Having considered the cassation of JSC “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg”, Federal Arbitration Court of North-Western region legitimated charging payments from the tourist companies.
Upon consideration of the application of JSC “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” in arbitration courts of different jurisdictions, it was established that charging payments from the tourist companies for organization and arrangement of gating procedure by JSC “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” doesn’t violate the antimonopoly legislation of the Russian Federation and can be considered lawful and legitimate.
Reference: In November 2005 Administration of Antimonopoly Service of Saint-Petersburg and Leningrad Region passed a decision according to which JSC “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” was imputed with violation of antimonopoly legislation, i.e. illegitimacy of charging payments from the tourist companies for the tourist buses entering the territory of the sea port of Saint-Petersburg. The group of companies JSC “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” applied to Arbitration Court of Saint-Petersburg and Leningrad Region with a petition for nullity of the above-mentioned decision.
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