Annual Report 2009 > ... > Case Statistics > Competition Authority
Competition Authority
Cases received
| |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
| Notifications of mergers and acquisitions |
872 |
561 |
444 |
294 |
| Complaints and tips related to violation of law/anti-competitive conduct * |
91 |
58 |
54 |
100 |
| Requests for identification of public regulations detrimental to competition |
19 |
15 |
21 |
15 |
| Cases for public enquiry |
194 |
211 |
186 |
222 |
| International cases |
138 |
181 |
120 |
146 |
| Administrative and other issues |
625 |
261 |
249 |
269 |
| Total |
1939 |
1287 |
1074 |
1046 |
* Simple requests made to the Competition Authority regarding anti-competitive conduct are answered without being registered as separate complaints.
Cases closed
| |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
| Interventions against mergers and acquisitions |
2 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
| Interventions against anti-competitive conduct |
0 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
| Formal letters regarding public regulations detrimental to competition |
2 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
| Written submissions of significance |
68 |
58 |
42 |
39 |
| Rejections of requests for intervention |
55 |
36 |
27 |
31 |
| Administrative fines – failure to submit or late submission of notification of mergers and acquisitions * |
66 |
17 |
9 |
7 |
| Administrative fines – violation of the implementation prohibition * |
|
|
|
2 |
|
Administrative fines for having provided incorrect or incomplete information when notifying a merger or acquisition |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Decisions on partial exception or suspension of the implementation prohibition * |
|
|
3 |
10 |
| Resolutions regarding obligation to report information to the Competition Authority |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Decisions regarding maximum fares for taxis |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Other resolutions |
442 |
4 |
3 |
2 ** |
* Effective from 1 July 2008, there is no longer a set deadline for notifying concentrations to The Norwegian Competition Authority. However, mergers and acquisitions are prohibited from being implemented before they have been notified to and reviewed by Authority.
** 1 rejection of request for a compulsory licence, 1 interim order prohibiting implementation
Fines (amounts in Norwegian kroner)
| |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
| Anti-competitive conduct |
|
45 000 000 |
3 650 000 |
7 700 000 |
| Violations of the obligation to notify mergers and acquisitions * |
1 850 000 |
610 000 |
235 000 |
325 000 |
| Violations of the implementation prohibition * |
|
|
|
250 000 |
| Incomplete or wrong information provided to the NCA upon request |
|
30 000 |
|
50 000 |
* Effective from 1 July 2008, there is no longer a set deadline for notifying concentrations to The Norwegian Competition Authority. However, mergers and acquisitions are prohibited from being implemented before they have been notified to and reviewed by Authority.
Publisert:
06.05.2010
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