OREANDA-NEWS. December 20, 2012. The 9th Arbitration Appeal Court confirmed legitimacy of the decision of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) regarding the Government of Saratov Region, which granted exclusive rights to a budgetary enterprise – “Integrated Capital Construction Directorate”.


FAS found that the regional Government violated the antimonopoly law in the part of creating advantages for a budgetary enterprise of the Saratov region – “Integrated Capital Construction Directorate”, which provides the most beneficial conditions for the enterprise and can result in restricting competition (Part 1 Article 15 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition”). “Integrated Capital Construction Directorate” was given an exclusive right to carry out the works for technical supervision (construction control) over construction, reconstruction, restoration, capital repair and modernization of commercial and social-and-cultural facilities and obtain budgetary funds when the state customer is the Capital Construction Committee of the Saratov region.

The Government of Saratov Region was issued a determination to withdraw the Clause in the Governmental Order according to which construction control services had to be exercised only by “Integrated Capital Construction Directorate”.


The regional Government disagreed with the decision and determination of the antimonopoly body and approached Moscow Arbitration Court and then the 9th Arbitration Appeal Court. However, the Courts of two instances dismissed the claim of the Government of Saratov Region and supported the FAS position.