Anticompetitive actions of state bodies and their officials shall be the following:
- establishing and/or applying discriminatory conditions with respect to an economic entity;
- restricting or blocking entrepreneurial activities, except for cases provided for by law;
- issuing directives, assignments, instructions, recommendations or orders to economic entities in relation to the implementation of their entrepreneurial activities, except for cases provided by law;
- envisaging an obligation for acquirers or sellers of goods restricting their right to free choice of goods or counterparties;
- agreements with other state bodies or economic entities or their officials, which lead or may lead to prevention, restriction or blocking of competition, as well as may harm the consumer interests.
(For detailed information see Article 26 of RA law “On Protection of Economic Competition”).
The state body or its official may, before committing relevant action, concluding a transaction or adopting a legal act, apply to the Commission for an opinion on the issues of prevention, restriction, blocking of economic competition and/оr harming the consumer interests, as well as other issues related to economic competition or protection of economic competition.
The application for obtaining an opinion shall be submitted via electronic platform of the Commission.
The application for obtaining an opinion shall also be submitted:
- via the Commission’s e-mail (info@competition.am);
- via Unified portal for online requests;
- in a hard copy.
It is necessary to fill in the form of the application submitted below, sign it, attach the necessary materials and submit it to the Commission.
(For detailed information see Chapter 14 of RA law “On Protection of Economic Competition”).
The form of application for obtaining an opinion for phisical persons (in Armenian).
The form of application for obtaining an opinion for legal persons (in Armenian).
- The time limit for the proceedings on anticompetitive actions of state bodies and their officials conducted by the Commission shall be three months. Upon a reasoned decision of the Commission, the time limit for the proceedings shall once be extended to up to three months.
- Within a period of two weeks after receiving the decision on initiating proceedings on the offence in the field of economic competition, the respondent in the proceedings may — in case of admitting the fact of commission of the offence attributed thereto and having eliminated the consequences of the offence – file with the Commission a motion on administering expedited proceedings. The Commission shall grant or reject the motion on administering expedited proceedings within 10 days after receiving the motion. The Commission shall render a decision as a result of the proceedings within a period of one month from the day of adopting the decision on administering expedited proceedings.
The Commission shall be competent to give warning to state bodies and officials thereof.
- Who can submit?
Natural or legal persons, state bodies and officials thereof can submit the report on the offence in the field of economic competition.
- What is time limit to consider the report?
The report shall be considered in the Commission within a period of one month. As a result of consideration of report the Commission shall adopt a decision on initiating proceedings on the offence in the field of economic competition or refusing to initiate proceedings on the offence in the field of economic competition.
The time limit for the administrative proceedings on the offence in the field of economic competition shall be three months. Upon a reasoned decision of the Commission, the time limit for the proceedings shall once be extended to up to three months.
- The form of submission of the report.
The report is submitted via electronic platform of the Commission․
The repost can also be submitted:
- via the Commission’s e-mail (info@competition.am);
- via Unified portal for online requests;
- in a hard copy.
It is necessary to fill in the form of the report submitted below, sign it, attach the necessary materials և submit it to the Commission.
