The rule of law principle as a basis for limiting the discretionary powers of antimonopoly authorities

the article examines the law enforcement significance of the rule of law principle. The author identifies defects in the legislative regulation of control in the field of bidding, develops and substantiates practical recommendations for improving the legal regulation of the procedure for implementing antimonopoly control over bidding and relevant law enforcement practices. Namely, the article presents the following research results: based on the materials of judicial practice, it has been established that the goals and principles of legal regulation make it possible to limit the broad discretionary powers of antimonopoly authorities and thereby implement the principle of the rule of law in legal relations for the control of bidding procedures. At the same time, judicial practice indicates the need for the direct operation of the rule of law principle in the realization of the control powers of the FAS of Russia to issue obligatory orders.

discretion, principles of law, objectives of legal regulation, bidding, procurement, antimonopoly control over bidding, organizer of bidding, customer, order, inspection, competition, offence