Competition Issues
In the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority, we detect and take action against violations of the Danish Competition Act. We endorse large business mergers and we conduct studies of competitive conditions in different market sectors to promote competition and enhance consumer welfare.
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The Danish Competition Council intervenes in a municipality's payment arrangements with a private care home provider
The Danish Competition Council (DCC) has decided that the municipality of Frederikssund has offered a private provider of services covered by the Free Choice program, Attendo A/S, a settlement price contrary to regulations established in the Danish care home legislation, including the Danish Act on Care Homes (in Danish: Friplejeboligloven). Attendo A/S is a private provider of care home services in Denmark.
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Danish Supreme Court: German Engine Manufacturer and Danish Distributor Infringed Competition Law
The Danish Supreme Court has ruled that the German engine manufacturer Deutz AG and its Danish distributor Diesel Motor Nordic have infringed Danish and European competition law. The companies’ illegal conduct disrupted train services in Denmark, causing inconvenience for passengers.
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The Danish Competition Appeals Tribunal: Price coordination and bid rigging in the energy sector in West Denmark (DK1)
The company Effekthandel ApS (“Effekthandel”) and eight combined cogeneration plants and power plants (“the plants”) have illegally engaged in price coordination and bid rigging in auctions for manual Frequency Restoration Reserve (“mFRR”) in West Denmark (DK1). The case has been upheld by the Danish Competition Appeals Tribunal. 41 other linked cases have been appealed to the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court, where they are pending.
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Cartels are illegal
If know about possible violations of the Danish Competition Act, please get in touch.
Please contact us by phone phone +45 4193 9495 or use our postal address.
Read about what a cartel is, what the penalties of involvement in cartels are, and how it is possible to completely avoid fines and imprisonment for having participated in a cartel.
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