Press 2017-05-23 Swedish consumers prefer to pay by card, both in physical shops and online. At the same time, the use of mobile payments is increasing. The Swedish Competition Authority has surveyed the payment services market, focusing on t...

Press 2017-05-12 Stockholm’s company for school properties, SISAB, has been criticised by the Swedish Competition Authority for not having published a contract notice for the procurement of car pool services, during a period extending over...

2017-05-09 The aim of this guidance is to explain what suppliers and resellers should consider when entering into agreements regarding the purchase and sale of a product or service – what contract terms are permitted, and what are to be...

Press 2017-05-09 Sweden is the worst in the EU at notifying the value of contracts awarded in conjunction with public procurement. This contributes to compromised transparency and obstructs the public’s scrutiny of the contracts that are...

2017-05-03 The Swedish Competition Authority’s 2016 Annual Report looks back on an eventful year. The report presents several examples that show that our supervisory and enforcement activities, and the proposals and measures that we hav...

Press 2017-04-28 The Patent and Market Court of Appeal has now made a different judgement than that of Stockholm District Court and has acquitted three care companies that had been suspected of illegal cooperation prior to a procurement.

Press 2017-04-28 Tierp’s municipal property company breached procurement rules when Vegavallen was rebuilt. The company is now required to pay a procurement fine of SEK 2.5 million.

Press 2017-04-25 The municipality of Gothenburg should have awarded contracts for services that were performed on its behalf by Göteborg & Co, which is partially owned by the municipality. The Swedish Competition Authority is critical of the...