After the appointment of a new head of the competition committee, the activity of the committee is revived. Over the past few weeks, the committee has taken action against a number of businesses found to have breached competition or advertising laws.
Stopping the import of elevators – proposals submitted to the government
Initially, the committee artificially stopped the import of elevators placed appealed to the government. If the import of elevators stopped for 4 months is not resumed, it will work in favor of the local manufacturer and create a monopoly in the industry. In this situation, the antimonopoly authority recommended the restoration of canceled certificates of conformity of importing enterprises, the involvement of the private sector in elevator testing. pushed. Government authorities have not yet publicly responded to these proposals.
“Lukoil case”.
The Competition Committee noted that, in addition to the elevator market, prices also increased significantly in the technical sulfur market he turned. According to the committee’s studies, the price of sulfur, which is heavily monopolized and fixed on the stock exchange, has increased by an average of 10 to 50 percent. This causes the price of other goods to rise in a chain reaction. The result of the commission’s studies according to, found that a branch of the Russian company “Lukoil” abused its dominant position on the market. This means that a company on the monopolist register achieved a price increase by deliberately releasing fewer products to the exchange. Now, according to the committee’s request, “Lukoil” must return the profit it received without reason. However, the company’s response to this request is not yet known. If the request is rejected, the matter will be resolved in court.
“The case of Maksam-Chirchik”.
In addition, the case against the factory “Maksam-Chirchik” for an unjustified increase in the prices of mineral fertilizers by an average of 10 to 15 percent launched. The increase in fertilizer prices will lead to higher prices for agricultural products in the future. The committee’s decision on the outcome of this case has not yet been announced.
“A Case for Depreciation
Another case that caused discussion is the finding that the “Korzinka” supermarket chain violated the Advertising Act. It was. According to the consumer protection authority, the prices of some types of products advertised as “lowest price” on “Korzinc” do not differ from the prices of the same type of products sold in other supermarkets and farmers’ markets. This can confuse customers. It is understood that the state body will go to court to fine the country’s largest supermarket chain did.
“Korzinka” called this accusation unfounded it counts. According to the founder of the supermarket chain Zafar Hashimov, “The lowest price for daily shopping” is not an advertising campaign, but a new pricing policy of “Korzinka”. The program is said to have reduced supermarket markups on the prices of the most popular products, and no retailer in the retail industry offers as comprehensive and consistently low prices on everyday items as “Basket”. It is thus expected that the outcome of this case will be resolved in court.
“Inson” insurance organization
In addition, during this month the competition committee has a lawsuit against the insurance organization “Inson”. provoked. This was due to the fact that the insurance company did not pay the insurance benefits for the issued electronic policies with the condition of unlimited use of the number of drivers.
Clusters that received 20 billion amounts of unauthorized income
The list of companies found to be violating the rules also includes many cotton textile and oil clusters. They said that in the first half of the year they obtained a total of 20 billion in illicit income through stock market manipulation. found. The committee noted that if this situation was not acted upon, the cluster trick would eventually lead to higher prices of food and textile products.
HET, which calculates the overpayment
The Bukhara Regional Electricity Networks Company was also accused of calculating an additional payment of 115 million sums for the Bahauddin Naqshband complex. launched. Under current legislation, religious organizations pay utility bills at rates set for the population. However, Bukhara Regional Power Grids applied higher rates to the Bahauddin Naqshband complex.
We remind you that in November 2023, Shahrukh Shorahmedov will be released from the position of Chairman of the Committee for the Development of Economic Competition and Protection of Consumer Rights was done. The new head of the committee will be appointed by June this year appointed. Khalilillo Torakhodzhayev, who previously served as the Deputy President of the Supreme Court, held a major meeting in the first days of his tenure at the Committee for Economic Competition. passingcriticized the slowness of the committee’s activity, warned a number of officials.
For information, it is reported that Khalilullo Torakhodzhayev served as the director of the State Service Agency from 2017 to 2020, and during that time he created a positive image by actively fighting bureaucracy under the slogan “documents move, not citizens”.
