OREANDA-NEWS. April 20, 2010. Alexey Sushkevich, the Head of the Analytical Department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia), had several working meetings with the top executives and officers of the Commission for Protection of Economic Competition of the Republic of Armenia. The focus of the meetings that took place in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, was on preparation of the report "On the state and trends of developing competition policy in the Republic of Armenia", which is scheduled to be considered at the next session of the Interstate Council on Antimonopoly Policy in June 2010, reported the press-centre of FAS Russia.

At the meeting the parties discussed a wide spectrum of issues: specific features of competition protection policy in Armenia in view of its membership in WTO, completeness and coherence of competition protection established as a priority in the Constitution and policy documents of the Government and the President of the Republic of Armenia, organizational principles of the work of the Armenian antimonopoly authority, original methods for exposing shadow sectors of the markets developed and applied by Armenian experts, and some other issues.

Following the meetings with the Commission Chairman Artak Shaboyan, Commissioner Grair Aramyan, the Commission's Chief of Staff Vagan Yegiazaryan, officers of specialized Departments a detailed system of report headings was drawn out and the requirements to the content of each section were set. The parties agreed to continue exchanging information to ensure timely preparation of the report, which should reflect all aspects of the work of the Commission, the state of competition on the markets in Armenia, as well as impact of global markets upon Armenian economy.

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In 2010 Mr. Artak G. Shaboyan was appointed the Chairman of the Commission for Protection of Economic Competition of the Republic of Armenia.

In Armenia members of the Commission are appointed by Order of the President of the Republic of Armenia. Formally the Commission's status is independent from the Government, the Parliament and the President.