OREANDA-NEWS.  January 27, 2014. The Investigation Department of the Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation in the Primorie region initiated a criminal case upon corpus delicti specified in Part 2 Article 178 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

On 20th May 2013, the Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service in the Primorie region (Primorie OFAS Russia) found that “TD DMP” Ltd., “Aquaresource-DV” Ltd. and “PRK” Ltd. violated Clause 2 Part 1 Article 11 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition”.

Earlier Primorie OFAS Russia received materials from the Investigation Department of the Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation in the Far East Federal District, indicating violations of the antimonopoly law by a number of economic entities that had concluded prohibited agreements in the course of an open auction for allocating catch (harvesting) quotas for opilio crab in Primorie sub-zone (to the south of Golden Cape) in November 2010.

Investigating the case, the Commission of Primorie OFAS Russia found that “TD DMP” Ltd., “Aquaresource-DV” Ltd. and “PRK” Ltd. violated the antimonopoly law by concluding an agreement, which resulted in maintaining prices at the auction. The materials of the antimonopoly case were forwarded to the investigation bodies to initiate a criminal case.

Currently, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) is investigating a case on anticompetitive agreements involving the Federal Fishery Agency (Rosrybolovstvo), Primorie Office of Rosrybolovstvo and “Taifun” Ltd., “Aquaresource-DV” Ltd. and “Kometa” Ltd. in the course of the auctions for allocating catch (harvesting) quotas for horsehair crab, blue crab and king crab in Primorie sub-zone (to the south of Golden Cape) in 2012.