“The authorities and business united their efforts against counterfeit”
The statement was made by the Head of FAF Fiscal Control Department, Vladimir Mishelovin, addressing participants of the XI All-Russian Conference on Alcohol Market – “AlcoCongress-2016” and the II All-Russian Conference on Wine Market – “Wine Forum at Prodexpo” (1).
“Representatives of the authorities and businessmen together must discuss and solve the industry issues. Such events facilitate development of the necessary dialogue”, pointed out Vladimir Mishelovin.
The Head of FAF Fiscal Control Department discussed the work of the antimonopoly authority to suppress the practice of regional protectionism on the alcohol market.
“One of the significant events of such work is a report on regional protectionism that FAS drafted in close cooperation with members of FAS Expert Council on developing competition in alcohol markets. We expect that in the near future the report will be considered by the Government Commission on enhancing competitive ability and regulation of alcohol market”, said Mr. Mishelovin.
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1. “AlcoCongress” and “Wine Forum” are annual events at “ProdExpo” All-Russian Exhibition. Attendees traditionally include representatives of the Federal Assembly of the Russians Federation, federal executive bodies, the authorities of the subjects of the Russian Federation as well as self-regulated organizations, unions, associations, enterprises from Russian regions.
The main theme of “AlcoCongress-2016” was discussing the issues related to a set of measures aimed at reducing the level of counterfeit alcohol products and supporting bona fide companies to form a civilized alcohol market. Participants of the “Wine Forum” discussed issues of government regulation of the industry, structural changes on the wine market, as well as state support for developing domestic vine-growing and winemaking.