OREANDA-NEWS. January 27, 2014. The 9th Arbitration Appeal Court reversed the ruling of Moscow Arbitration Court to allow the claim of “METRY Cash & Carry” Ltd. on challenging the decision and determination of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) as well as 63 determinations to impose administrative fines, issued upon the outcome of case investigation.

Having investigated the case, FAS found that “METRO Cash & Carry” Ltd. created discriminatory conditions for 65 suppliers of fish and fish products. “METRO Cash & Carry” Ltd. fixed prices for the contract of fee-based services in percentage of the overall price of the goods, supplied under the contract of sale, and charged different prices for the same volume of services in comparison with other suppliers of fish and fish products. It is a violation of Clause 1 Part 1 Article 13 of the Federal Law “On the Fundamental Principles of State Regulation of Trading Activity in the Russian Federation”.

As part of holding “METRO Cash & Carry” administratively liable, FAS issued 63 determinations to impose administrative fines for the total amount of 126 million RUB.

Deputy Head of FAS Department for Social Sphere and Trade, Ekaterina Uryukina, commented: “The ruling of the Appeal Court is very important. The Court confirmed that trading networks charging suppliers of food products for marketing services on the basis of overall price contradicts Russian law. Eliminating this violation will reduce the costs of suppliers, which will positively impact the price of goods for the end buyers”.