August 12013 the Federal Antimonopoly Service of

August 12013 the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) found Primorye territorial department of the Federal Agency for Fisheries (FAF) violated Part 1 Article 15 of the Law "On Protection of Competition" (anti-competitive actions of the executive branch) during December 2012 at three auctions the right to conclude contracts on assignment share quotas (catch) of aquatic biological resources (GBR) and issued an order to eliminate violations of antitrust laws. This is stated in the official report of FAS Russia. It is worth mentioning that the "crab business" is not only in Primorye "sensational", but also one of the most criminal in its consequences: criminal cases, searches, arrests, complaints to the arbitration courts, the noise in the press - here's a list that accompanied the process of distribution of biological resources. Recall that in September 2012 in a seaside territorial management Fishery Agency has issued orders on the basis of which the three auction of the right to conclude an agreement on consolidation of quota shares production of aquatic biological resources - namely, rectangular hairy crab, blue crab and red king crab in the subzone of Primorye (m south . Golden) were carried out with the establishment of requirements not covered by the legislation of the Russian Federation. As the main reason for admission to the auctions regional management Rosrybolovstva had established the existence of a contract to catch concluded with the scientific organization and is directly applicable to 31 December 2008. These actions led to the auction organizer reduce the number of businesses that could compete in the auction for the right to extract the crab. In the development of command that led to the restriction of competition in the auction, Primorye territorial administration Rosrybolovstva wrongly guided by paragraph 4 of Article 57 of the Fisheries Act. This article defines the right to extract water bioresources persons engaged in fishing until 31 December 2008 and implies that the conclusion of agreements on the consolidation of quota shares for persons in producing aquatic resources on the basis of contracts concluded with scientific organizations are carried out on the results of auctions. "We hope that after our decision to part 4 of article 57 of the Fisheries Act will no longer apply Rosrybolovstva authorities to limit the number of participants they conduct auctions for the catch of marine biological resources", - said Deputy Head of FAS Russia Alexander Kanev. In addition, during the case FAS Russia has decided to allocate a separate case against the production of Territorial Administration of Primorsky Fishery Agency, LLC "Aquaresources-DV" and LLC "Typhoon" for violating Article 16 of the Law on Protection of Competition (the prohibition on anti-competitive agreements between the authorities and business entities). RIA «VladNews» has repeatedly drawn attention to the fact that the "crab business" there is no single and coherent position: Investigative Committee, the Prosecutor's Office and the Federal Security Service (at regional level) perceive crime in the actions of the seaside terupraleniya Rosrybolovstva that, in theory, should lead to a revision of the results of trading. However, the arbitration courts (also at the regional level) see no reason to cancel. This naturally gives rise to a natural question - if the crabs so distributed, then it is necessary for someone? Meanwhile, the "crab business" is already at the federal level, if at sea, in general, the process is forced to meddle FAS Russia