OREANDA-NEWS. February 18, 2013. The 9th Arbitration Appeal Court upheld the judgment of Moscow Arbitration Court regarding legitimacy of the decision and determination of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) on the case of violating the antimonopoly law by the Federal Tariff Service (restricting competition on the market of payment systems), reported the press-centre of FAS Russia.

Earlier, on 23rd April 2012, the FAS Commission found that the Federal Tariff Service violated Clause 2 Part 1 Article 15 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition”. The FAS Commission concluded that by stopping accepting “Zelyony Koridor” customs cards for payment customs charges in November 2011 and then delaying the procedure of resuming card acceptance, the Federal Tariff Service unreasonably prevented activities of “Tamozhennaya Platyozhnaya Sistema” Ltd. as a coordinator of customs cards issuance.

As of the date of making the decision on the case, operations of the payment system organized by “Tamozhennaya Platyozhnaya Sistema” Ltd. were practically terminated.

FAS issued a determination to the Federal Tariff Service to stop violating the antimonopoly law and to exercise actions towards competition protection.

The Federal Tariff Service filed a lawsuit challenging the FAS decision and determination.

On 10th October 2012, Moscow Arbitration Court dismissed the claim of the Federal Tariff Service, confirming legitimacy and reasonableness of the decision and determination of the FAS Commission.

On 12th February2013, the Federal Tariff Service challenged the judgment of Moscow Arbitration Court at the 9th Arbitration Appeal Court, which dismissed the appeal.

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Clause 2 Part 1 Article 15 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition” prohibits federal executive bodies to unreasonably prevent activities of economic entities.