The article is devoted to the analysis of the impact of legislation on mandatory requirements on bringing controlled persons to administrative responsibility. The author examines the current regulatory framework based on the constitutional requirements for the regulation of economic activity, the principles of administrative responsibility and the legal positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. The article claims that the state has the right and is obliged to create, including through the introduction of administrative responsibility, conditions for coordinating the realization of economic rights and freedoms with other constitutionally significant values. At the same time, it is emphasized that the reform of legislation on mandatory requirements has had a positive impact on the grounds for bringing controlled persons to administrative responsibility for offenses related to economic activity.