FAS Methodological Council approved the concept of a draft law on regulating the leniency procedure for the persons reported about a cartel

The Methodological Council also discussed some issues of individual and collective dominance, a collection of FAS standard documents and the guidelines for analyzing the market of federal ad regional highway construction works

Members of FAS Methodological Council considered a draft Federal Law “On introducing changes to the Federal Law “Protection of Competition” and other  legislative acts of the Russian Federation” that regulates employment of the marker system and the leniency programme in anti-cartel cases.

According to Head of FAS Legal Department Artem Molchanov, such legislative formalization is expedient in terms of efficiency.

“Upon editorial correction, the draft law will be considered by FAS Presidium. The document is very timely. It adds the draft law on adopting antimonopoly compliance procedures”, emphasized Deputy Head of FAS Andrey Tsyganov who chairs the Methodological Council. “This is about detailed regulation of the procedures for interaction of the antimonopoly body with a cartel participant if the latter decides to report about an anticompetitive agreement and take advantage of the leniency Clause” *.

* Article 14.32 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Violations establishes administrative liability for anticompetitive agreements that resulted in restricted competition, unlawful concerted actions or coordinating economic activity.

At the same time different types of anticompetitive agreements are of different level of public danger, therefore, there are differentiated fines for such types of violations.