Case of the Icelandic Dental Association against the National Insurance Institution

Dentists demanded that the National Insurance Board negotiate with them.
Mandated refunds for insured patients in the same way as agreed
with

Dental Association
Regarding reimbursements in Iceland. The Competition Council's decision was as follows: „With
in view of the dominant market position of the National Insurance Institution, as a purchaser
dental and dental prosthetic services for pensioners and those on disability benefits and those who
Accident insurance is in accordance with the Act on Social Security No. 117/1993, considers
Competition Council on the National Insurance Authority's refusal to enter into an agreement with
dental technicians who specialise in the construction of removable dentures, about statutory
reimbursements for the aforementioned clients of the Social Security Administration, have
harmful effects on competition within the meaning of Article 17 of the Competition Act No. 8/1993 and
contrary to the purpose of the Act, see its section 1.

In the opinion of
The competition authority cannot, in accordance with competition law, base a refusal on the conclusion of an agreement.
such an agreement stipulates that denturists pre-select the dentists who they
intend to exchange on the basis of their agreement with the National Insurance Authority.

 With reference to Article 17.
Section of the Competition Act directs the Competition Council to give instructions to the Insurance Authority.
of the state to enter into contracts with dental technicians who specialise in the fabrication
on loose dentures, regarding statutory refunds for old-age and
disability pensioners and those who are accident-insured under the Social Security Act,
on the basis laid down in the Social Security Act.“