18 August 2020
Danish media agency accepts fine of €301,800 for customer sharing
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/denmark/danish-media-agency-accepts-fine-of-301800-for-customer-sharing

A Danish media agency, Mediacenter Danmark A/S entered into a customer sharing agreement from November 2013 to December 2014 with their competitor MPE Distribution (‘MPC’) in the market for distribution of unaddressed ...

16 March 2021
Public contracting authorities are obliged to exclude tender constellations which are considered to be in breach of competition law
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/denmark/public-contracting-authorities-are-obliged-to-exclude

The Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement (“Board of Appeal”) has in a recent decision established that a consortium agreement which is in breach of Article 101 TFEU or Article 6 in the Danish Competition Act ...

04 March 2021
New Danish guidelines on payment institutions’ objective, non-discriminatory and proportionate access to credit institutions’ payment account services
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/denmark/new-danish-guidelines-on-payment-institutions-objective-non-discriminatory-and-proportionate-access

The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (Danish FSA) and the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority (DCCA) have issued new guidelines under Article 63 of the Danish Payments Act (DPA) (transposing PSD2 Article 36) ...

14 September 2020
The DCCA accepts commitments from a digital platform to remove a mandatory minimum hourly fee for regular cleaning services from providers on the platform
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/denmark/the-dcca-accepts-commitments-from-a-digital-platform-to-remove-a-mandatory-minimum-hourly-fee

A Danish digital platform facilitating contact between providers of cleaning services and customers, www.hilfr.dk (‘Hilfr’), operated with a minimum hourly fee as a prerequisite for the providers to offer their services ...

14 July 2020
The DCCA conditionally clears an acquisition in the natural gas sector subject to the divestment of 107,000 consumers
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/denmark/the-dcca-conditionally-clears-an-acquisition-in-the-natural-gas-sector-subject-to-the-divestment

On 28 May 2020, the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority (DCCA) received a complete notification of SEAS-NVE A/S’ (SEAS-NVE) acquisition of control of several subsidiaries of Ørsted A/S. The DCCA approved the ...

12 June 2020
European Commission approves most Danish State Aid measures
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/denmark/european-commission-approves-most-danish-state-aid-measures

On 2 June 2020, the European Commission published an overview of the State aid measures approved under Article 107(2)b TFEU, Article 107(3)b and under the Temporary State Aid Framework since the beginning of the ...

16 February 2021
Danish Court upholds decision regarding competition law infringement by Deutz AG and its national distributor in railway sector
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/denmark/danish-court-upholds-decision-regarding-competition-law-infringement-by-deutz-ag-and

The case centred around a consortium that was handling the renovation of the engines of the IC3 trains of the Danish State Railways. A member of the consortium, Fleco ApS (Fleco), was in several ways restricted from ...

17 November 2020
The Nordic competition authorities in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden release a joint memorandum on digital platforms and the future of European policy on issues of competition in digital markets
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/the-nordic-competition-authorities-in-denmark-finland

In order to contribute to the ongoing policy discussion on the challenges following the rise of digital technologies, the Nordic competition authorities have published a memorandum entitled “Digital platforms and the ...

13 October 2020
Restrictions on online advertising through Adwords can constitute infringements of competition law
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/restrictions-on-online-advertising-through-adwords-can-constitute-infringements-of-competition-law

Restrictions between vertical undertakings on online advertising such as Adwords can constitute infringements of TFEU article 101 (1), if the restrictions deprive the restricted undertakings’ ability to sell their ...

05 June 2018
European Court of Justice clarifies that gun-jumping requires change of control
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/global/european-court-of-justice-clarifies-that-gunjumping-requires-change-of-control

On 31 May 2018, the European Court of Justice (the "ECJ") issued its much anticipated judgment in the Danish gun-jumping case, concerning the acquisition by EY Denmark of KPMG Denmark.