Elena Sokolovskaya, head of the antimonopoly practice
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2025 4:28 am
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On March 28, 2024, the Russian government's decree on lifting the moratorium on antitrust inspections of IT companies came into force. Mikhail German, an adviser to the law firm "Impravo", emphasized that even before the moratorium was lifted, the FAS monitored IT companies: "Marketplaces are no exception. I believe ivory coast whatsapp number database that lifting the moratorium will only lead to increased control over the activities of marketplaces, including in matters of compliance with and protection of copyright and exclusive rights to trademarks when selling goods as part of parallel imports. Disputes between sellers and buyers existed before the moratorium was lifted, but they are due to the requirements of the law on consumer protection."
at Pepeliaev Group, said that in 2023, the FAS received a significant number of complaints from sellers and consumers about the actions of marketplaces: "These circumstances, together with the fact that the FAS established the fact of collective dominance of Ozon and Wildberries in the marketplaces, allowed the antimonopoly authority to come to the conclusion that Ozon's actions contain signs of violating Article 10.1 of Federal Law No. 135-FZ ("On Protection of Competition") and issue it a warning to stop actions that contain signs of this violation."
In a conversation with a ComNews correspondent, Elena Sokolovskaya also mentioned that the number of civil disputes between buyers and sellers has increased recently: "From the point of view of antitrust legislation, disputes arise in connection with the activities of the marketplaces themselves, but there are not very many such disputes. To date, most of these cases have been resolved either voluntarily within the framework of the industry's self-regulation process, or in a preventive manner in the form of warnings from the antitrust authority to cease actions that contain signs of violating antitrust legislation."
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On March 28, 2024, the Russian government's decree on lifting the moratorium on antitrust inspections of IT companies came into force. Mikhail German, an adviser to the law firm "Impravo", emphasized that even before the moratorium was lifted, the FAS monitored IT companies: "Marketplaces are no exception. I believe ivory coast whatsapp number database that lifting the moratorium will only lead to increased control over the activities of marketplaces, including in matters of compliance with and protection of copyright and exclusive rights to trademarks when selling goods as part of parallel imports. Disputes between sellers and buyers existed before the moratorium was lifted, but they are due to the requirements of the law on consumer protection."
at Pepeliaev Group, said that in 2023, the FAS received a significant number of complaints from sellers and consumers about the actions of marketplaces: "These circumstances, together with the fact that the FAS established the fact of collective dominance of Ozon and Wildberries in the marketplaces, allowed the antimonopoly authority to come to the conclusion that Ozon's actions contain signs of violating Article 10.1 of Federal Law No. 135-FZ ("On Protection of Competition") and issue it a warning to stop actions that contain signs of this violation."
In a conversation with a ComNews correspondent, Elena Sokolovskaya also mentioned that the number of civil disputes between buyers and sellers has increased recently: "From the point of view of antitrust legislation, disputes arise in connection with the activities of the marketplaces themselves, but there are not very many such disputes. To date, most of these cases have been resolved either voluntarily within the framework of the industry's self-regulation process, or in a preventive manner in the form of warnings from the antitrust authority to cease actions that contain signs of violating antitrust legislation."
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