OREANDA-NEWS. November 15, 2013. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) initiated a case upon signs of violating the antimonopoly law against the Central Energy Customs, which issued teletypograms to the heads of energy customs stations regarding certain types of goods.

The case was initiated upon a petition of the “Association of Marine and River Banker Suppliers” Self-Regulatory Organization.

According to FAS, actions of the Central Energy Customs for issuing such teletypograms can restrict economic entities in their choice of the bunkering methods and locations and has signs of violating Part 1 Article 15 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition”.

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The Central Energy Customs operates under direct control of the Federal Customs Service. It is responsible for customs operations and customs control over energy sources (crude oil, gas condensate, natural gas, coal, lignite (brown coal), peat, coke, shale, and electric power), the products of their processing, and the means of transport used to move them across the customs border of the Russian Federation.