The FAS It filed a lawsuit against Apple and its controlled entities. Office found signs on the iPhone price coordination in Russia
The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) initiated a case against a group of persons, including Apple Inc, as well as the company “Apple Rus», Apple Holding BV, Apple Sales Ireland, Apple Operations International, the press service of the department.
The case is connected with the iPhone prices for Russian resellers, the message says. As specified the FAS previously with reference to the antimonopoly agency received a complaint from a citizen, in which indicated that and sixteen resellers have set the same prices for Apple iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus that appeared in the Russian market in October last year. Among those resellers in circulation were named MTS, Beeline, Re: Store, Messenger, Megafon, Euroset, Citylink , M. Video, Eldorado, OZON , Yulmart , Media Markt, Refrigerator. ru , DNS, ION (know-how), and Technosila .
investigation Results showed since the beginning of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus official sales in Russia, most solution providers have established on these smartphones the same prices, and held them for some time, the report says. In addition, the agency has found a match price and other models Smartphone Apple, said the FAS.
«FAS Russia believes that such coincidences can be the result of coordination Russian reseller pricing Apple group of companies, which has led to the establishment of the Russian market prices and the adoption of the so-called “Recommended” prices as mandatory, “- said the FAS
The case was initiated by Part 5 of Article 11 of the Law on Protection of Competition, which prohibits individuals, commercial and non-profit organizations to coordinate the economic activities of economic entities. if such coordination leads to fixing or maintaining prices.
The FAS suspicions of price collusion in the sale of the iPhone 6S appeared in Russia in the beginning of 2016. Then the representatives of the Anti-Monopoly Service said that the FAS checks 16 networks, including “Euroset”, “The Messenger”, “Eldorado”, “Technosila”. The Office requested information about the purchase prices from suppliers, on account of the cost of transport to the regions in the formation of prices for the product, as well as the additional conditions for resale of smart phones, including the extent of their implementation. At the same time it was noted that the representatives of the FAS believe that retailers in setting prices of non-self-operated.
As previously reported by Deputy Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service to combat cartels control Andrey Filimonov, if price collusion is proved, sellers can be fined in the amount of 1- 15% of the total sales of the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus volume in 2015.
The FAS is not the first time, check the retailers work in connection with price tags on Apple products. For example, in 2011 the agency investigated the activities of retail chains operators MTS and “VimpelCom” (brand “Beeline”): whereas the representatives of the FAS suspected of price-fixing in the sale of the iPhone 4. The audit both networks were fined 16 million and 18 million rubles. respectively.
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