Overview

In September 2011, the Russian State Duma passed the first reading of the the Bill "On Amendments to the Federal Law ‘On Protection of Competition'". The Bill aims to improve on the the Second Anti-Monopoly Package of 2009. This briefing from Goltsplat BLP's competition and antitrust team looks at the key features of the new amendments and outlines how they will directly affect the majority of market participants in Russia. Areas under discussion include:

● 'monopoly high' prices;

● concerted practices;

● intellectual property rights;

● joint ventures;

● vertical agreements;

● tender procedure;

● economic concentration;

● reconsideration of cases;

● liability.

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