OREANDA-NEWS. May 13, 2014. The Federal Arbitration Court of West-Siberian District upheld the determination of the Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service in the Omsk region (Omsk OFAS Russia) to fine “Omskoblgaz” OJSC over 1.9 million RUB.

The fine was imposed when in February 2013 the Antimonopoly Service found that “Omskoblgaz” OJSC abused market dominance by violating Part 1 Article 10 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition”, since the company unreasonably charged a fee for providing technical possibility of connecting to the gas-supply system with the owners of residential houses, residing in Rakitinka village, the Omsk district, the Omsk region.

“Omskoblgaz” OJSC disagreed with the acts passed by the antimonopoly body and filed a lawsuit. The Courts of three instances upheld the determination of Omsk OFAS Russia and dismissed the claim.