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2015-02-27
THE LEGALITY OF DECISIONS AND ORDERS OF THE FEDERAL ANTIMONOPOLY SERVICE OF RUSSIA IN THE MOSCOW REGION MADE IN RESPECT OF LLC " RAMENSKIY KONDITERSKIY KOMBINAT "* WILL BE CHECKED

BY COURT OF ARBITRATION. THE APPLICABLE REGULATIONS OF THE ANTIMONOPOLY AUTHORITY ARE SUSPENDED.

December 11, 2014 The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia in the Moscow region has issued a decision in the case of violation of  Ramenskiy Konditerskiy Kombinat paragraph 2 of part 1 of article 14 of the Law on protection of competition. According to the Antimonopoly authority, LLC "Ramenskiy Konditerskiy Kombinat ", the dealer of  LLC "RKK Trade", was carried out by unfair competition by the introduction into civil circulation sponge cakes "Baker House" with the use of cardboard packaging design (shell), similar to the degree of mixing with the design of cartons used by LLC "Farretti Rus».

LLC " Ramenskiy Konditerskiy Kombinat " did not agreeing with the conclusions of the competition authority has applied to the court of arbitration on disputed decisions and issued on its basis, the requirements of the Antimonopoly authority. Design solutions used at the time of packaging "Catalan pies", became the subject of antitrust proceedings are the result of independent developments of  Ramenskiy Konditerskiy Kombinat, the exclusive rights owned by the Company that has not been properly investigated and evaluated by the competition authority when making a decision. The competition authority has not carried out its own research on the question of similarity of packaging products from different manufacturers, and materials used, according to the Company, do not reflect the opinions of consumers in exercising their choice of products.

February 17, 2015 The arbitration court of Moscow decided to produce a statement of Ramenskiy Konditerskiy Kombinat contesting the above acts, of  The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia in the Moscow region (the case number A40-23182/15-149-178).

Thus, by virtue of the provisions of article 52 of the Law on Protection of Competition, the execution of the order the Antimonopoly authority suspended until the date of the decision of the court of arbitration in force since the adoption of the statement on appeal provisions to the arbitration court from February 17, 2015.

 

 * LLC "RKK Trade" - the official dealer of " Ramenskiy Konditerskiy Kombinat "