The year of 2024 was an eventful year for the Icelandic Competition Authority (“ICA”), as well as for Icelandic courts, regarding both competition enforcement and merger control. The EFTA Surveillance Authority (“ESA”) also decided to carry out its first ever unannounced antitrust inspection in Iceland. Following is a brief overview of the most important developments…
Following an eventful year for the Icelandic Competition Authority (“ICA”) as well as Icelandic Courts regarding competition enforcement and merger control, the year of 2023 started out quietly. However, the latter part of the year provided for some major decisions by both the ICA and the Competition Appeals Committee with competition enforcement matters being kept…
The year 2022 was an eventful year both for the Icelandic Competition Authority (“ICA”) and Icelandic Courts regarding competition enforcement and merger control. Iceland is a member of the EEA Agreement and Icelandic competition law therefore mainly mirrors EU competition law. Over the year several high-profile merger cases were amicably resolved following rigorous substantive assessments…
