OREANDA-NEWS. March 11, 2010. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia), with the assistance of the Delegation of the European Commission to Russia, started the project aimed at increasing efficiency of the measures towards protecting competition and reducing the risks of corruption in granting state preferences in Russia. The project is integrated in a new vehicle of cooperation employed by the European Commission - Common Space Facility, reported the press-centre of FAS Russia.

On 1 - 4 March 2010, representatives of the Central Office of FAS Russia and the Moscow OFAS Russia as well as experts engaged by the European Commission held several sessions focusing on assessment of the existing practice of granting state preferences in the Russian Federation as well as FAS Russia's control over the authorities complying with the antimonopoly legislation in granting state preferences.

The main objectives of the new project: experts will carry out a comparative analysis of state preferences in the EC and Russia and devise recommendations for FAS Russia on employing the best practices of the European Union in this field.

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Common Space Facility - is a new vehicle of co-operation between EC and Russia, launched in the end of 2008. It is designed to support the dialogue within the framework of the four ЕС-Russia Common spaces. Through this vehicle various ministries, agencies and General Directorates, engaged in the dialogues, can file applications for short-term expert consultations, political research, public-awareness-increasing events, seminars, conferences, study trips, etc.