OREANDA-NEWS. April 21, 2014. Moscow Arbitration Court pronounced legitimacy of the decision and determination of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) and the fines upon “ATAK” Ltd. – 18 million RUB.

In 2013, the Antimonopoly Service found that “ATAK” Ltd. violated Clause 1 Part 1 Article 13 of No.381 Federal Law “On the Fundamental Principles of Regulating Trading Activity in the Russian Federation” (the Law on Trade). The company created discriminatory conditions in determining the costs of services for advertising goods through demonstrating goods samples in percentage of the total price of the supplied goods.

The FAS Commission established that “ATAK” Ltd. charged different fees the same volume of services on promoting and increasing sales of goods (the services of researching consumer demand trends for the goods in “ATAK” stores) from suppliers of fish and fish products.

FAS issued a determination to eliminate violations of the antimonopoly law.

Under the framework of administrative proceedings, the Antimonopoly Service fined the company over 18 million RUB.

“ATAK” Ltd. disagreed with FAS decision and determination and filed a lawsuit. Moscow Arbitration Court, however, pronounced legitimacy of both the decision and the fine.