OREANDA-NEWS. June 20, 2012. The 9th Arbitration Appeal Court upheld the judgment of Moscow Arbitration Court and confirmed legitimacy of FAS determination to fine “Belarus Food Company” Ltd. over 12 million Rubles for taking part in an anticompetitive agreement, reported the press-centre of FAS Russia. 

On 20th January 2011, the FAS Commission found that “Mozyrsalt” OJSC, “Belarus Food Company” Ltd., “TDS” CJSC and “Evrotrust Expo” Ltd. violated the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition” (concerted actions that result in dividing the market). The companies agreed upon conditions for selling salt, produced by “Mozyrsalt” OJSC, in Moscow and the Moscow region. FAS imposed a turnover fine upon “Belarus Food Company” Ltd.

In its turn, “Belarus Food Company” Ltd. lodged a lawsuit to the Arbitration Court to change FAS determination in the part of the administrative sanctions. The Arbitration Courts, however, supported the FAS position and the decision came into force.

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Under Part 1 Article 14.32 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Violations, concluding an agreement, prohibited by the antimonopoly law of the Russian Federation, by an economic entity, as well as taking part in it, or exercising concerted actions, prohibited by the antimonopoly law of the Russian Federation, by an economic entity, are punishable by an administrative fine upon officials – from 20,000 to 50,000 Rubles, or disqualification for the period of up to three years; for legal entities – from one hundredths to fifteen hundredths of the income of the violator from selling goods (works, services) on the market where the administrative violation was committed, but no less than 100,000 Rubles, and if the income of the violator from selling goods (works, services) on the market where the administrative violation was committed exceeds 75% of the total income of the violator from selling all goods (works, services) – from three thousandths to three hundredths of the income of the violator from selling goods (works, services) on the market where the administrative violation was committed, but no less than 100,000 Rubles.