Preface
Face - Contents - Top/Bottom - Previous/Next 2002 was a highly eventful year. The Danish Presidency succeeded in bringing about the most comprehensive amendment of the European Community Competition Rules ever. Also the Danish Competition Act was changed and now meets all international standards. The productivity of the Danish Competition Authority was high during the year. The Authority dealt with many competition cases and mergers, and the other fields of the Authority - public procurement, state aid and energy regulation - also saw great activity. Several surveys were carried out, and some were published in the Competition Report 2002 issued in May. As regards criminal prosecution, 2002 established a record that will hopefully never be broken: In the electricity cartel case, more than 250 fines were imposed on companies that had infringed the Competition Act. This annual report provides a broad outline of these many activities and the work carried out by the Authority during the year. In-house, the Competition Authority prepared itself for the future. The reform of the European Community Competition Rules will place heavy demands on our competencies. Accordingly, we focus on creating optimum interaction between continuous improvement of competencies, sharing of knowledge, organisational development and pay and staff policies. We want to be an efficient agency and help to ensure that competition in Denmark measures up to that abroad. Another aim is to be well prepared for the intensified international co-operation that we are about to see, and to be a good and reliable partner for competition authorities of other countries. Finn Lauritzen Face - Contents - Top/Bottom - Previous/Next Version 1.0 April 2003 • © Danish Competition Authority. Published by the Danish Competition Authority, http://www.ks.dk/ |