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Chapter 2 Section 7 of the Swedish Competition Act (2008:579) prohibits abuse of a dominant position. The prohibition reads as follows:

The views expressed in the report are the personal views of the author and does not necessarily reflect the position of the Swedish Competition Authority.

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  1. 1.

    For instance, unfair contract terms be set aside as void according to section 36 of the Swedish Contracts Act (1915:218) and misleading marketing is prohibited by Section 10 of the Swedish Marketing Act (2008:486).

  2. 2.

    Chapter 3, Section 5 of the Competition Act.

  3. 3.

    Chapter 3, Section 1 of the Competition Act.

  4. 4.

    Chapter 6, Section 1 of the Competition Act.

  5. 5.

    Prop. 1992/93:56 page 90 and prop. 2007/08:135 p. 252.

  6. 6.

    Chapter 7, Section 1 of the Competition Act.

  7. 7.

    Chapter 3, Section 2 of the Competition Act.

  8. 8.

    ECJ, case 85/76, Hoffman-La Roche & Co AG v Commission, ECR 1979 461, pt 91.

  9. 9.

    CJEU, case C-52/09 TeliaSonera Sverige AB, ECR 2011 I-527, pt 24.

  10. 10.

    CJEU, case C-209/10 Post Danmark A/S, ECR 3261, pt 24.

  11. 11.

    ECJ, case 27/76, United Brands Company v Commission, ECR 1978 207, pt 50.

  12. 12.

    Case 378/2013 Swedavia AB.

  13. 13.

    Case 533/2009, Ekfors Kraft AB and case 815/2014, Swedish Match North Europe AB.

  14. 14.

    MD 2011:28, Uppsala Taxi 100 000 AB v Swedavia AB and EuroPark Svenska AB, 23 November 2011.

  15. 15.

    Svea Hovrätt, case T 10012-08, Euroclear Sweden AB v Europe Investor Direct AB et al, 19 January 2011, MD 2011:14, Bring CityMail AB v Posten Meddelande AB, 8 June 2011 and MD 2013:5, TeliaSonera AB v Konkurrensverket, 12 April 2013.

  16. 16.

    MD 2011:2, Stockholm Transfer Taxi i Stockholm AS v Swedavia AB, 2 February 2011, Stockholm District Court, case T 5995-09, Preem AB v Gävle Hamn AB, 31 May 2012 and Stockholm District Court, case T 20621-10, Verizon Sweden AB v Tele 2 Sverige AB, 2 February 2014.

  17. 17.

    Stockholm District Court, case T 20621-10, Verizon Sweden AB v Tele 2 Sverige AB, 2 February 2014, pp. 71–72.

  18. 18.

    See SCA, The Swedish Competition Authority’s Prioritisation Policy for Enforcement, April 2014, available at http://www.kkv.se/globalassets/english/about-us/english_prioritisation_policy_for_enforcement.pdf.

  19. 19.

    Guidance on the Commission’s Enforcement Priorities in applying Article 82 of the EC Treaty to exclusionary conduct by dominant undertakings, OJ 2009 C 45, p. 7.

  20. 20.

    Decision of 3 May 2012 in case 262/2011, Posten AB, p. 4 and decision of 4 July 2014 in case 721/2013, Infranord AB, p. 3.

  21. 21.

    CJEU, case C-52/09 TeliaSonera Sverige AB, ECR 2011 I-527.

  22. 22.

    CJEU, case C-209/10 Post Danmark A/S, ECR 3261.

  23. 23.

    EGC, case T-286/09, Intel Corp v Commission, pt. 152.

  24. 24.

    MD 2011:14, Bring CityMail AB v Posten Meddelande AB, 8 June 2011, p. 14.

  25. 25.

    Prop. 1992/92:56 pp. 21–22.

  26. 26.

    CJEU, case C-209/10 Post Danmark A/S, ECR 3261, pt 21.

  27. 27.

