ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of May 29, 2025 No. 784

About approval of Rules of non-discriminatory access to services of subjects of natural monopolies at the airports

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

1. Approve enclosed:

Rules of non-discriminatory access to services of subjects of natural monopolies at the airports;

changes which are made to 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).

2. Recognize invalid:

Items 1, 2 and 4 orders of the Government of the Russian Federation of July 22, 2009 No. 599 "About procedure for ensuring access to services of subjects of natural monopolies at the airports", and also the Rules of ensuring access to services of subjects of natural monopolies at the airports approved by the specified resolution (The Russian Federation Code, 2009, No. 30, the Art. 3836);

Item of 6 changes which are made to acts of the Government of the Russian Federation in connection with adoption of the Federal Law "About Computation of Time", approved by the order of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 31, 2012 No. 63 "About introduction of amendments to some acts of the Government of the Russian Federation in connection with adoption of the Federal Law "About Computation of Time" (The Russian Federation Code, 2012, No. 6, the Art. 695);

the order of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 4, 2019 No. 1591 "About modification of Rules of ensuring access to services of subjects of natural monopolies at the airports" (The Russian Federation Code, 2019, No. 49, the Art. 7152).

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

4. The rules approved by this resolution are effective till September 1, 2031.

Approved by the Order of the Government of the Russian Federation of May 29, 2025 No. 784

Rules of non-discriminatory access to services of subjects of natural monopolies at the airports

I. General provisions

1. These rules determine the general principles and procedure for ensuring non-discriminatory access to services of subjects of natural monopolies which regulation of activities is performed according to the Federal Law "About Natural Monopolies", at the airports (further - services) for the purpose of the prevention of creation of conditions which put the consumer (several consumers) in unequal position in comparison with other consumer (other consumers) in case of access to infrastructure facilities of the airports and services.

2. In these rules the following terms are applied:

"director of photography" - the person who is owning airfield of civil aviation on the property right, under lease or on other legal cause, operating such airfield for the purpose of ensuring take-off, landing, taxing and the parking of civil aircrafts, having the certificate on state registration of airfield (helidrome);

"the winter season" - half-year which action begins last Sunday of October and terminates on Saturday before the last Sunday of March;

"the historical slot" - the slot included in the schedule in the previous equivalent period;

"summer season" - half-year which action begins last Sunday of March and terminates on Saturday before the last Sunday of October;

"infrastructure facilities of the airport" - the constructions and the equipment, production and technology complexes which are in the territory of the airport and directly used for the purpose of rendering services to consumers;

"operator" - the business entity having and (or) using on any legal cause the complex of constructions including airfield, and (or) air terminal (terminal), and (or) other infrastructure facilities of the airport intended for rendering services;

"consumers" - persons who are carrying out commercial air transportations, aviation works and flights of aircraft of general purpose, the organization of experimental and state aircraft, including aviation carriers and operators, and also other persons, except for passengers, using services, submitted the application for rendering services (further - the request);

"the right of the historical slot" - the right to use the slot similar to the slot included in the schedule in the previous equivalent period;

"slot" - the departure time included in the schedule and (or) arrivals (take-off and (or) landing) for specific type (types) of the aircraft in certain date (day of the week);

"technical capability of the airport" - the settlement size determined by standard rates of handling capacity of infrastructure facilities of the airport, including landing strips, the platform, air terminals (terminals), the check point through frontier of the Russian Federation, and also infrastructure facilities of fuel providing aircrafts and storage of aviation fuel.

The terms "aviation works", "airfield", "airport" and "operator" are used in the values determined in the Air code of the Russian Federation.

3. For the purpose of ensuring access of consumers to services directors of photography (operators) shall:

a) not allow creation of conditions which put in unequal position of one consumer (several consumers) in comparison with other consumer (other consumers) when rendering services;

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