Press 2016-05-16 Excessively long competition clauses between competing companies have no other purpose than to prevent competition. This is the viewpoint of Stockholm City Court in a judgment concerning three removal companies. The Swedish...

Press 2016-04-27 Sigtuna Municipality has on sixteen occasions purchased consulting services without advertising the procurements before contract signing. The Competition Authority is now directing sharp criticism against the municipality.

Press 2016-04-15 With the food ordering platform Onlinepizza changing its partnership agreement and clarifying how affiliated restaurants can also be affiliated to competing platforms, the Swedish Competition Authority has now closed its...

Press 2016-04-15 The Swedish Competition Authority is currently bringing a claim before the court and requesting that the Police Authority should be ordered to pay a penalty/procurement fine in the amount of SEK 400,000 for having procured...

Press 2016-03-17 The Swedish Competition Authority is demanding that Hällefors Municipality pays SEK 190,000 in procurement fines for the illegal direct award of two contracts. The contracts concern carpentry and painting works on a building ...

Press 2016-03-08 The majority of procuring authorities that has been subject of the Swedish Competition Authority’s supervisory decisions end up making changes to their routines. This is one of the findings of a Swedish Competition Authority...

2016-03-02 The report "Facts and figures on public procurement. Statistics concerning procurements conducted during 2014" is now available in an English version. The report is a joint publication from the Swedish Competition Authority a...

Press 2016-02-26 Adapting to circular economy requires a new way of thinking, new organisational solutions and technical innovation. This is the conclusion of Nordic competition authorities in a joint report.