The ninth arbitration court of appeal upheld the decision and orders of the Federal Antimonopoly service (FAS Russia) in respect of LLC "AUCHAN", which violated the law "On trade". About November 7, reported the correspondent of IA REGNUM in the FAS.

Recall that in 2013 the Federal Antimonopoly service has recognized the company "AUCHAN" violated the law "On trade". The violation resulted in the creation of discriminatory conditions for suppliers of milk and dairy products (violation of paragraph 1 of part 1 of article 13 of the Federal law "On fundamentals of state regulation of trading activities in the Russian Federation").

Established that the company "AUCHAN" charge different fees for the same scope of services to promote and increase sales of goods (services for the promotion of goods by demonstration of product samples in stores, AUCHAN) with suppliers of milk and dairy products.

Antimonopoly service granted the company an order to eliminate violations. The company disagreed with the decision and orders of the Antimonopoly service and addressed the court. However, the court of appeal in upholding the claim was denied, recognizing the legality of the decision of the court of first instance.

As reported IA REGNUM, this is not the first case of violation of the LLC "Auchan" laws. In particular, in August, LLC "Auchan" found guilty of discrimination one of the largest manufacturers of mayonnaise in Russia. The company was fined $ 2 million.

Note, the trade group Auchan is one of the world's largest retail operators, established in 1961, presented at Mule. Has more than 1500 shops. On the Russian market "Auchan" since 2002. Today in the structure of the network in Russia for more than 80 stores.