Swedish Competition Authority (Stockholm)

Swedish Competition Authority

Swedish Competition Authority (Stockholm)

The Swedish Competition Authority is a state authority working to safeguard and increase competition and supervise public procurement in Sweden. Its task is to work for efficient competition in the private and public sectors for the benefit of the consumers as well as for the efficient public procurement for the benefit of the society and the participants in the markets. The Competition Authority also works with : law enforcement and supervision, measures for better competition and for more effective public procurement, knowledge, research international work, co-operation. The Competition Authority’s vision is “Welfare through well-functioning markets”.

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10309 Bulletin

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority welcomes the commitments offered by two breweries to address anticompetitive concerns in the supply of strong beer to hotels, restaurants, and cafes (Carlsberg / Spendrups)

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Commitments from two breweries open up better competition for the supply of strong beer* The breweries Carlsberg and Spendrups have committed to change their conditions for the sale of strong beer to hotels, restaurants, and cafes. The companies’ commitments will enable other suppliers to (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority accepts the voluntary commitments made by a Finnish airline to remedy concerns over restrictions on online travel agent’s ability to advertise discounts (Finnair)

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The Swedish Competition Authority accepts voluntary commitment from Finnair* Finnair has voluntarily committed to no longer restrict how online travel agencies advertise discounted prices on the company’s airline tickets. This means that the competition issues that the airline’s conduct is (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Patent and Market Court of Appeal declines to grant leniency to a dairy company on the grounds that the information provided by the company was specifically requested by the Competition Authority and was not volunteered immediately (Arla Foods)

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Arla Foods is not granted leniency in a case on unlawful cooperation* Arla Foods must pay an administrative fine for having been found guilty of unlawful cooperation in connection with a procurement. This is the decision in a judgment from the Patent and Market Court of Appeal. The Court (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority decides that the National Courts Administration offered an illegal direct award to a construction firm to build a new court (Swedish Courts Administration)

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Collaboration with real estate company was illegal direct award* It was an illegal direct award of contract when the Swedish National Courts Administration entered into a collaboration with a real estate company regarding the construction of a new court building in Jönköping, for later (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority declares that a services agreement between a municipality and a waste management firm was an illegal direct award of contract (Bromölla / Kristianstads Renhållnings)

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Bromölla’s cooperation agreement on services related to waste management was an illegal direct award of contract* The cooperation agreement signed between Bromölla Municipality and Kristianstads Renhållnings AB did not constitute the type of cooperation between contracting authorities that (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority fines a regional public bus authority for extending procurement contracts without the requisite procedure during the COVID-19 pandemic (Skånetrafiken)

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Skånetrafiken was wrong not to perform procurement of welfare transportation* Using the outbreak of the coronavirus as an argument, Skånetrafiken extended an agreement on welfare transportation without a prior procurement procedure. The pandemic was not a reason not to perform a procurement (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Patent and Market Court rules that a company active in the cheese and dairy industry should pay an administrative fine for unlawful cooperation in dairy product procurement (Arla Foods)

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Arla Foods to pay administrative fine for unlawful cooperation* The Patent and Market Court has in a judgment decided that Arla Foods is to pay an administrative fine for having participated in an unlawful cooperation ahead of a procurement. The fact that Arla Foods has cooperated with the (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority finds that a data collector’s refusal to supply data constitutes an abuse of dominance and imposes a temporary obligation to continue to deliver data on the housing market to a company in charge of the national housing price index (Svensk Mäklarstatistik)

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Svensk Mäklarstatistik must continue to deliver data on the housing market* The Swedish Competition Authority is imposing a temporary obligation on Svensk Mäklarstatistik to continue to deliver data on residential transactions in Sweden to the company Valueguard Index Sweden, including the (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority imposes a fine on the police for its unlawful purchase of vehicle recovery services by performing an illegal direct award of contract (Swedish Police Authority)

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Unlawful purchase of vehicle recovery services by police* For several years the Swedish Police Authority had been buying vehicle recovery services without a correctly procured agreement in place. The Swedish Competition Authority is now demanding that the Swedish Police Authority pay SEK 2 (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority opposes the financing of the national horse racing industry by the country’s dominant company in horse racing gambling on the grounds that it may help the firm to entrench its dominance (ATG)

