On 8 May 2025, the European Commission (the “Commission”) launched a public consultation on the review of its EU merger control guidelines which will last at least two years. The consultation consists of two components. The first adopts a broad perspective, asking stakeholders to respond to overarch...
The Swedish Government has recently appointed an expert that will draft a proposal on how the procurement legislation should be changed to comply with the preliminary rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) in cases C-652/22 and C-266/22, and what possibilities contracting auth...
On 20 May 2025, the European Union (the “EU”) adopted its 17th sanction package against Russia. The new measures include economic and individual restrictive measures aimed at further restraining Russia’s access to key military technology and limiting its energy revenues. In this blog post, we summar...
In a recent ruling, the Administrative Court in Stockholm upheld the decision by the Inspectorate of Strategic Products (the “ISP”) to impose a fine of SEK 200 000 (approx. EUR 20 000) on Ramsbury Invest AB for failing to notify an investment in due time. This marks the first court decision concerni...
On 3 April 2025, the Swedish Competition Authority (the “SCA”) fined three digital healthcare providers—MinDoktor, Doktor.se, and Doktor24—for entering into anticompetitive agreements with Kry, another provider of online healthcare services. These bilateral agreements, which related to advertising s...
On 27 March 2025, the Swedish Competition Authority (the “SCA”) adopted new regulations and general guidelines on merger notifications, KKVFS 2025:1, which will enter into force on 26 May 2025. The regulations and guidelines contain instructions for the notification and the information required when...
On 21 March 2025, the Patent and Market Court (the “Court”) rejected Tapwell AB’s (“Tapwell”) appeal against the Swedish Competition Authority’s (the “SCA”) decision to impose a fine of SEK 16.9 million (approximately MEUR 1.5). This is the highest fine imposed by the SCA since it obtained fining po...
On 6 March 2025, the Swedish Government presented a new government bill with a new act on international sanctions (Sw. Prop. 2024/25:126 Ny lag om internationella sanktioner). Sweden has had legislation regarding enforcement of breach of sanctions for a long time but there has been scarce enforcemen...
On 25 February 2025, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ” or the “Court”) issued a preliminary ruling in Case C-233/23, Android Auto, concerning the application of Article 102 TFEU to Google’s refusal to ensure interoperability between its Android Auto platform...
On March 7, 2025, the investigation report SOU 2025:22 – Improved Competition in the Public and Private Sectors – was published. This investigation was commissioned by the Swedish Government to analyse and propose new legislative measures aimed at strengthening competition in Sweden. The investigati...
On 24 February 2025, the European Union (the “EU”) adopted its 16th sanction package against Russia, marking the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The 16th package focuses on key sectors of the Russian economy, including energy, trade, transport, infrastructure, and finan...
On 24 February 2025, the Swedish Competition Authority (the “SCA”) submitted an official letter to the Swedish Government, proposing significant amendments to the Swedish merger control rules. The proposed changes emerge from the SCA’s own initiative, calling on the Swedish Government to initiate a...