Freedom of Information Center of Armenia.

The ARM State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition expanded the list of dominant organizations – from now on this list will include organizations in the retail sphere.

As a result of the studies conducted by the Commission according to the 8 June, 2011 decision of the Commission, dominant organizations in the retail sphere were considered “Alex Group”, “SAS Group”, “Fresh”, “Star Divide” and “Nor Zovk” companies, accordingly with “Yerevan City”, “SAS”, “Fresh” and “Nor Zovk” store chains.
According to the article 3 of the ARM “Law on Freedom of Information”, organizations of public importance are considered information possessors. According to the same article, non-state organizations having monopolistic or dominant role in the goods marked section are also considered organizations of public importance.

This means that from now on “Yerevan City”, “SAS”, “Fresh” and “Nor Zovk” stores are considered information possessors, and according to the ARM “Law on Freedom of Information”, they must provide information to citizens on demand, and by their own initiative they must publish the information defined by the article 7 of the same law. So, thanks to freedom of information, this publicly important sphere, too, can be controlled by the public itself.