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ATG’s financing of the horse industry is not sustainable* It is not a sustainable financing model that the horse industry receives its financing from the gaming company ATG’s surplus. This risks further strengthening ATG’s already dominant position and cementing the current structure of the (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority claims that a municipality’s purchase of supported housing services constitutes an illegal direct award of contract

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Malmö’s purchase of supported housing services constituted an illegal direct award of contract* The Swedish Competition Authority is claiming that the Labour Market and Social Welfare Board in Malmö Municipality must pay SEK 10 million in procurement fines for carrying out an illegal direct (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority takes legal action against a company in the cheese and dairy industry for exchanging strategic information with a competitor in connection to public procurement (Arla Foods)

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The Swedish Competition Authority takes legal action against Arla Foods for unlawful cooperation*. According to the Swedish Competition Authority, Arla Foods has participated in an unlawful cooperation by exchanging strategic information with a competitor in the connection to a public (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority concludes that region Blekinge violated the rules on public procurement when purchasing translation service providers (Interpretation services)

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Interpretation services incorrectly procured by Region Blekinge* Region Blekinge violated the rules on public procurement when the region purchased interpretation services. This is the conclusion of the Swedish Competition Authority, now referring the matter to the Administrative Court in (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority fines a municipal-owned company SEK 120,000 for an illegal direct award of a contract for 19 event arrangements (Affärsverken Karlskrona)

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Event arrangement considered an illegal direct award of contract* The company Affärsverken Karlskrona AB failed to comply with the procurement rules when the company entered into a contract for several event arrangements to a value of SEK 1.6 million. The Swedish Competition Authority is of (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Government strengthens the Competition Authority’s powers to impose fines for anti-competitive behaviour, conduct unannounced inspections, and the right to decide on fines for companies that refuse to participate in the Authority’s investigations

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Strengthened powers for the Swedish Competition Authority* The Swedish government has presented a bill with proposals that strengthen the powers of the Swedish Competition Authority in the area of competition. The proposals include decision-making powers to impose fines for (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority petitions to fine a municipality for directly awarding a public procurement contract for snow clearance because the contract does not qualify for exemption under urgency (Huddinge Municipality)

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No extreme urgency when Huddinge Municipality directly awarded a contract for snow clearance* Huddinge Municipality was guilty of an illegal direct award when it failed to apply procurement rules to a contract for snow clearance. This is the conclusion of the Swedish Competition Authority, (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority petitions to fine a municipality for illegal direct award of a public procurement contract for the major refurbishment of a property (Hallsberg Municipality)

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Hallsberg performed an illegal direct award of construction contract* Hallsberg municipality carried out the major refurbishment of a property without first publishing a contract notice as required under the Public Procurement Act. The municipality was therefore guilty of an illegal direct (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Government submits a draft bill to the Council on Legislation regarding a proposal for enhanced powers for the Swedish Competition Authority’s administration of investigations and fines

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Draft bill submitted to the Council on Legislation regarding a proposal for enhanced powers of the Swedish Competition Authority* In a draft bill submitted to the Council on Legislation, the Government proposes that the Swedish Competition Authority’s decision-making powers should be (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority accepts commitments from a training company to limit its use of exclusive agreements with fitness studios and closes its investigations into another two companies (Bruce / Classpass / Swiftr)

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Swedish Competition Authority accepts commitments from training company* Bruce is a company that offers training services. The company has offered to limit its use of exclusive agreements with fitness studios in order to avoid that competition concerns arise. The Swedish Competition (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority fines 2 interior design companies with over SEK 500,000 for coordinating sales prices of furniture (Artilleriet Interiors / Royal Design Group)

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Two companies consensually agree to pay administrative fines for engaging in unlawful cooperation* Two companies engaged in the sale of interior design, furniture, and home furnishing have consented to pay a fine order from the Swedish Competition Authority. The companies coordinated some of (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority fines a municipality SEK 1,500,000 for carrying out an illegal direct award of a building contract (Nynäshamn municipality)

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Nynäshamn Municipality carried out an illegal direct award of a building contract* When Nynäshamn Municipality had a property rebuilt into a group residence, this was a building contract that should have been procured in accordance with the Public Procurement Act. The fact that the agreement (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority fines a municipal company SEK 220,000 for illegal direct award of a contract and clarifies that there is no exception for artistic reasons (Örebrokompaniet)

