OREANDA-NEWS. September 24, 2013. Novosibirsk regional Arbitration Court dismissed a claim of “Capital” Ltd. (a trading network of “Universam Udachnykh Pokupok”, “Lider Ekonomii” and “Supermarket”) to invalidate a determination issued by the office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service in the Novosibirsk region (Novosibirsk OFAS Russia).

Earlier Novosibirsk OFAS Russia fined “Capital” Ltd. 2,000,000 million Rubles for breaching the Law “On the Fundamental Principles of State Regulation of Trading Activities in the Russian Federation”.

The company created discriminatory conditions: 3 of 20 suppliers of bakery products to в “Capital” Ltd. had to pay remuneration to “Capital” Ltd. for supplying goods. Other 17 suppliers were not charged for supplying goods to the trading network.

Part 1 Article 14.40 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Violations specifies liability of a legal person for creating discriminatory conditions for economic entities selling food products through a trading network.