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Decisions of the EEC Board fining violators
According to the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Belarus and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, fines for violations of the general rules of competition in cross-border markets of the Eurasian Economic Union have been paid.
By its Decision dated July 7, 2020, the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission recognized Sergei Puzynya, Director of Asomedica Co.Ltd (Belarus), as a party to an anticompetitive agreement. Companies selling medical equipment, including Asomedica Co.Ltd, agreed to sell speech processors of cochlear implantation systems manufactured by Cochlear Europe each in its own territory. Hence, consumers were deprived of the opportunity to choose goods at a more favorable price as well as to receive warranty and post-warranty service from a wider range of suppliers of these products.
By its decision dated November 21, 2023, the EEC Board recognized the actions of Bryuts N LLC (Belarus) as an act of unfair competition. The company misled consumers about its affiliation with the well-known Russian chain of hookah establishments HOOKAH PLACE by using a trademark similar to that of the Russian chain.
Bryuts N LLC and the director of Asomedica Co.Ltd Sergei Puzynya were fined a total of over 700,000 rubles.
On August 2, 2022, the Decision of the EEC Board recognized as an act of unfair competition the actions of Metallotekhnika LLC (Russia) and its director Evgeny Tarasov, as well as the director of Metalloobrabotka LLC (Russia) Valeria Abrosimova. They misled consumers as to the nature, method and place of production, consumer properties or as to the manufacturer of steel pipe cutting equipment, using in their names the Orbita designation, the exclusive rights to which belong to Avtogen-M LLC (Armenia).
The said persons were fined a total of more than 800,000 rubles.
In accordance with the EAEU legislation, fines for violations of competition rules are paid to the budget of the state in whose territory the economic entity that committed the offense is registered.
