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Russia: FAS inspection fine backed against Metro Cash & Carry

By  |  September 26, 2013

A federal court in Russia has upheld the nation’s competition watchdog’s earlier decision to fine Metro Cash & Carry, denying the company’s appeal on grounds that Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service carried out illegal searches in the company’s offices.

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    The federal Commercial Court of the Moscow District upheld the fine issued on Metro Cash & Carry after it refused to comply with the FAS’s onsite inspections.

    The company was fined the equivalent of nearly $9,500.

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