A mechanism of administrative appeals in the field of construction is employed in Russia

On 10 January 2016, No. 250-FZ Federal Law of 13.07.2015 came into force assigning FAS the powers to review complaints against the authorities, municipal governments and engineering-and-technical organizations responsible for construction.

 Legal entities may lodge complaints to FAS no later than 3 months after an appealed action was performed. FAS must review a complaint within seven days. If the regulator confirms the violation, is must issue a binding determination to eliminate the violation.

The draft law provides for holding violators administratively liable. The fine for officials shall be from 3000 to 5000 RUB, in an event of a repeated violation – 30,000 –50,000 RUB or disqualification for two years. The fines for the companies performing network connection will be 10,000 – 40,000 RUB for officials and 100,000 RUB – 500,000 RUB for legal entities; repeated violations, however, are punishable by disqualification for up to 3 years or increased fines: up to 50,000 RUB for officials and up to 1 million RUB for legal entities.  

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No. 250-FZ Federal Law of 13.07.2015 made changes to Article 18.1 of No. 135-FZ Federal Law “On Protection of Competition” that formalized the procedure for reviewing complaints as well as changes to Article 23 in the part of issuing determinations upon establishing facts of violating the law.