Standardization in the System of the Legal Regulation of Trading Activity

Abstract

The paper provides a brief description of the subject of regulation under Federal Law of December 28, 2009 № 381 "On the Foundations of the State Regulation of Trade Activity," elucidates the competence of federal bodies of State power and bodies of the State power of constituent entities of the Russian Federation concerning trade regulation. The paper highlights the problems of trade activity definition and drawing the line between the wholesale trade and retail trade, and, to this end, the author examines the importance of standardization of documents constituting its highest level - national standards. They specify the basic concepts in the sphere of trade (wholesale trade, retail trade, trade object, type of a trading enterprise, forms of trade, etc.), encourage systematization of trade relations and uniform understanding of trade terms. The paper examines the legal nature of national standards, their significance as means of trade relations regulation and the order of their application. A significant feature of standardization in the field of trade is the adoption of the RF national standard GOST R 56876.1-2016 (Part 1) and GOST R 56876.2-2016 (Part 2) entitled "The Guide to Good Practices of Relationships between Trade Networks and Suppliers of Consumer Goods" that provides explanations of terms and criteria of fair conduct of trade participants contained in the Code of Good Practices of Relations between Trade Networks and Consumer Goods Suppliers - a voluntary agreement concluded by representatives of suppliers and traders.