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Merger of production facilities invalidated in Germany – A comparison with Iceland

13 June 2025

Í gær ógilti þýska samkeppniseftirlitið kaup afurðarstöðvarinnar Tönnies á sláturhúsum Vion. Samruninn var ógiltur meðal annars vegna þess að hann myndi styrkja stöðu Tönnies og hafa skaðleg áhrif á bændur og minni keppinauta. Að mati samkeppnisyfirvalda hefði samruninn veikt stöðu bænda með því að draga úr möguleikum bænda að velja sér afurðarstöð og færa slátrunina annað.

Nánari upplýsingar um málið má finna í enskri fréttatilkynningu here.

Á Íslandi hefur Samkeppniseftirlitið ekki lengur heimild til þess að rannsaka áhrif sem samruni afurðarstöðva gæti haft á bændur og neytendur. Hafa talsmenn undanþága búvörulaganna ranglega haldið því fram að þær eigi sér fyrirmynd í nágrannalöndum. Brýnt er að frumvarp atvinnuvegaráðherra um afnám undanþáganna verði afnumdar án tafar.

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