Press 2012-02-01 The Swedish Coast Guard conducted an illegal direct award of contract when the authority purchased radio equipment. This is the opinion of the Swedish Competition Authority, which is now going to court with a demand for...

Press 2012-01-27 Give public procurement a higher status. Simplify the rules for smaller procurements. Better supporting documents for statistics. These are the proposals made by the Swedish Competition Authority in a consultation response to...

Press 2012-01-23 The Swedish Competition Authority is requesting the court to decide on fines of just over one million Swedish kronor for FMV after the authority conducted several illegal direct awards of contracts.

Press 2012-01-23 The Services Office at the Municipality of Borås should be prohibited from selling ground and construction contract works to anyone other than the municipal authority itself. This is the opinion of the Swedish Competition...

2012-01-19 The Swedish Competition Authority has decided to approve Arla’s sale of the Bollnäsfil, Fjällfil and Fjällyoghurt brands, thereby satisfying some of the conditions that it laid down for accepting the merger between Arla and...

Press 2012-01-11 Ellen Hausel Heldahl is the new Head of the Department for Enforcement of Public Procurement Laws at the Swedish Competition Authority. Arvid Fredenberg is Acting Chief Economist and is in charge of the recently established...

Press 2011-12-21 Several leading representatives of the sport movement have over-interpreted the Swedish Competition Authority’s decision concerning the competition rules for motor sport. This decision will now be considered by the Market Court.

Press 2011-12-16 Two contractors have accepted fining orders by the Swedish Competition Authority, for engaging in unlawful collusion when tendering for a contract to provide engineering works-related transport services in Uppsala.