OREANDA-NEWS. March 25, 2013. Moscow Arbitration Court allowed the claim of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) on holding an executive of “BAZIS-NN” Ltd. administratively liable and imposing a fine (20,000 Rubles) upon a fact of violating the antimonopoly law (Part 1 Article 14.32 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Violations).

On 23rd May 2012, the FAS Commission found that “Sintez” CJSC and “BAZIS-NN” Ltd. violated the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition” (Clause 2 Part 2 and Part 4 Article 1) concluding and participating in an anticompetitive agreement).

The companies concluded a distribution agreement which obligated not to sell products of economic entities that compete with the buyer. The agreement also restricted competition on the market of medical products by dividing the market under the geographical principle.

The FAS Commission did not issue a determination to stop the violations due to their voluntary elimination.

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Investigating administrative cases against executives by Arbitration Courts became possible as a result of applying the provisions of the “third antimonopoly package” which introduced amendments to the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Violations and determined the new rules for jurisdiction of such category of disputes.