OREANDA-NEWS. December 26, 2008. The Moscow Arbitration Court confirmed validity of the decision of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia). Earlier FAS Russia found that "Moskovskaya Teplosetevaya Kompania [Moscow Heat-Supply Network Company]" OJSC ("MTK" OJSC) and "Moskovskaya Ob'yedinennaya Energeticheskaya Kompania [Moscow Integrated Energy Company]" OJSC ("MOEK" OJSC) violated the antimonopoly legislation, reported the press-centre of FAS Russia.

On 25th August 2008 FAS Russia pronounced that "MTK" OJSC and "MOEK" OJSC violated Part 1 Article 11 of the Federal Law "On Protection of Competition".

The case was initiated upon a petition of "Mosenergo" OJSC.

The Moscow Government and the Moscow Regional Energy Commission were involved in the case as the interested parties.

"MTK" OJSC and "MOEK" OJSC violated the antimonopoly legislation by engaging in concerted actions aimed at infringing the interests of "Mosenergo" OJSC.

"MTK" OJSC unreasonably refused to sing a contract with "Mosenergo" OJSC for transmitting heat energy (the amount of "MOEK" OJSC), which breached Part 1 Article 10 of the Federal Law "On Protection of Competition".

Also "MTK" OJSC disseminated false and incorrect information, which can inflict damages upon the economic entity, by addressing customers of "Mosenergo" OJSC and pointing out the mandatory requirement for an energy-receiving device, connected to the network of the energy-supplying organization for signing the energy supply contract.