RussiaFederal Law No. 436-FZ, Information-Product Classification and Minor-Access Regime
Federal Law No. 436-FZ, Arts. 6, 11, 12, 14
In force since .
An age-appropriate design code rule binding public and private bodies.
What it requires
- Applies to producers and distributors of information products distributed in Russia; internet content is generally exempt from the age-mark duty, except registered network media and audiovisual services.
- Classify an information product yourself before it enters circulation in Russia, into one of five age categories: for children under 6, for children 6 and older, for children 12 and older, for children 16 and older, or prohibited for children (Article 6).
- Put the age mark (0+, 6+, 12+, 16+ or 18+) on an information product before circulation, at the minimum display size Article 12 sets; information distributed over telecommunications networks, including the Internet, is exempt unless it is registered network media or an audiovisual service (Articles 11 and 12).
- If you run an unregistered website, you may carry a machine-readable age mark under your own self-classification (Article 14).
- If you run an audiovisual service, classify it yourself and ensure minors cannot access content in the prohibited-for-children category (Article 14).
- If you organize an event that shows information prohibited for children, keep out anyone under 18 (Article 11).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Covered services
any information product distributed in Russia (print, broadcast, live events, websites, and audiovisual/video-on-demand services), with internet content generally exempt from the physical age-mark duty except registered network media and audiovisual services
Obligation class
Design code, Content labelling, Age verification
Verification methods
Self declaration, Gov ID
What this law does
Article 6 requires the producer or distributor of an information product to self-classify it, before it enters circulation in Russia, into one of five age categories: for children under 6, for children 6 and older, for children 12 and older, for children 16 and older, or prohibited for children. Article 12 sets the corresponding age marks (0+, 6+, 12+, 16+, 18+) and their minimum display size.
Article 11 requires the age mark on most information products before circulation, but exempts information distributed over telecommunications networks including the Internet other than registered network media and audiovisual services,. Article 11 also requires the organizer of an event that shows information prohibited for children to keep out anyone under 18.
Where the person selling tickets or controlling entry doubts that a visitor is an adult, Article 11 lets that person demand an identity document establishing age, or check age data the visitor presents through the multifunctional information exchange service. Federal Law No. 569-FZ of rewrote that provision, and its changes took effect on .
Article 14 lets an unregistered website voluntarily carry a machine-readable age mark under its own self-classification, but requires an audiovisual service to classify itself and to ensure minors cannot access content in the prohibited-for-children category.
Articles 6, 11, 12 and 14 all came into force on under the Act's own commencement clause in Article 23; Article 14, though set out anew by Federal Law No. 139-FZ of before the Act itself came into force, took effect together with Articles 6, 11 and 12 on that same day.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app serves under-18s.
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