Always on the lookout for agency developments, ICNBlog particularly loves to explore new websites. Check out the Norwegian Konkurransetilsynet recently revised website – well done!

  The Bergen Centre for Competition Law and Economics (BECCLE), jointly owned by Norwegian School of Economics and the University of Bergen, opened on September 9. The Norwegian Competition Authority helped to promote the idea of ​​such a center and has been involved in its planning.

  Christine Benedichte Meyer took over as the head of the Norwegian Competition Authority on 1 April 2011.

  The Norwegian Competition Authority has posted its 2010 Annual Report online, headlined by results in detecting cartels and including a section on the importance of international cooperation.

  The Norwegian Competition Authority recently published its 2009 Annual Report, titled “Competition Policy Works!”, available here. Of note, for the first time, this report is published exclusively as an online version. In the Authority’s words: “[t]his is both environmentally sound and cost saving. At the same time, the publication is searchable and easy-to-follow.”

  The Advocacy Working Group has an ongoing work stream on market studies. Last year, the AWG produced a comparative report on the practice of market studies in 37 member jurisdictions, available here. For this year’s annual conference, the AWG produced a “Market Studies Good Practice Handbook” and developed a “Market Studies Information Store.” The […]