ensuring non-discriminatory access to services of subjects of natural monopolies in oil transportation (oil products) on bulk distribution lines in the Russian Federation

I. General provisions

1. The these rules developed according to the Federal Laws "About Protection of the Competition" and "About Natural Monopolies" determine procedure for providing for any persons performing activities in the territory of the Russian Federation, non-discriminatory access to services of subjects of natural monopolies in oil transportation (oil products) on bulk distribution lines for the purpose of consumption in the domestic market of the Russian Federation and supply activity out of limits of the territory of the Russian Federation.

2. The concepts used in these rules mean the following:

"applicant" - person wishing to become the consumer of transportation services of oil (oil products) on bulk distribution lines;

"non-discriminatory access to services of subjects of natural monopolies in oil transportation (oil products) on bulk distribution lines" - providing for any persons of equal conditions of access to transportation services of oil (oil products) on bulk distribution lines in the presence of technology connection;

"operator" - the subject of natural monopoly providing rendering transportation services of oil (oil products) on bulk distribution lines;

"consumer" - the person who is the owner of oil (oil products) or owning it on other legal cause and meeting requirements of these rules, got in accordance with the established procedure access to transportation services of oil (oil products) on bulk distribution lines;

"point of departure" - initial delivery and acceptance point of route of transportation (oil delivery point (oil products) from the consumer);

"destination" - final delivery and acceptance point of route of transportation (Item of delivery or shipment of oil (oil products) to the consumer);

"delivery and acceptance point" - Item on accounting of quantity and quality evaluation of oil (oil products) on which the division of the accepting and handing over parties carries out transactions on acceptance delivery of oil (oil products).

Other concepts used in these rules are used in the value determined by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

3. The operator performs informing on conditions of receipt of access to transportation services of oil (oil products) on bulk distribution lines according to standards of disclosure of information by the subjects of natural monopolies rendering transportation services of oil and oil products on bulk distribution lines, approved by the Government of the Russian Federation.

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