FAS Russia: the customer will be fined if he illegally terminated the state contract
The Antimonopoly authority, which is considering the inclusion of the contractor in the register of unscrupulous suppliers in connection with the breach of contract, must examine all the circumstances of the case and the documents confirming and refuting the violation.
If it turns out that there were no grounds for termination of the contract, the customer or his official may be fined. In addition, the customer in such a situation faces verification by the internal financial control.
Note that the FAS proposes to punish under part 6 of article 7.32 of the code of administrative offences (the penalty for legal entities - 200 thousand rubles., for officials – 50 thousand rubles). Usually this rule was applied if the procedure of termination of the contract is not observed. Now customers should pay attention to the validity of unilateral refusal.
Document: Letter of the FAS of Russia from 12.03.2019 N IA/18794/19