The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS) (russian: Федеральная антимонопольная служба России, ФАС России) is the federal-level
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governmental organ that controls the execution of the
antitrust law
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and related areas.
The FAS was established by
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Vladimir Putin
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through Decree #314, which was issued on March 9, 2004. The agency was led from its inception in 2004 to 2020 by
Igor Artemiev. He has since been replaced in this capacity by Maksim Shaskolsky, the former vice governor of
Saint Petersburg
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.
History
The predecessor of the Federal Antimonopoly Service is the
RSFSR
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
State Committee on Antimonopoly Policy and Support for New Economic Structures, formed in accordance with the RSFSR Law of July 14, 1990 “On Republican Ministries and State Committees of the RSFSR”. Valery Chernogorodsky was appointed Chairman of the Committee. The staff of the apparatus was determined to be 150 units in accordance with the Provisional Regulation on the Civil Code of Russia was introduced, which was approved by Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR of September 10, 1990 No. 344.
In July 2015, on a proposal of the Prime Minister of Russia
Dmitry Medvedev
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, President Vladimir Putin approved the merger of the Federal Tariffs Service with the FAS Russia, adding thus to the competences of the latter mandate with price and tariff regulation, regulation of electricity tariffs, gas prices and certain other tariffs and some functions of natural monopoly regulation.
Organization
Among the departments of the FAS Central authority there are:
* Department for Control over Construction and Natural Resources
* Department for Industry Control
* Department for Regulation over Electric Power Industry
* Department for Regulation of
Telecommunication
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s and Information Technologies
* Department for Control over Financial Markets
* Department for Control over Advertising and Unfair Competition
* Department for Control over Foreign Investment
*
Anti-Cartel Department
* Department for Control over Army and
Naval Armaments, Military Communications Equipment
* and others
International cooperation
The FAS of Russia cooperates with international organizations and foreign authorities in the sphere of the antimonopoly policy, combating unfair competition practices and governmental regulation of natural monopolies.
The FAS of Russia has established ties and participates in the work of the
Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Interstate Council for Antimonopoly Policy (ICAP) uniting 10 CIS Countries and
Ukraine
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,
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD),
Eurasian Economic Union (EEU),
International Competition Network (ICN),
BRICS
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,
European Union
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(basing on the Agreement on partnership and cooperation between Russia and the EU entered into force in 1997),
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC),
Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA).
To enhance international cooperation in the competition field, the FAS of Russia holds annually the event
“Russian Competition Week” which in 2015 gathered heads of competition authorities of the countries all across the globe and was attended by Vladimir Putin.
Prominent cases
Google
On September 14, 2015 the FAS of Russia's Commission arrived to the conclusion on abuse by the
Google
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group of companies of its dominant position on the market of pre-installed application stores, based on investigating the case against Google Inc, Google Ireland Ltd., Google Ltd., following the Russian Internet company
Yandex
Yandex LLC (russian: link=no, Яндекс, p=ˈjandəks) is a Russian multinational technology company providing Internet-related products and services, including an Internet search engine, information services, e-commerce, transportation, maps ...
' complaint that Google’s search engine was compulsorily installed as the default on mobile devices and that its icons enjoyed preferential placement on the screen. To restore competition on the market, Google, in accord with the FAS Russia's determination, must adjust its contracts with mobile devices vendors within a month – exclude anticompetitive requirements from the contracts that restrict installing applications and services of other vendors. In 2021, the FAS fined
Google
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once again on the grounds of alleged violations of advertising law.
See also
*
Russian competition law
Antitrust issues in Russia are regulated by one law: Federal Law No. 135-FZ, “On the Protection of Competition", which entered into force on 26 October 2006. The “3rd antimonopoly package”, which entered into force in January 2012, is indica ...
*
Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government whose principal mission is the enforcement of civil (non-criminal) antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection. The FTC shares jurisdiction ov ...
References
External links
Federal Antimonopoly Service's website
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Government agencies of Russia
Competition regulators
Consumer organizations in Russia
Government agencies established in 2004
2004 establishments in Russia
Regulation in Russia