OREANDA-NEWS. May 07, 2014. Moscow Arbitration Court confirmed legitimacy of the decision and determination of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) with regard to St Petersburg Tariff Committee (the Committee).

The Antimonopoly Service received a complaint from “RosEnergoSet” Ltd. that the Committee violated the antimonopoly law. The Committee avoided setting the tariff for electric power transmission services (a violation of Part 1 Article 15 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition”).

The FAS Commission established that at the end of 2011 “RosEnergoSet” Ltd. submitted documents and appended materials to the Committee for the purposes of setting the tariff for electric power transmission services in 2012. The deadline for setting the tariff for “RosEnergoSet” Ltd. by the Committee cannot exceed 60 days from the date of submitting the application and supporting materials. The tariff regulator, however, failed to set the tariff for “RosEnergoSet” Ltd. within the statutory period.

Such actions restricted competition, particular, unreasonably prevented activities of the economic entity by fixing the requirements not provided for by the Russian Federation. Absence of the tariff for electric power transmission services prevented operations of “RosEnergoSet” Ltd. on the market of electric power transmission services.

The Antimonopoly Service issued a determination to St Petersburg Tariff Committee to eliminate the violations of the antimonopoly law.

The Committee disagreed with FAS decision and determination and filed a lawsuit. Moscow Arbitration Court, however, dismissed the claim.