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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