OREANDA-NEWS. January 25, 2013. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) issued a warning to “VOLKSWAGEN Group Rus” Ltd. to stop actions (omissions) that have signs of violating Clause 5 Part 1 Article 10 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition” (economically or technologically unjustified refusals and / or avoiding contracts with “Taganka-Service” Ltd.) for supplying original spare parts for AUDI, SKODA, VOLKSWAGEN, SEAT cars, reported the press-centre of FAS Russia.

“Taganka-Service” Ltd. (an independent service-centre that repairs and provides maintenance of AUDI, SKODA, VOLKSWAGEN, SEAT cars) filed a petition to FAS that “VOLKSWAGEN Group Rus” Ltd. had avoided concluding the contract for supplying original spare parts for AUDI, SKODA, VOLKSWAGEN, SEAT cars.

Investigating the petition, FAS analyzed the markets of wholesale sale of spare parts for AUDI, SKODA, VOLKSWAGEN, SEAT cars and found that “VOLKSWAGEN Group Rus” Ltd. is the only supplier of a number of spare parts that do not have analogues on the market.

Thus, FAS identified the dominant position of “VOLKSWAGEN Group Rus” Ltd. on the markets of wholesale sale of spare parts for AUDI, SKODA, VOLKSWAGEN, SEAT cars.

The Antimonopoly Service also established the fact of “VOLKSWAGEN Group Rus” Ltd. avoiding the contract for supplying spare parts for AUDI, SKODA, VOLKSWAGEN, SEAT cars.

The warning must be executed by 15th March 2013.

“The situation with “Taganka-Service” Ltd. is widespread on the wholesale markets of spare parts for other cars. Should there be complaints from independent service centres, FAS will use a similar approach to classify the signs of violations under the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition””, pointed out the Head of FAS Department for Control over Social Sphere and Commerce, Timophei Nizhegorodtsev.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) would like to emphasize to independent service centres that petitions are to be filed to FAS under Articles 39, 44 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition”.