The Russian Competition Authority releases its guidelines for merger filing

Ministry for Anti-monopoly Policy of the Russian Federation, Order of 13 August 1999 (MS Word Doc.) Since the enforcement of articles 27 and 28 of the Federal Law n° 135-FZ dated 26 July 2006 “On the Protection of Competition” (the “Law on Competition”), the state monitoring over economic concentration has been modernized. However, the order of the Ministry for Anti-monopoly Policy of the Russian Federation dated 13 August 1999 (hereinafter “the Order”) regulating the filing procedure with the Federal Antimonopoly Service (hereinafter “FAS”) has not yet been modified. The Order establishes the list of documents to be provided in conformity with the Law on Competition. A list of the essential documents necessary is in fact also established by the Law on