COURT UPHELD DECISION OF FAS RUSSIA ON ROAD CARTEL FOR 2.6 BILLION RUB
Arbitration Court of the city of Moscow recognized as lawful the decision of FAS in relation to Vostok-MGK LLC, Vostokdorstroy LLC, Transline LLC and Pereval LLC
Earlier, FAS Russia recognized the organizations as violating the Law on Protection of Competition*.
The companies entered into an anticompetitive agreement, the result of which was the restriction of competition in 5 procurement procedures. Auctions were held for repair work, construction and maintenance of highways in the Sakhalin region in 2020-2021.
The total value of the contracts concluded by the organizations was 2,591,780,821 rubles.
Organizations face turnover fines under the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation**.
* Paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Article 11 of the Federal Law No. 135-FZ of July 26, 2006 "On Protection of Competition"
** Part 2 of Article 14.32 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation