ANDREY TSYGANOV: DEVELOPING REGION INVESTMENT ATTRACTIVENESS IS ABSOLUTELY PROCOMPETITIVE
For the first time, the White Book of pro-competitive regional practices will have a special section presenting regions of the Russian Federation that are investment attractiveness leaders
On 11 June 2019, FAS Methodological Council discussed draft White and Black Books of pro-and anti-competitive regional practices in 2018.
“This is not the first discussion of the draft White and Black Books. Most examples were approved already at the first meeting”, commented Chairman of the Methodological Council, Deputy Head of FAS Andrey Tsyganov. “We have considered proposals of two NGOs – the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and “Opora Russia”, and the practices of regional authorities that they proposes to include in the White Book.”
He continued: “We did not include some examples of precompetitive actions by the authorities in the White Book because such practice as, for example, implementing antimonopoly compliance or drafting proposals on procurement operations are obligations of the authorities rather than the best practices”.
2018 White Book will include a new section, for the first time identifying the regions of the Russian Federation that are the leaders in investment activity. Experts of the Methodological Council approved the proposal. The work is carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of Economic Development and the Strategic Initiatives Agency.
“We think that the White Book should be added a list of investment - attractive regions of Russia because attracting investments is an absolutely pro-competitive story”, stated Andrey Tsyganov.
According to Chairman of the Methodological Council, “some time is still required to clarify the status of the projects that are being appealed or the orders are not due yet”.
FAS plans to fully compile the Black and White Books in July 2019, which then will be published on the official web site of the antimonopoly body and forwarded to Heads of the regions of the Russian Federation.