Competition cases in numbers
Competition cases in numbers - underlying data
Table 1. Fines issued to individuals and companies
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021 | 2022 | |
| Fines issued to companies | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 14 |
| Fines issued to individuals | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
- The charts includes both fines issued by the courts and administrative fines. The chart shows fines issued at a given time. Cases which moves through the legal system is only shown once. Consequently, a fine is only shown once. The number of fines my therefore change from year to year.
- *a data breach as a consequence of implementing ECN+ in March 2021.
- Source: The Danish Competition and Consumer Authority
Table 2. Cases decided by the Danish Competition Council
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
| Cases decided by the Competition Council (including mergers) | 23 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
| - hereof with effect on the market | 16 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
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7 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| Cases closed without a decision 1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
1) Including mergers withdrawn and cases closed by Competition Council
- Decisions with effect on the market includes abuse cases, mergers subject to remedies etc.
- Decisions can includes more than one company
- Source: The Danish Competition and Consumer Authority
Table 3. Competition and payment cases decided by the Danish Competition Council
| 2021 | 2022 | |
| Mergers decided by the Competition Council 1) | 4 | 5 |
| Competition cases decided by the Competition Council | 1 | 4 |
| Payment cases decided by the Competition Council | 4 | 4 |
| Fines decided by the Competition Council | 20 | 11 |
1) Including mergers withdrawn and cases closed by Competition Council
- After implementing ECN+ in March 2021 the DCCA can issue fines to companies and try cases at court.
- Source: The Danish Competition and Consumer Authority
Table 4. Referrals to the State Prosecutor for Serious Economic and International Crime
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021 | |
| Referrals | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 |
- Referrals can include one or serveral companies
- *There is a data breach as a consequence of implementing ECN+ in March 2021.
- Source: The Danish Competition and Consumer Authority
Lastest update July 5, 2023