Briefing by Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service Igor Artemiev
29.03.2018
On 29 March, 2018, Igor Artemiev, the Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service, briefed AEB members on the topic “Federal Antimonopoly Service: current practice and prospective”. The briefing took place at the “Newsroom” in Moscow.
The event was co-chaired by Frank Schauff, AEB CEO and Alexander Kozhukhov, Chairman of the AEB Legal Committee.
Like in previous years, Mr. Artemiev provided comprehensive answers to the questions put forward by member companies of the AEB from different industries.
These questions touched on important topics regarding the regulation of the pharmaceutical industries, price monitoring, parallel imports, antimonopoly compliance, Federal Law "On Protection of Competition" and so on.
In his speech, Igor Artemiev pointed out that FAS does not plan to tighten control over foreign investment in strategic sectors.
The Association of European Businesses highly appreciates the fact that Mr. Artemiev always finds time in his busy schedule to hold the regular annual meetings with representatives of European companies in Russia.
Photo L-R: Alexander Kozhukhov, Chairman of the AEB Legal Committee; Igor Artemiev, Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service; Frank Schauff, AEB CEO