    L. Peeperkorn, Conditional pricing: Why the General Court is wrong in Intel and what the Court of Justice can do to rebalance the assessment of rebates, Concurrences No 1-2015 I pp. 43-63, pt 23.

  28. 28.

    See the statement of the SCA in its web site: http://www.konkurrensverket.se/en/omossmeny/about-us/uppgifter/.

  29. 29.

    Decision of 3 May 202 in case 262/2011, Posten AB, page 4 and decision of 4 July 2014 in case 721/2013, Infranord AB, page 3.

  30. 30.

    See SCA, The Swedish Competition Authority’s Prioritisation Policy for Enforcement, April 2014, available at http://www.kkv.se/globalassets/english/about-us/english_prioritisation_policy_for_enforcement.pdf.

  31. 31.

    Case 533/2009, Ekfors Kraft AB.

  32. 32.

    Case 378/2013, Swedavia AB.

  33. 33.

    MD 2011:28, Uppsala Taxi 100 000 AB v Swedavia AB and EuroPark Svenska AB, 23 November 2011.

  34. 34.

    Stockholm District Court, case T 9131-13, 13 January 2014.

  35. 35.

    Case 815/2014, Swedish Match North Europe AB.

  36. 36.

    For further information, see the SCA’s fact sheet available at http://www.konkurrensverket.se/globalassets/english/news/2014_815_swedishmatch_eng.pdf.

  37. 37.

    Global Competition Review’s rating 2014 of the SCA’s work 2013.

  38. 38.

    Svea Hovrätt, case T 10012-08, Euroclear Sweden AB v Europe Investor Direct AB et al, 19 January 2011.

  39. 39.

    MD 2011:2, Stockholm Transfer Taxi i Stockholm AS v Swedavia AB, 2 February 2011.

  40. 40.

    MD 2011:14, Bring CityMail AB v Posten Meddelande AB, 8 June 2011.

  41. 41.

    Decision of 3 May 2012 in case 262/2011, Posten Meddelande AB.

  42. 42.

    MD 2011:28, Uppsala Taxi 100 000 AB v Swedavia AB and EuroPark Svenska AB, 23 November 2011.

  43. 43.

    Stockholm District Court, case T 5995-09, Preem AB v Gävle Hamn AB, 31 May 2012.

  44. 44.

    MD 2013:5, TeliaSonera AB v Konkurrensverket, 12 April 2013.

  45. 45.

    Stockholm District Court, case T 31862-04, Konkurrensverket v TeliaSonera AB, 2 December 2011

  46. 46.

    CJEU, case C-52/9, Konkurrensverket v. TeliaSonera Sverige AB, ECR 2011 I- 527.

  47. 47.

    CJEU, case C-52/9, Konkurrensverket v. TeliaSonera Sverige AB, ECR 2011 I-527, pt. 56.

  48. 48.

    Case T 20621-10, Verizon Sweden AB v Tele 2 Sverige AB, 7 February 2014.

  49. 49.

    Stockholm District Court, case T 31862-04, Konkurrensverket v TeliaSonera AB, 2 December 2011, and MD 2013:5, TeliaSonera AB v Konkurrensverket, 12 April 2013.

  50. 50.

    MD 2011:14, Bring CityMail AB v Posten Meddelande AB, 8 June 2011.

  51. 51.

    U. Öberg, A. Reindl and M. Schain, Report on the abuse of dominance legislation in Sweden, The Dominance and Monopolies Review 2013, p. 275.

  52. 52.

    U. Öberg, A. Reindl and M. Schain, Report on the abuse of dominance legislation in Sweden, The Dominance and Monopolies Review 2013, p. 278.

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    Pierre Kobel

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Bergqvist, T.O. (2017). Sweden. In: Këllezi, P., Kilpatrick, B., Kobel, P. (eds) Abuse of Dominant Position and Globalization & Protection and Disclosure of Trade Secrets and Know-How. LIDC Contributions on Antitrust Law, Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46891-4_12

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