On 22 October 2014, the State Duma of the Russian Federation
approved the final version of the draft Federal Law «On the
Introduction of Amendments to the Federal Law «On Protection
of Competition» and Some Legislative Acts of the Russian
Federation» (the «Law») - a so-called
«Fourth Antimonopoly Package» developed by the Federal
Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to implement the "road map"
for developing competition and antimonopoly regulation and in
accordance with the Recommendations of the Organization for
Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD).
As compared to the first version adopted almost a year ago, the
Law was supplemented with some technical improvements,
clarifications (including those related to non-discriminatory
access rules in particular industries), and some essential
amendments. In particular, several articles were introduced to
specify prohibitions on unfair competition in various forms,
provisions relating to antitrust requirements to create state
