// SPS Consultant. Plus. 2014. This edition is an article-by-article commentary on the Federal Law of November 21, 2011. N 325-FZ "On organized trading", which reveals the issues of application of the rules by which relations are built on organized trading on the commodity and financial markets: the legal status of the organizers of trade is determined Requirements for organizers and bidders; the objectives of creating a unified system for regulating the activities of the organizers of such trade are analyzed; procedure for conducting organized tenders and concluding contracts on them ; the functions of the federal executive authority in the field of financial markets ; State control activities are regulated during organized bidding. Commenting on the law, authors analyze it through comparative analysis with norms, existing in the field of organized bidding prior to the adoption of this law , This is due to its imperfections and imperfections ,. provide practical author's recommendations on the application of certain legislative provisions. The comment is intended for managers and employees of auction organizers, officials of the federal executive body in the field of financial markets, control bodies . In the preparation of this edition, regulatory legal acts as of January 20, 2014.