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No exception on artistic reasons when Örebrokompaniet purchased a light show* The exception for artistic performance was not applicable when Örebrokompaniet purchased event services without prior notice. The company is thus guilty of an illegal direct award of contract and the Swedish (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority fines a municipality-owned power company SEK 225,000 for illegal direct award of a contract and rejects its reason of "extreme urgency"(Skellefteå Kraft Elnät)

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Skellefteå Kraft was not allowed to give a direct award of contract due to extreme urgency* Skellefteå Kraft Elnät AB was in breach of procurement rules when it purchased materials for Vitberget, Bergsbyn, and Rönnskär without prior advertisement. The Swedish Competition Authority believes (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Patent and Market Court of Appeal overturns Competition Authority’s decision and finds that the termination of a contract with a competitor does not constitute an abuse of a dominant position (Svenska Förpacknings och Tidningsinsamlingen)

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The termination of a contract with a competitor did not constitute an abuse of a dominant position* Svenska Förpacknings- och Tidningsinsamlingen, FTI, does not have to provide its competitor TMResponsibility, TMR, access to recycling stations. The decision of the Patent and Market Court of (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Patent and Market Supreme Court decides that the Competition Authority incorrectly determined the geographic market in a merger between two large providers of district heating pipes (Logstor / Powerpipe)

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Court decisions can result in higher district heating costs* The merger of the companies Logstor and Powerpipe, which the Patent and Market Supreme Court has today approved, leads to a strong concentration in Sweden on the market for district heating pipes. This is confirmed by the Swedish (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority brings proceedings against companies in the removal business for non-compete agreements (Alfa Quality Moving / NFB Transport Systems / ICM Kungsholms)

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The Swedish Competition Authority brings action against companies in the removal business for anticompetitive agreements* The Swedish Competition Authority has petitioned that three companies in the removal business are sentenced to pay a total of SEK 42 million in fines since they have (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority furthers an application for a prohibition order against the acquisition of the franchisors of the two largest national real estate chains (Swedbank Franchise / Svensk Fastighetsförmedling)

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The Swedish Competition Authority is going to court to stop the real estate concentration* The Competition Authority is going to court to prohibit Swedbank Franchise from acquiring Svensk Fastighetsförmedling. The deal would significantly impede competition on a large number of local (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority forwards an application on procurement fines for an illegal direct award on the market for the rental of machines and other equipment for construction works (Cramo / Malmö municipality)

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Malmö’s repeated procurement errors give higher demanded fines* A claim has been made for the municipality of Malmö to pay a fine/public procurement damages of SEK 325,000 following an illegal direct award. As the municipality of Malmö has previously been fined for an illegal direct award, (...)

Swedish Competition Authority A Swedish Administrative Court rules that a state-owned undertaking must follow the public procurement laws when it acquires goods and services and orders payment of fines amounting to SEK 3 million (Akademiska Hus)

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Judgement against Akademiska Hus concerning compliance with the procurement rules* The state-owned company Akademiska Hus must comply with the Public Procurement Act when it purchases goods and services. This is the decision of the Administrative Court in Umeå. The company has now been (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority welcomes an undertaking by a sports association not to suspend or fine members who participate in competing events (SKKF)

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Swedish Bodybuilding Association changes its application of loyalty clause* The Swedish Competition Authority welcomes the Swedish Bodybuilding Association’s (SKKF) confirmation that it will not suspend or fine members who participate in competing events. The Swedish Competition Authority (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Administrative Court requires the National Competition Authority to comment on a pending case giving its interpretation for the concept of publicly controlled body (Systembolaget)

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The Swedish Competition Authority: Systembolaget is covered by the procurement rules* The Swedish Competition Authority has been demanded by the Administrative Court in Stockholm to comment on a pending case before the Court. The Swedish Competition Authority finds that Systembolaget is a (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority goes to court claiming procurement fines from a municipality for hiring consultants without previous advertising (Herrljunga)

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Herrljunga required to pay procurement fines* Herrljunga municipality has breached procurement rules by continuing to hire employment agency staff for several years without advertising the contracts. The Swedish Competition Authority is now going to court claiming procurement fines of SEK (...)

