FAS IMPOSED 228 MILLION RUB FINE ON PARTICIPANTS OF THE ROAD CARTEL
Companies have to pay this amount for the conclusion and implementation of an anticompetitive agreement at the auction
In September 2022, FAS Russia recognized the State Unitary Enterprise RostovAvtoDor and Stroitel LLC as violating the antimonopoly legislation*.
The authority found that the companies had entered into a cartel collusion in order to maintain prices at auction. Auctions were held for the construction, repair and maintenance of highways in the Rostov region and the Republic of Kalmykia in 2017-2020. Trade procedures were carried out, including, during the implementation of the national project "Safe High-quality roads". The amount of the concluded state contracts amounted to 1,947,936,610 rubles.
For the conclusion and implementation of a cartel agreement, turnover fines were imposed on organizations in the total amount of 228,791,080 rubles**.
* Paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Article 11 of Federal Law No. 135-FZ of 26.07.2006 "On Protection of Competition"
** In accordance with Article 14.32 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation