Preface Annual Report 2004 gives an outline of the Authority’s activities and cases in the past year. One of the main features of 2004 was the amendment of the Competition Act. The first goal was to align the Danish Competition Act with the modernised EU-rules both in the area of merger control and the rules laid down in Articles 81 and 82 in the treaty. Secondly, the Act was amended in a number of areas in order to define and clarify the legal situation as much as possible. There was also introduced new regulation in the area of public procurement. In the spring 2004 the new public procurement directives were adopted. They entered into force in Danish law on 1 January 2005. In all an exciting year with many new initiatives and interesting cases. Finn Lauritzen
Copenhagen, April 2005 | 
