Russia: Russia Federal Antimonopoly Service investigation into booking.com for abuse of dominance regarding price parity

Progress

Current status
rejected
11 Nov 2021 rejected
26 Aug 2021 in force
01 Feb 2021 under appeal
22 Dec 2020 under investigation
31 Dec 2019 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Russia
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: other
Government Branch
judiciary
executive
Government Body
court
competition authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

11 Nov 2021
rejected

Russian court rejected booking.com appeal regarding Federal Antimonopoly Service ruling on the company’s abuse of dominance

On 11 November 2021, the Russian Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeal dismissed the Booking.com appeal against the decision of the Moscow Arbitration Court (MAC). On 30 August 2021, the MAC had ruled that the Federal Antimonopoly Service's (FAS) decisi…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type rejection
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
26 Aug 2021
in force

Fine for Booking.com for abuse of dominance regarding price parity clauses

On 26 August 2021 the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) sanctioned the Dutch booking service provider Booking.com with a fine of RUB 1.3 billion (roughly 15 million EUR) turnover fine. The fine became necessary after Booking.com did not co…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type ruling
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
01 Feb 2021
under appeal

Booking.com appeals decision and order of the FAS Russia to refrain from applying price parity obligations in contracts

On 4 February 2021, Booking.com BV filed a lawsuit before the Moscow Arbitration Court in an effort to appeal the ruling by the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) on 1 December 2020. The ruling alleged that booking.com had violated antitrust…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type appeal
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
22 Dec 2020
under investigation

Ruling reached regarding Booking.com for abuse of dominance regarding price parity clauses

On 21 December 2020, the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) ruled, that Booking.com had violated antitrust rules. Specifically, clause 3 of part 1 of article 10 of the Law on the Protection of Competition was violated, the FAS states. The in…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type interim ruling
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
31 Dec 2019
under deliberation

Launch of investigation into Booking.com for alleged abuse of dominance regarding price parity clauses after a public complaint

On 31 December 2019, the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) launched investigations into the Dutch booking service Booking.com, for allegedly violating antitrust rules. In February 2019, the public organization Opora Rossii made a complaint …

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority