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Press 2015-01-23 State-owned company Akademiska Hus is required to follow the Swedish Public Procurement Act. The Administrative Court of Appeal in Sundsvall has ruled that it must pay SEK 3 million in procurement...

Press 2015-01-21 The Swedish Competition Authority has updated the environmental requirements for vehicles and transport which can be imposed during public procurement. The requirements aim to reduce emissions of...

Press 2014-12-19 Municipally-owned company Bergs Tingslags Elektriska AB is facing a procurement fine of SEK 550,000 for awarding a contract for excavation services unlawfully.

Press 2014-12-19 Stockholm County Council is facing a SEK 350,000 procurement fine after conducting a procurement unlawfully. This is the third time that the Swedish Competition Authority is taking Stockholm County...

2014-12-18 The Swedish Competition Authority is taking legal action against TeliaSonera Sverige and Göteborg Energi GothNet. The companies are being sued for close to SEK 35 million in penalties/administrativ...

Press 2014-12-18 Private entrepreneurs feel that they face significant competition from public companies, and that competitive pressure from the public sector has increased. This picture is confirmed by municipal...

Press 2014-12-17 A court ruling in favour of Swedish home sellers. That is the Swedish Competition Authority’s comment on the decision that prohibits the real estate merger where Swedish bank Swedbank, owner of the...

2014-12-16 By way of an anonymous complaint the Competition Authority has been made aware of the fact that a manufacturer of protein powder products has applied mandatory minimum resale prices, so-called resa...

Press 2014-12-16 Inköp Gävleborg is a municipal association that includes ten municipalities in the region. The Swedish Competition Authority has now taken the municipality to court with demands for penalties of SE...

2014-12-15 The Competition Authority is currently investigating competition problems in the hotel sector and invites market participants to submit their views.

Press 2014-12-15 There are good opportunities for quality competition among health care centres in many parts of the country. But many of the centres are finding it difficult to make ends meet on the county council...

Press 2014-12-10 Manufacturers of snus and consumers have been negatively affected by the strict rules imposed by the dominant market player Swedish Match for their snus coolers. The Swedish Competition Authority i...

Press 2014-12-09 More public procurement contracts are now being awarded on the basis of “the lowest price" instead of “the most economically advantageous” tender. This is shown by new statistics from the Swedish...

Press 2014-12-09 Stockholm County Council is facing a demand to pay SEK 0.5 million in a public procurement damage fine for buying services in plastic surgery without following the procurement regulations. The...

2014-12-05 Since 2010 the non-governmental organisation Cuts International (Consumer Unity & Trust Society) has undertaken an initiative to highlight competition issues by celebrating 5 December as World...