OREANDA-NEWS. March 05, 2010. The Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service in the Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous District [Okrug] (the Khanty-Mansiisk OFAS Russia) fined "Aptechnaya Baza" state-owned enterprise of the Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous District 5 million Rubles and "SIA INTERNATIONAL Ltd." 1 million Rubles for participating in a bid-rigging collusion, reported the press-centre of FAS Russia.

The companies violated the antimonopoly law by engaging in a bid-rigging collusion for supplying medicines in the Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous District - Yugra.

Earlier the Khanty-Mansiisk OFAS Russia found that wholesale suppliers of medicines "Aptechnaya Baza" state-owned enterprise of the Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous District and "SIA INTERNATIONAL Ltd." violated Clause 2 Part 1 Article 11 of the Federal Law "On Protection of Competition" by exercising concerted actions for fixing and maintaining prices at No.15 auction in February 2009 for the government contract for supplying medicines for the residents of the Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous District - Yugra, that were entitled to benefits.

For exercising unlawful actions, OFAS Russia imposed administrative charges upon the companies: "turnover" fines in the amount of 0.003% of the companies' income in 2008.

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In 2009 regional offices of FAS Russia initiated 11 cases against pharmacy chains under Article 11 of the Federal Law "On Protection of Competition". Cases were initiated in the Buraytia Republic, the Voronezh and Sverdlovsk regions and the Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous District.