Penza, 5 April 2015. PenzaNews. The Penza region department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (UFAS) has disagreed with the stance of the regional Arbitration Court that has repealed the UFAS order of October 30, 2014. According to that decision, the UFAS has declared that three transportation companies, “Korporatsiya Dilizhans,” “Merkuriy,” and “Penza Passenger Transportation,” guilty of violating the Competition Protection Law and alleged market division in 2012. The letter of disagreement has been published on the official website of the regional UFAS.

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“We would like to remind that ‘Korporatsiya ‘Dilizhans’,’ ‘Merkuriy’ and ‘Penza Passenger Transportation’ were found guilty of violating section 3, part 1, Art. 11 of the federal Competition Protection Law, according to the decision made last October. The committee of the Penza UFAS has found that the aforementioned companies has reached an anti-competition agreement during the competition for M2 and M3-type vehicles to manage the city commute routes. The anti-competition agreement has in fact led to the market division. Expressing their disagreement with the decision of the UFAS commission, ‘Korporatsiya ‘Dilizhans’,’ ‘Merkuriy’ and ‘Penza Passenger Transportation’ have appealed the decision and the antimonopoly department decrees in court. The court sided with the transportation companies and deemed the acts null and void,” the message says.

According to the text, the UFAS plans to appeal the decision of the Penza region Arbitration Court in a higher level, up to Supreme.