OREANDA-NEWS. June 18, 2014. Moscow Arbitration Court dismissed a claim of “Fire Monitoring Service – 26” Ltd. to invalidate a determination of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) to hold the company administratively liable for failure to submit information upon requests from the antimonopoly authority.

In February – May 2013, FAS carried out an unscheduled inspection of “Argus-Spektr” CJSC. In the course of the inspection, the necessary information was requested form the inspected person as well as its entities. To prevent the inspection, “Argus-Spektr” CJSC and many of its dealers refused to submit the requested information to the antimonopoly authority referring to the need to obtain additional explanations about the goals of the FAS inspection.

As a result, FAS opened a number of cases on administrative violations. The violators, including “SPM-26” Ltd., were held liable. The FAS decisions were challenged and now the Courts verify their compliance with the law.

“The judgment of the Arbitration Court once again confirms that executing requests from the antimonopoly authority is mandatory. Attempts to frustrate our investigations by not providing information lead only to material losses for the participants of such actions”, emphasized the Head of FAS Anti-Cartel Department, Andrey Tenischev.