OREANDA-NEWS. December 12, 2008. The Moscow Arbitration Court dismissed the claim of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation (Minregion) on invalidating the decision and determination issued by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia), reported the press-centre of FAS Russia.

Earlier FAS Russia recognized that Minregion had violated the Federal Law "On State and Municipal Procurement of Goods, Works and Services".

FAS Russia received a complaint of "MEGATRON" Ltd. against the actions of the governmental ordering party - Minregion - in an open auction for the services of technical maintenance of copying-duplicating equipment.

"MEGATRON" Ltd. claimed that the ordering party - Minregion - set the requirements to the documents included in the auction bid that were not specified in the law on state procurement: the requirement to present a copy of the certificate of the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control, as well as notary-certified copies of the licenses for the works that were subject of the auction.

According to Part 3 Article 35 of the Federal Law "On State Procurement…", a bidder cannot be required to present documents and information other than specified in Part 2 Article 35 of the Federal Law "On State Procurement…".

According to Clause 2 Part 2 Article 35 of the Federal Law "On State Procurement…", a bidder cannot be required to present copies of the documents confirming that the services meet the recruitments set under the legislation of the Russian Federation if according to the laws of the Russian Federation such documents should be supplied with the goods.

Minregion disagreed with the decision of the antimonopoly authority and appealed. The Court, however, dismissed the appeal of the Ministry.