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Icelandic Competition Authority

The Icelandic Competition Authority (Samkeppniseftirlitið) was founded on 1 July 2005, when the Competition Act No. 44/2005 entered into force. By the same Act, the former Icelandic Competition Authority (Samkeppnisstofnun) and Competition Council (Samkeppnisráð) were discontinued. Prior to the entry into force of Act No. 44/2005, the competition authorities in Iceland were also responsible for the supervision of unfair business practices and market transparency. These tasks were assigned to the Consumer Agency pursuant to Act No. 57/2005 on the supervision of unfair trade practices and market transparency.

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Icelandic Competition Authority The Icelandic Competition Authority publishes opinion on the operational and competitive conditions at airports

12 January 2022 42

ICA directs recommendations to authorities regarding Isavia and the competitive environment at Keflavik Airport* The Icelandic Competition Authority (ICA) has published an opinion concerning the operational environment of Isavia ohf. and competitive conditions at Keflavik International (...)

Icelandic Competition Authority The Icelandic Competition Authority announces that a national audiobook and e-book streaming and publishing company withdrew the merger notification regarding its acquisition of publishing house (Storytel / Forlagið)

23 December 2020 95

Storytel AB withdraws merger notification regarding its acquisition of a 70% share in Forlagið The Icelandic Competition Authority (ICA) has recently had under investigation Storytel AB’s proposed acquisition of 70% of Forlagið’s share capital, but the merging parties notified the merger in (...)

Swedish Competition Authority, Danish Competition Authority, Icelandic Competition Authority, Norwegian Competition Authority, Finnish Competition Authority The Nordic Competition Authorities release joint memorandum on digital platforms and the future of European policy

28 September 2020 310

Nordic Competition Authorities release joint memorandum on digital platforms and the future of European policy* As a contribution to the debate on competition enforcement in the digital era and future rules for digital platforms, the Nordic competition authorities are today publishing a joint (...)

Icelandic Competition Authority The Icelandic Competition Authority fines a telecoms company for commitment violations in the sale of English football on its linear pay-TV service (Síminn)

6 August 2020 187

The Icelandic Competition Authority fines Síminn for commitment violations* The decision made by the Competition Authority (ICA) today states the conclusion that Síminn violated the conditions of the commitments that the company has entered into with ICA in recent years. The decision reveals (...)

Icelandic Competition Authority The Icelandic Competition Authority opens an information center as a response to the antitrust challenges posed by the current COVID-19 outbreak

22 March 2020 436

On account of the COVID-19, consumers and businesses are confronted with unprecedented challenges. In response to these challenges, the Icelandic Competition Authority (ICA) has opened an information center where the following issues are addressed. 1- Exemptions from the ban to cooperate (...)