Checks Antimonopoly Committee. Sanctions
So, according to your soul, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (hereinafter referred to as the AMCU) has come. Your company has allowed inspectors to verify.
Verification is complete, as a rule, certain misconduct has been identified as part of its implementation. The results of the inspection are documented.
Further, the company, as represented by its manager, is always interested in the question of responsibility for the revealed misconduct. These are mainly fines that can be divided into two main groups:
- • Misdemeanors for which special financial sanctions are imposed under Art. 52 of the Law "On the Protection of Economic Competition" (hereinafter referred to as the Law on the ZEC) and Art. 21 of the Law "On Protection against Unfair Competition".
- • Misdemeanors for which administrative fines are imposed on the basis of the provisions of the Administrative Code of Ukraine.
Financial sanctions.
Immediately make a reservation that the basis for calculating sanctions is:
- • either a percentage of the company's revenue (revenue),
- • or the size of the non-taxable minimum income of citizens (hereinafter - nm).
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Sanction |
Essence of misconduct |
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at a rate of up to 10% of the company's income as a result of the sale of products for the past calendar year that preceded the execution year; |
- actions that were agreed in advance and directed against competition; |
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If there is no income or the company has not provided the information about its value to the AMCU - a fine of up to 20,000 nm |
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at a rate of up to 5% of the income of the company in the result of sales of products for the past calendar year, which preceded the year of execution |
- the implementation by companies of activities coordinated with each other, on which the ban is imposed in accordance with Part 5 of Art. 10 of the Law on ZEK; |
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If there is no income or the company has not provided the information about its value to the AMCU - a fine of up to 10,000 nm |
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at a rate of up to 1% of the company's income as a result of the sale of products for the past calendar year that preceded the year of execution |
- an activity that intentionally restricts other companies, prohibited in accordance with Part 1 of Art. 18 of the Law on ZEK; |
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If there is no income or the company has not provided the information about its value to the AMCU - a fine of up to 2,000 nm |
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at a rate of up to 5% of income as a result of the sale of the company's products for the past calendar year, which preceded the year of execution |
the company performs actions that fall under the concept of unfair competition |
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If there is no income or the company has not provided the information about its value to the AMCU - a fine of up to 10,000 nm |
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Administrative penalties
Immediately make a reservation that the AMCU has no authority to bring to this type of responsibility. Their function is limited only to the remaining protocol.
The basis for calculating sanctions is the amount of non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens.
Fine |
Essence of misconduct |
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from 30 to 44 nm with possible confiscation of both the produced goods and the means of production (manufacturing), as well as the used raw materials, materials and components |
- illegal production of a similar appearance (imitation, copying), direct reproduction of a product by another company, use of its name, without obtaining rights to it in accordance with the requirements of the law |
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5 to 9 nm |
Intentionally disseminating false or inaccurate information that could damage the property and non-property status of another company |
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from 9 to 18 nm |
- obtaining, using, disclosing a trade secret, in order to damage the property and non-property status of another company |
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on executives from 700 to 1000 nm |
- fulfillment of the purchase of goods at the state account without following the order established by law; |
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fine on executives from 1000 to 1500 nm - for the same actions repeated during the year |
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fine up to 50 nm |
- prohibition of the creation of new companies; |
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- for executives in the amount of up to 7 nm , |
- failure to provide or - late provision of information to the AMCU |
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- for executives in the amount of up to 6 nm , |
- evasion of the decisions of the AMCU; |
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