Carl Wetter is the head of Vinge’s EU and antitrust practice and a member of the Swedish Bar Association. Mr Wetter provides specialist advice on EU and Swedish competition law. Mr Wetter is the author of several publications and a popular speaker. Education: LL.M. (Jur Kand), Uppsala University, 1977, B.A, Uppsala University, 1974. Languages: Swedish, English, French and German.
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Introduction The claimant, Bring CityMail Sweden AB (“CityMail”) brought a claim against the Swedish Post (“Posten”), arguing that the discounts offered by Posten to its clients had foreclosure effects. The Market Court placed the burden of proof on Posten to prove that the discount programme was (...)
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Introduction On 23 March 2011, the Swedish Competition Authority (“SCA”) approved after an in-depth investigation ASSA Sverige AB’s (“ASSA”) acquisition of 100 % of the shares in the retailer and service provider Swesafe AB (“Swesafe”). During its investigation, the SCA considered whether the (...)
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Introduction In one of the first actions for damages due to a competition law infringement the Stockholm District Court and the Svea Court of Appeal awarded damages due to a refusal to supply, which was considered to constitute an abuse of a dominant position. Background Euroclear Sweden AB (...)
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Introduction The Swedish Competition Authority (“SCA”) accepted a commitment subject to a fine of SEK 750 000 from a franchiser to, firstly, cease fixing prices centrally via its online system for cash registers and secondly, to make clear that the prices set by the franchiser were recommended (...)
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Introduction In the hope of putting an end to a lengthy dispute whereby the inhabitants of the municipality of Haparanda in the north of Sweden had been regularly deprived of street light during the winter seasons, the Swedish competition authority ordered Ekfors Kraft, subject to a fine, to (...)
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Introduction In two cases concerning the administration by a collecting society of literary works, the Stockholm District Court and, on appeal, the Court of Appeal, examined the agreements whereby authors had entrusted the administration of their literary works to a collecting society. It was (...)
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Introduction Further to a complaint from a competitor in a case that did not fall within the Swedish merger control notification thresholds, the Swedish Competition Authority decided to request the submission of a notification based on a clause in the Competition Act according to which the (...)
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Introduction On May 19, 2010, the Swedish Competition Authority (“SCA”) ordered the three undertakers (funeral directors), Fonus ekonomisk förening (”Fonus”), Säffle-Åmåls Begravningsbyrå AB (”Säffle-Åmåls”) and Begravningsbyrån Roland Andersson Aktiebolag (“Roland Andersson”) to pay administrative fines (...)
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Background On February 26, 2010, the Market Court delivered one of its judgments in the long running conflict between the municipality of Haparanda (Haparanda) and the energy company Ekfors Kraft AB (Ekfors). The dispute between the parties mainly concern allegations of abuse of a dominant (...)
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Background Luftfartsverket (“LFV”) is a state-owned company that operates Swedish public airports. In the autumn of 2009, LFV announced that it planned to implement a new queuing system for taxis at Terminals 2 and 5 at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. Subsequent to LFV’s announcement, several smaller (...)
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Introduction On November 16, 2009, the Swedish Competition Authority (“SCA“) accepted a commitment offered by Föreningen ackrediterade Laboratorier (“FaL”), a trade association for private laboratories, thereby closing its investigation about FaL’s general terms for laboratory services. Background (...)
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On 10 December 2002 the Swedish Competition Authority (the “SCA”) carried out dawn raids at the premises of eight car dealers following complaints presented to the SCA. Subsequent to the dawn raids and an investigation, the SCA initiated proceedings before the Stockholm District Court claiming (...)
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Background The Danish state runs a ferry service (“BornholmsTrafikken”) which operates between Bornholm in Denmark and Ystad in Sweden. The Port of Ystad (the “Port”), which is owned by the municipality, provides various services to BornholmsTrafikken. BornholmsTrafikken commenced proceedings (...)
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Background Following a complaint, the Swedish Competition Authority (the “SCA”) decided to initiate an investigation to determine whether Ticnet AB’s (“Ticnet”) exclusivity arrangements with promoters and other customers obstructed other firms from being active on the market for ticket handling. (...)
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The concentration On 2 February 2006, the notification of the acquisition of sole control of SLP Pärsons AB (“SLP”) by Swedish Meats was completed. On 9 March 2006, the Swedish Competition Authority (the “SCA”) decided to initiate a special investigation of the concentration. Swedish Meats and SLP (...)
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Background During 2004, the Swedish Rail Administration (Sw. Banverket) procured services relating to the maintenance of four Swedish railway lines; Västkustbanan 1 and 2 and “Kust till Kust” 1 and 2. Banverket Produktion, which was affiliated to Banverket, submitted an offer. The price for the (...)
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Background On 30 august 2001, the Swedish Competition Authority (the “SCA”) was contacted by ABB concerning an investigation that ABB, along with its subsidiary, YIT Building Systems AB (“Building Systems”) had conducted. The investigation raised concerns regarding Building Systems’ connections (...)
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Background In December 1992, Boliden Mineral Aktiebolag (“Boliden”) concluded an agreement with Korsnäs Aktiebolag (“Korsnäs”), in which Boliden undertook to purchase its entire requirement of electricity for a mining facility. A standard form agreement was attached to the aforementioned agreement. (...)
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