Arbitration Court pronounced legitimacy of a more 23.4 million RUB fine for an anticompetitive agreement

On 17 August 2016, Moscow Arbitration Court pronounced legitimacy of a fine imposed by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) upon “RDIEX Razumnie Delovie Tekhnologii” JSC. The company was fined over 23.4 million RUB.

In FAS found that the Federal Customs Service (FTS Russia), “SBL-Technologies” Ltd. and “RDIEX Razumnie Delovie Tekhnologii” JSC violated the antimonopoly law.

The companies concluded an anticompetitive agreement organizing an open auction in the electronic for the government contract for non-exclusive rights of using software for performance of ORACLE software products and prototype software with technical support of services for starting-up the software and offering integrated technical support of ORACLE software products (Article 16 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition”).

Investigating the case FAS established that the agreement participants jointly devised technical requirements to the auction documentation in order to eliminate competition at the auction and ensure that “SBL-Technologies” Ltd. would win and “RDIEX Razumnie Delovie Tekhnologii” JSC took part in executing the government contract.

“RDIEX Razumnie Delovie Tekhnologii” JSC is fined over 23.4 million RUB.

The company filed a lawsuit, challenging the decision. Moscow Arbitration Court dismissed the claim.