The largest retail network, part of the Association of retailers, agreed that, in order for 2 months cost on socially important products have been frozen. Agreement about violations evaluates the Federal Antimonopoly service.
Association of retailers (HSE) has pushed the Federal Antimonopoly service of the project agreement, according to which the largest trading network in the 2 months immediately can cost on basic for the formation of the consumer basket products. Retailers are insured against complaints of collusion and how to get the consent of the FAS, ready to begin the adjustment of tariffs.
Fluctuations in the fact that the Agency will approve the proposal from a number of retailers there. FAS approved that a positive attitude towards the initiative of the HSE. The Association will receive a response within the next few days, promise antimonopolists.
In the draft agreement, which is oriented to the Federal Antimonopoly service, no strict list of goods, the cost of which will be recorded. "Networks is proposed based on the list of socially important products and without the help of others to form a basket," quote "Vedomosti adept, one of the firms included in the Association.
To are socially valuable products such as beef, pork, lamb, chicken, frozen fish, milk and some dairy products, sugar, salt, sunflower oil, some cereals, potatoes, cabbage, carrots, apples and other products. Before to gain the consent of the FAS for the fixing of tariffs, retailers freeze them unilaterally, but ready to do it by agreement with suppliers.
If the retail price will be frozen at the same time all the big networks, it would not entail important costs for them. Configuration will relate to individual items on which margin is low, experts say. Profitability networks were formed mainly through purchases in excess of the minimum consumer basket.
"In 2009, the freezing rate, initiated by the state, resulted in delayed growth of consumer prices. At the moment the network go to the freeze on its own. Apparently, they will be able to keep a balanced pricing policy," stated senior specialist at Raiffeisenbank Natalia Kolupaeva.
Retail network in addition to actively enter into agreements to fix retail tariffs and charges with the regions. Similar arrangements may be symptoms of a violation of the law on competition, but the law allows the concerted actions of, for example, if from a given buyer will receive the advantages commensurate with the benefits that await retailers from such actions.
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