Article 228. Conspiracy or coercion to change or fix prices

1. Conspiracy to artificially raise or maintain monopoly prices (tariffs), discounts, extra payments or charges in order to eliminate competition among businesses in contravention of antimonopoly law, -

shall be punishable by a fine of 100 to 300 tax-free minimum incomes, or restraint of liberty for a term up to three years.

2. Violence or infliction of damage, or threats of violence or damage made in order to artificially change or fix prices, -

shall be punishable by a fine of 40 to 100 tax-free minimum incomes, or imprisonment for a term up to three years.

3. Any such acts as provided for by paragraph 2 of this Article, if committed by an organized group or a person previously convicted for criminal offenses under this Article, -

shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of two to five years.

Article 229. Illegal use of trade mark

Illegal use of a trade (or service) mark, registered trade name, product marking, where it involved making of significant profits, -

shall be punishable by a fine of 100 to 200 tax-free minimum incomes, or community service for a term of 100 to 200 hours, or correctional labor for a term up to two years.

Note: Significant profits are made if they equal or exceed 300 tax-free minimum incomes.

Article 230. Violation of antimonopoly law

Willful failure to file or filing of knowingly false documents or any other information with the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine or its territorial division, and also failure to comply with legitimate decisions of these authorities, committed by an officer of a government agency, local government authorities, bodies of administrative/economic management and control, enterprise, institution or organization, where it involved making of significant profits, -

shall be punishable by a fine of 100 to 200 tax-free minimum incomes, or deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions and engage in certain activities for a term up to three years, or correctional labor for a term up to two years.

Note: Significant profits are made if they equal or exceed 500 tax-free minimum incomes.

Article 231. Illegal collection for the purpose of use or use of information on trade secrets

Willful actions taken to obtain information on trade secrets for the purpose of disclosure of any other use (commercial espionage), and also illegal use of such information, where it caused a significant damage to a business entity, -

shall be punishable by a fine of 200 to 1,000 tax-free minimum incomes, or restraint of liberty for a term up to five years, or imprisonment for a term up to three years.

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