OREANDA-NEWS. April 11, 2012. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) initiated a case against Bryansk Regional Authority. The signs of the violation: changing criteria for selecting agricultural producers, peasant (farm) holdings for participating in a Target Programme in the Bryansk region. It can constitute violation of Part 1 Article 15 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition”, reported the press-centre of FAS Russia.

FAS established that Bryansk Regional Authority changed the procedures for granting subsidies to agricultural producers, peasant (farm) holdings in the Bryansk region, which resulted or could have resulted in reducing the number of participants of the long-term Target Programme “Developing Beef Farming in the Bryansk Region” (for 2009-2012), and preventing, restricting, eliminating competition on the market of beef farming.

Changes concerned the criteria for selecting agricultural producers, peasant (farm) holdings for granting subsidies to compensate the costs of purchasing breeding cattle, compensate the costs of reconstructing a livestock house for live-stock handling, as well as purchasing agricultural equipment for forage conservation.

All interested persons can inform FAS about possible infringements of their rights by Bryansk Regional Authority on (499) 254-71-59 and e-mail nechaeva_n@fas.gov.ru, the contact person – Ms. Natalia Nechaeva.

The case is scheduled for 30th May 2012.

Reference:

Part 1 Article 15 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition” prohibits federal executive bodies, the authorities of the constituent territories of the Russian Federation, local self-government bodies to adopt acts and (or) exercise actions (omissions), which lead or can lead to preventing, restricting, eliminating competition, except cases provided for by the federal law for adopting acts and (or) exercising such actions (omissions).