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commissions) is an executive body that regulates the tariffs of resource supplying organizations in the region. Regional tariff bodies are responsible for ensuring that the tariffs in the region are economically justified.

Before the order came into force on July 9, 2024, regional tariff authorities submitted proposals for tariff approval in paper form. Now such expert opinions will be sent to the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) through the state information system. This order is valid until March 1, 2029.

Earlier, the FAS developed south africa whatsapp resource a similar requirement for tariffs in the housing and utilities and electric power industries. "The electronic form of expert opinion for regional expert bodies will increase the transparency of the tariff-setting procedure and ensure verification of a significant part of the parameters with the prevention of violations," the FAS statement said.

A representative of the FAS press service told a ComNews correspondent that this order will simplify the work with papers at regional expert bodies and will significantly reduce the form for filling out the necessary parameters for gas transportation.

and Partners law firm, believes that the transition to an electronic format will not only reduce the FAS response time to illegal tariff setting or unjustified increases, but will also make it possible to bring the conclusions themselves to a uniform form, which should certainly have a positive effect on their preparation as a whole.

Pavel Katkov, founder of the law firm Future Legal, said that from the point of view of digitalization of the process, there are only advantages. The process will become faster and more transparent, costs and the burden on the office on both sides will decrease.

"From the point of view of freedom of expert discretion, the question may arise whether the standard form of the conclusion does not narrow the freedom of expression of expert opinion. But this should be asked of the experts themselves who will use it," said Pavel Katkov.

In connection with the abolition of the Federal Tariff Service (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of July 21, 2015 No. 373), from July 21, 2015, all new information on state regulation of prices and tariffs is posted on the official website of the FAS.