Chairman of the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition of Armenia Gegham Gevorgyan today addressed official letters to Head of the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service of the Russian Federation Igor Artemev and member of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission for Competition and Anti-Monopoly Regulation Serik Zhumangarin in regard to the ban on the sale of fruits exported from Armenia in the territory of Russia these past few days, particularly the ban set by the owners of the Food City market for wholesale and retail trade.

The letters particularly emphasize that the actions aren’t economically justified, obstruct free sale of goods between member states of the Eurasian Economic Union, are manifestation of discrimination and create unequal conditions in the transnational market, violating the general rules of competition that are enshrined in the Treaty of the Eurasian Economic Union.

The chairman of the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition voiced hope that the colleagues of the Russian Federation and the Eurasian Economic Union will consider anti-competitive practices and will take operational measures to restore equal conditions for competition in the market in order to rule out anti-competitive practices.