Swedish Competition Authority A Swedish Administrative Court orders payment of procurement award damages for use of company acquisition solely as a means of avoiding the public procurement procedure (Vega district)

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Haninge Bostäder hit with a SEK 10 million fine* It is not permissible for a municipal corporation to circumvent procurement rules by buying a company with assets instead of procuring. This is confirmed by the administrative court in a judgement against Haninge Bostäder which completely (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Court of Stockholm City upholds the decision of the Competition Authority in a verdict which rules that a municipality is not permitted to compete on the private market (Services Office Borås)

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Municipality at fault for competing with private companies* The Services Office of the Municipality of Borås is prohibited from selling services to other parties than the Municipality. Stockholm City Court fully supports the Swedish Competition Authority in a verdict which rules that the (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority puts forward a number of proposals in order to make the regulatory framework more effective and decrease the lock-in effects for customers

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Competition on the financial services market - Deposits, mortgages and funds* In a report from last year, ‘Competition on the financial services market - Deposits, mortgages and funds’ the Swedish Competition Authority found that competition in the Swedish banking and finance markets is (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Stockholm City Court rejects petition for dismissing an application for competition damages subsequent to the issue of an injunction order giving rise to a liability to pay penalties in case of non-compliance (Swedavia)

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The City Court rules that there are no formal obstacles to charging Swedavia for competition damages* The Swedish Competition Authority may bring an action before the court to sue for competition damages even where the behaviour that forms the basis of the claim has already been forbidden by (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority files an application for procurement fines against alteration of a framework agreement concerning procurement of photo copiers (Stockholm County Council)

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Alteration of framework agreement led to an illegal procurement* The Stockholm County Council made such great changes to a framework agreement relating to the purchasing of copiers that the contract must be considered a whole new procurement. As this was not publicly advertised, it (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority files an application for competition damages against allegedly collusive health care undertakings (Aleris / Capio / Hjärtkärlgruppen)

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Fines demanded for collusion in care and treatment procurement* The Competition Authority has petitioned that three companies within the care and treatment business are to be sentenced to pay a total of almost SEK 30 million in fines as they have colluded during a public procurement. In (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority files application for procurement fines against an allegedly illegal direct award of contract in connection with a staff party (Sveriges Radio)

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Sveriges Radio taken to court over procurement fines* Sveriges Radio carried out an illegal direct award of contract in connection with a staff party. The Swedish Competition Authority therefore requires Sveriges Radio to pay procurement fines of SEK 200,000. Sveriges Radio (public service (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority files an application for appeal in case of denial to grant a competitor access to a firefighting training area (Räddningstjänsten Dala Mitt)

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The Swedish Competition Authority appeals ruling* The Swedish Competition Authority wants the Market Court to reverse the acquittal of the Dala-Mitt Rescue Services. The Stockholm City Court’s assessment is incorrect on several points and includes evidence requirements that go above and (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority requires payment of procurement fines for signing an agreement as regards rental of printers, scanners and copying machines without public procurement (Karolinska institutet)

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Rental of office equipment must be procured* The Swedish Competition Authority requests that Karolinska Institutet pays SEK 200,000 in fines/procurement damages for having signed an agreement pertaining to rental of printers, scanners and copying machines without public procurement. (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority accepts the commitments undertaken by office stationery supply chain not to indicate prices in a common marketing catalogue (Rationella Kontors Varuinköp)

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Putting a stop to common catalogue prices The office supplies chain, RKV, has undertaken to stop having common catalogue prices for office requisites. This commitment resulted from a review conducted by the Swedish Competition Authority. The office supplies chain RKV (Rationella Kontors (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Stockholm Administrative Court of Appeal upholds decision on procurement fines following an illegal direct award of contracts for certain advertising services (Swedish Armed Forces)

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Fines for the Swedish Armed Forces following improper procurement* The Swedish Armed Forces has been sentenced to pay procurement fines for an illegal direct award of contracts. In an application to the administrative court, the Swedish Competition Authority has demanded that the Swedish (...)

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority issues proceedings against bus companies in respect of a price fixing cartel on the market for package tours on coaches (Ölvemarks / Scandorama)

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Swedish Competition Authority issues proceedings against bus companies in respect of a cartel* According to the Swedish Competition Authority, two bus companies – Ölvemarks and Scandorama – have committed unauthorised collusion on prices, referred to as a ‘cartel’. They are now required to (...)

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