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News: 2013

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Slot allocation at Keflavik Airport disrupts competition in the air transport market - 11/8/2013

The Competition Appeals Committee confirms a 500m IKr fine on Valitor because of serious breaches of the Competition Act. - 10/8/2013

A well attended conference on competition issues  („The Future Ain‘t What it Used to Be“) - 10/1/2013

Report no. 2/2013, Are we entering a lost decade? issued by the Competition Authority today - 9/27/2013

The Surveillance Committee of Skipti group on the Equal Access of Telecommunications Companies (ejaf) sets up a homepage - 9/12/2013

Unannounced inspections at the premises of Eimskipafélag Íslands hf. and Samskip hf. - 9/10/2013

A new Board of Directors of the Competition Authority - 9/2/2013

The minister of Industry and Commerce, Ms Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, has appointed a new Board of Directors of the Competition Authority for a term of four years.  Ms Kristín Haraldsdóttir, Director of the Institute on Natural Resources Law, Reykjavik University School of Law, is the new chairman of the Board. In addition Mr Elmar Hallgríms Hallgrímsson, Lecturer at the University of Iceland and Ms Guðrún Ragnarsdóttir, CEO at the Icelandic Student Loan Fund, are members of the Board. Mr Eyvindur Grétar Gunnarsson, Ms Valgerður Rún Benediktsdóttir and Mr Runólfur Þór Sanders are alternates.

The Appeals Committee rejects a request to annul a settlement between the Competition Authority and Skipti group - 8/30/2013

The Appeals Committee rejects a request by Nova to annul a settlement between the Competition Authority and Skipti group.

The Competition Authority issues an opinion to the Minister of Interior - 6/14/2013

The Competition Authority initiates a market investigation into the market for fossil fuels - 6/5/2013

The Competition Authority orders a financial segregation in the running of three public health institutions - 4/24/2013

The Competition Authority imposes a 500 m. ISK fine on Valitor, a firm operating in the payment card market, for serious breaches of competition law. - 4/12/2013

Skipti Undertakes to Implement Substantial Changes in the Organisation of Siminn and Mila - 3/26/2013

The Appeals Committee confirms a 45 m. ISK administrative fine against Sorpa bs. for the abusing of a dominant position in the market - 3/21/2013

The Supreme Court confirms that Lyf og heilsa, a pharmacy chain, seriously breached against the Competition Act by abusing a dominant position in the market - 3/14/2013