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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 1,370 cases from 35 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

3cases from 1 jurisdiction
€421.7mTotal of monetary amounts (1 case with an amount)
€421.7mLargest single case: three Norwegian grocery chains
€421.7mMedian per case with an amount

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25 Aug 2026 Kommunal Landspensjonskasse Gjensidig Forsikringsselskap (KLP)KLP: binding commitments after suspected abuse in municipal pensions NorwayAbuse of market power Order

Konkurransetilsynet (Norwegian Competition Authority) made commitments offered by KLP binding and thereby closed its investigation into a possible abuse of a dominant position in public occupational pensions for municipalities. The authority was concerned that, from 2019, when a competitor entered the market, KLP had systematically discouraged municipalities from putting their occupational pension schemes out to tender; KLP now undertakes to refrain from such influence and to remedy the effects of its earlier practice. No infringement was conclusively established and no fine was imposed.

What organisations can take from it

Dominant companies must not use close customer relationships to deter customers from running tenders – even a suspicion of this can lead to binding obligations.

Relevance to training and awareness

Conduct of dominant companies towards public purchasers

Authority / court
Konkurransetilsynet
Area of law
Competition law · Abuse of market power
Legal basis
§ 12 Abs. 3 i. V. m. § 11 konkurranseloven; Art. 54 EWR-Abkommen
Action
Order
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Published
2 Sep 2026

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24 Sep 2024 a Norwegian provider of emptying and flushing servicesEmptying and flushing services: acquisition of a regional competitor prohibited NorwayMerger controlanonymised Order

Konkurransetilsynet (Norwegian Competition Authority) prohibited the acquisition of a regional competitor by the service provider because the merger would have significantly impeded competition in emptying and flushing services (including emptying septic tanks and separators and cleaning pipes and tanks) in the former county of Hordaland, where the two companies were each other's closest competitors. The Konkurranseklagenemnda (Competition Appeals Tribunal) rejected the provider's appeal on 31 January 2025 and upheld the prohibition.

What organisations can take from it

Acquisitions of regional competitors in niche markets can also be prohibited if they remove the competitive pressure between close rivals.

Authority / court
Konkurransetilsynet
Area of law
Competition law · Merger control
Legal basis
§ 16 konkurranseloven
Action
Order
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Other
Published
24 Sep 2024

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Company name anonymised since 24 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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21 Aug 2024 three Norwegian grocery chainsThree Norwegian grocery chains: NOK 4.93bn over price-hunter collaboration NorwayCartels and collusionanonymised €421.7m

Konkurransetilsynet (Norwegian Competition Authority) fined Norway's three largest grocery chains a total of NOK 4,926,981,000: the first chain NOK 2,313,418,000, the second NOK 1,321,024,000, and the third chain and its parent company jointly and severally NOK 1,292,539,000. From January 2011 until at least April 2018, the chains had granted each other's price collectors ('prisjegere') extensive access to their stores, which increased price transparency between the competitors and weakened price competition; the authority also ordered the collaboration to end. The Konkurranseklagenemnda (Competition Appeals Tribunal) upheld the decision on 21 August 2025; according to the courts' official hearing list, Gulating lagmannsrett (Gulating Court of Appeal) will hear an action by the second chain challenging the validity of that ruling from 12 October 2026. The decision is not final.

What organisations can take from it

Even seemingly harmless industry arrangements, such as mutual access for price collection, can amount to an anticompetitive exchange of information and trigger fines running into billions.

Relevance to training and awareness

Exchange of information between competitors

Authority / court
Konkurransetilsynet
Area of law
Competition law · Cartels and collusion
Legal basis
§ 10 konkurranseloven, Art. 53 EWR-Abkommen; §§ 12 und 29 konkurranseloven; § 6 Abs. 1 EØS-konkurranseloven
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
under appeal
Sector
Retail and e-commerce
Culpability
intentional
Published
21 Aug 2024

Original amount 4,926,981,000 NOK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 21 Aug 2024.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Company name anonymised since 21 Aug 2026 · Direct link

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