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ART DE LEX again defended the interests of Globaltrans: The Ninth Arbitration Appeals Court ruled against FAS Russia in a dispute with rail operators, the administration of the Kemerovo Region, and Russian Railways

On 7 September 2015, the Ninth Arbitration Appeals Court rejected the appeal of FAS Russia and confirmed the decision of the Moscow Arbitration Court to invalidate the FAS decision to impose administrative fines on a number of companies. Rolling-stock operators, Russian Railways, and the administration of the Kemerovo Region initiated the case because the FAS had accused them of conspiring to reduce competition.

In September 2013, FAS Russia found that administration of the Kemerovo Region, Russian Railways, and 16 operators were guilty of violating Article 16 of the Law on the Protection of Competition. The FAS claimed that the respondents had concluded anticompetitive agreements for provisioning wagons to export coal from the Kuzbass Region. According to the FAS, the actions of the defendants reduced the number of operators in the Kemerovo Region from 230 to 16.

The operators the FAS accused of curtailing competition include the following: Federal Freight Company PLC; Independent Transport Company LLC; First Freight Company PLC; NefteTransServis CJSC; Novotrans LLC; SibUgleMetTrans LLC; RG-Trans LLC; ZapSib-TransServis LLC; SUEK PLC; Mechel-Trans LLC; TransGroup LLC; RVD-Servis LLC; Eurosib-Transportation Systems CJSC; Tranzit-Plus LLC; New Forwarding Company PLC; and Ferrotrans LLC (now GTI Management). The last two companies, New Forwarding and Ferrotrans, are part of the Globaltrans, which ART DE LEX represented.

Based on the FAS decision of early December 2013, all the defendants faced fines that totaled more than RUB 2 billion.

On 25 June 2015, the Arbitration Court of Moscow cancelled the decisions of FAS Russia in a case, before the court of first instance, that lasted for more than a year and a half. The amount of material comprised 200 volumes.

Pursuant to the decision of the court of first instance, the companies are fully exempt from the payment of fines.