OREANDA-NEWS. September 15, 2011. Andrey Tsyganov, Deputy Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia), had a meeting with Paul Csiszar, Director of the Department for Basic Industries, Manufacturing and Agriculture, Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission, in course of “Competition Day in Russia” in Rostov-on-Don, reported the press-centre of FAS Russia.

Andrey Tsyganov expressed his gratitude to the representative of the European Commission for his welcoming address at the plenary session of “Competition Day in Russia”, and presentations at the workshop “Ensuring Competition on Pharmaceutical Market” and the Round Table “Achieving Food Security – Antimonopoly Approaches”, where Paul Csiszar shared the best practices of the European Union with the audience.

Andrey Tsyganov pointed out that participation of Paul Csiszar in these events became yet another step in positive development of cooperation between FAS Russia and Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission.

Summing up the meeting, Andrey Tsyganov expressed his hope for further productive cooperation between FAS Russia and Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission in course of joint events aimed at exchanging experience on the issues of competition policy and enforcement as well as under the framework of joint investigations of antimonopoly violations on the cross-border markets in order to ensure competitive environment on the common European economic space.