For unjustified raising of prices for goods, there will be fines

01.12.2022
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On liability for violation of the requirements of the legislation on pricing in Russia

Responsibility for violation of the established pricing procedure on the territory of our country is established by Article 14.6 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation).

In accordance with Part 1 of the above-mentioned norm, overstatement of state-regulated prices (tariffs, rates, rates, and the like) for products, goods or services, marginal prices (tariffs, rates, bets, fees, and so on), overstatement of established surcharges (margins) to prices (tariffs, rates, bets, and so on), for tobacco products or nicotine-containing products, an overestimation of the maximum retail price indicated by the manufacturer on each consumer package (pack), except for cases provided for in Part 4 of Article 14.4.2 of this Code, – entails the imposition of an administrative fine:

  • on citizens – in the amount of 5 thousand rubles;

  • on officials – 50 thousand rubles or disqualification for up to 3 years;

  • on legal entities – twice the amount of excessively received revenue from the sale of goods (work, services) due to the unlawful overstatement of state-regulated prices (tariffs, rates, bets, and so on) for the entire period during which the offense was committed, but not more than 1 year.

Due to Part 2 of Article 14.6 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation, understatement of state-regulated prices (tariffs, rates, bets, and so on) for products, goods or services, marginal prices (tariffs, rates, bets, and so on), understatement of established surcharges (margins) to prices (tariffs, rates, bets, and so on), violation of the established procedure for regulating prices (tariffs, rates, bets, and so on), as well as other violation of the established pricing procedure – entails the imposition of an administrative fine:

  • on citizens – in the amount of 5 thousand rubles;

  • on officials – 50 thousand rubles or disqualification for up to 3 yea

  • on legal entities – 100 thousand rubles.

At the same time, part 3 of the above-mentioned norm establishes that responsibility for violation of this article by retailers or individual entrepreneurs cannot be assigned to the manufacturer or supplier of tobacco products or nicotine-containing products.

Source: 
tkgorod.ru