Anti-Cartel Department

The 9th Arbitration Appeal Court upheld the verdict of Moscow Arbitration Court to pronounce legitimacy and reasonableness of FAS decision on a case against “Kama Cable” Ltd., “POSSKAT” OJSC, “Kavkazkabel” Cable Plant” JSC, “Cable Alliance Holding” Ltd., “Uralkabel” JSC, and “Sibkabel” JSC.

The Ministry of Health Care of the Republic of Udmurtia and two state unitary enterprises concluded an anticompetitive agreement that led or could have led to restricting competition

FAS Commission found that suppliers of equipment for “Vybory” State Automated System of the Russian Federation violated the antimonopoly law. Cartel participants may be imposed turnover fines (from 10 to 50% of the initial maximum contract price under Part 2 Article 14.32 of the Code on Administrative Violations).

The Antimonopoly Service implemented a system of indentifying bid-rigging cartels and drafted the guidelines for countering anticompetitive agreements

FAS suspects that bidders of auctions for supplying medicines and medical products for the needs of health care institutions formed a cartel to maintain prices at 426 auctions organized in 5 subjects of the Russian Federation in 2015-2016