Dagur Group hf. v. The Competition Authority

The Competition Appeals Board upheld the decision of the Competition Authority no. 20/2006, in which the Competition Authority concluded that Skífan (now Dagur Group) had abused its dominant market position, thereby breaching the prohibition clauses of the Competition Act. Skífan repeated its previous breaches of competition law by entering into illegal agreements with Hagkaup which included exclusive purchasing and anti-competitive discount clauses. The appeal board's ruling stated that the board considered Skífan's infringement to be both obvious and serious, and that the company's representatives must have been aware that the contracts in question contravened competition law, in accordance with a previous decision by the Competition Council from 2001. The decision of the Competition Authority that Skífan should pay a government fine of 65 million krónur was upheld.