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

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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…

Scope

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

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2019-12-31
under deliberation

On 31 December 2019, the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) launched investigations into th…

2020-12-22
under investigation

On 21 December 2020, the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) ruled, that Booking.com had vio…

2021-02-01
under appeal

On 4 February 2021, Booking.com BV filed a lawsuit before the Moscow Arbitration Court in an effort…

2021-08-26
in force

On 26 August 2021 the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) sanctioned the Dutch booking servi…

2021-11-11
rejected

On 11 November 2021, the Russian Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeal dismissed the Booking.com appeal…