FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of September 29, 2025 No. 360-FZ

About introduction of amendments to the Air code of the Russian Federation

Accepted by the State Duma on September 23, 2025

Approved by the Federation Council on September 24, 2025

Article 1

Bring in the Air code of the Russian Federation (The Russian Federation Code, 1997, No. 12, Art. 1383; 1999, No. 28, Art. 3483; 2004, No. 35, Art. 3607; 2005, No. 13, Art. 1078; 2006, No. 30, Art. 3290; 2007, No. 50, Art. 6245; 2008, No. 30, Art. 3616; 2011, No. 7, Art. 901; No. 15, Art. 2019, 2024; 2012, No. 31, Art. 4318; 2013, No. 23, Art. 2882; No. 27, Art. 3477; 2014, No. 16, Art. 1836; No. 30, Art. 4254; No. 42, Art. 5615; 2015, No. 29, Art. 4356, 4379, 4380; 2016, No. 1, Art. 82; No. 27, Art. 4224; 2017, No. 31, Art. 4777; 2020, No. 8, Art. 915; 2021, No. 24, Art. 4188, 4226; No. 27, Art. 5159; 2022, No. 1, Art. 57; No. 12, Art. 1783; No. 48, Art. 8325; No. 52, Art. 9377; 2023, No. 1, Art. 24; No. 12, Art. 1878; No. 14, Art. 2384; No. 32, Art. 6219; 2024, No. 6, Art. 765; No. 33, Art. 4985; 2025, No. 17, Art. 2120; No. 31, Art. 4658) following changes:

The subitem 4 of Item 1 of Article 8 to state 1) in the following edition:

"4) activities of the legal entities performing development and (or) production of the subject obligatory certification according to subitems 2, 2.1 and 3 presents of Item of the aircraft equipment, except for the light, extralight civil aircrafts which are not performing commercial air transportations of passengers, the light-signal and meteorological equipment installed in the certified airfields intended for take-off, landing, taxing and the parking of civil aircrafts, except for to activities for development of onboard aeronautical equipment.

Requirements to the legal entities specified in paragraph one of this subitem are established by the federal aviation rules approved by the federal executive body performing functions on development of state policy and normative legal regulation in the field of civil aviation. The requirements established by this subitem can be changed or excluded concerning participants of experimental legal regime in the field of digital innovations according to the program of experimental legal regime in the field of digital innovations approved according to the Federal Law of July 31, 2020 No. 258-FZ "About experimental legal regimes in the field of digital and technological innovations in the Russian Federation".";

Item 1 of Article 8.2 to state 2) in the following edition:

"1. The obligatory certification provided by the subitem 1 of Item 1 of article 8 of this Code and also the certification of the manufacturers of the radio engineering equipment and equipment of aviation telecommunication used for servicing of air traffic, the land equipment on servicing of lines of management of pilotless aviation systems and control of pilotless aviation systems, provided by the subitem 4 of Item 1 of article 8 of this Code is carried out with involvement of the certified centers.

The obligatory certification provided by the subitem 3 of Item 1 of article 8 of this Code is carried out with involvement of the certified centers and test laboratories.

The obligatory certification provided by subitems 2, 2.1 and 4 Items 1 of article 8 of this Code is carried out by the federal executive body performing functions on rendering the state services and management of state-owned property in the field of civil aviation, with involvement of the organization subordinated to it in case of acceptance by the specified federal executive body of the decision on assignment on this organization of functions for carrying out the obligatory certification provided by subitems 2, 2.1 and 4 Items 1 of article 8 of this Code.

The procedure for attraction by the federal executive body performing functions on rendering the state services and management of state-owned property in the field of civil aviation, the organization subordinated to it, the certified centers and test laboratories is established by the federal aviation rules approved by the federal executive body performing functions on development of state policy and normative legal regulation in the field of civil aviation.";

3) in Article 8:

a) state the name in the following edition:

"Article 8.3. Obligatory certification of the light-signal equipment installed in the certified airfields intended for take-off, landing, taxing and the parking of the civil aircrafts, the radio engineering equipment and the equipment of aviation telecommunication used for servicing of air traffic, the land equipment on servicing of lines of management of pilotless aviation systems and control of pilotless aviation systems, activities of the legal entities performing production of the radio engineering equipment and equipment of aviation telecommunication, used for servicing of air traffic, the land equipment on servicing of lines of management of pilotless aviation systems and control of pilotless aviation systems";

b) add with Items 9 and 10 of the following content:

"9. The procedure for carrying out obligatory certification of activities of the legal entities performing production of the radio engineering equipment and equipment of aviation telecommunication, used for servicing of air traffic, the land equipment on servicing of lines of management of pilotless aviation systems and control of pilotless aviation systems (further in this Article - manufacturers of the equipment), shall contain including:

1) requirements to the documents submitted for the purpose of carrying out obligatory certification of activities of manufacturers of the equipment including requirements to contents of such documents;

2) procedure for conducting checks of compliance of activities of manufacturers of the equipment to requirements of the federal aviation rules specified in Item 10 of this Article and also types of such checks;

3) requirements to the documents processed by results of conducting checks of compliance of activities of manufacturers of the equipment to requirements of the federal aviation rules specified in Item 10 of this Article including requirements to contents of such documents and procedure for their registration;

4) procedure for document creation by results of confirmation of conformity of activities of manufacturers of the equipment to requirements of the federal aviation rules specified in Item 10 of this Article (further in this Article - certificates of conformity), and forms of certificates of conformity;

5) the bases and replacement procedure of certificates of conformity, including the bases for refusal in such replacement;

6) requirements to effective periods of certificates of conformity.

10. Requirements to manufacturers of the equipment are installed by the federal aviation rules approved by the federal executive body performing functions on development of state policy and normative legal regulation in the field of civil aviation and shall contain including:

1) requirements to organizational structure of the manufacturer of the equipment and availability of the personnel occupied in processes of production of the equipment;

2) requirements to availability of rooms, floor spaces and means of technological equipment;

3) requirements to providing with the manufacturer equipment of control of quality of production of the equipment;

4) requirements to maintenance of operation of the manufactured equipment;

5) requirements to management of working design documentation, including requirements to accounting, storage, production of copies and change of such documentation;

6) requirements to management of operational documentation on the manufactured equipment;

7) requirements to control of the components and materials used in case of production of the equipment including requirements to implementation of incoming inspection of their quality;

8) requirements to control and carrying out testing of the manufactured equipment;

9) requirements to management of inappropriate results of processes;

10) requirements to documentation of lifecycle of each manufactured equipment copy, including documentation of data on production of copy of the equipment, about structure of copy of the equipment, the owner of the equipment, its input in operation, accomplishment of completions of the equipment, the carried-out testing of copy of the equipment in case of its input in operation and after accomplishment of completions, the received claims for quality of the equipment, the termination of operation (write-off) of copy of the equipment.";

4) Article 14 to add with Item 3 following of content:

"3. The procedure for planning and coordinating of use of airspace is established by the federal aviation rules approved by the federal executive body performing functions on development of state policy and normative legal regulation in the field of civil aviation which shall contain including:

1) procedure for obtaining and processing by bodies of single system of air traffic management of information on plans of use of airspace, course of their accomplishment, and also other information on questions of allowing and notifying procedure for use of airspace;

2) procedure for strategic, pretactical and tactical (current) planning of use of airspace, coordinating of use of airspace for the purpose of its distribution in the place, time and height between users of airspace, and also providing the organization of flows of air traffic;

3) order of interaction of bodies of single system of air traffic management among themselves, with bodies of servicing of air traffic (management of flights) of users of airspace, bodies of air defense regarding identification of aircrafts - troublemakers of use of airspace.";

Article 15 to state 5) in the following edition:

"Article 15. Structure and classification of airspace

1. The structure and classification of airspace are established (change) according to the procedure, determined by the Government of the Russian Federation.

2. The procedure specified in Item 1 of this Article determines including:

1) procedure for representation of reasons for need of establishment (change) for elements of structure and classification of airspace;

2) procedure for submission of offers on establishment (change) of borders of elements of structure and classification of airspace;

3) procedure for the description of borders of elements of structure and classification of airspace;

4) procedure for consideration and approval of the arriving offers on establishment (change) of borders of elements of structure and classification of airspace:

with governing bodies of single system of air traffic management;

with operational bodies of single system of air traffic management;

with operators of airfields of civil aviation and persons designated by authorized bodies under which authority airfields of the state and experimental aircraft are;

with federal executive bodies for the benefit of which prohibited areas and zones of restriction of flights (permanent zones of restriction of flights, the temporary reserved zones of restriction of flights), by the State corporation on space activities Roskosmos, State Atomic Energy Corporation "Rosatom" are established;

5) requirements to execution of offers on establishment (change) of borders of elements of structure and classification of airspace;

6) procedure for representation by governing bodies of single system of air traffic management of offers on establishment (change) of structure and classification of airspace in the federal executive body performing functions on development of state policy and normative legal regulation in the field of civil aviation after their consideration and approval according to the subitem 4 presents of Item.

3. Are established by the federal executive body performing functions on development of state policy and normative legal regulation in the field of civil aviation based on the offers developed and represented according to Item 2 of this Article:

1) prohibited areas;

2) zones of restriction of flights (permanent zones of restriction of flights, the temporary reserved zones of restriction of flights);

3) permanent danger areas;

4) zones of flights of pilotless aircrafts;

5) zones of single system of air traffic management of the Russian Federation;

6) areas of controlled airfields (helidromes);

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