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Department of Competition Policy and Economic Analysis

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01.01.1990 Founding by splitting

Name: Prices Department
Short name: Prisavd.
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Division
Located: 301 Oslo
Ended body as a consequence of dividing:

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.1995* Change of name

Name: Department of Competition Policy
Short name: Konk.pol. avd.

01.01.1997* No change to unit, but change of superior

(The unit reports to a new superior organization because the previous superior organization was terminated at the same time.)

01.10.2004 New superior organization (horizontal movement)

(The unit has changed superior.)

01.01.2010 No change to unit, but change of superior

(The unit reports to a new superior organization because the previous superior organization was terminated at the same time.)

01.01.2014 No change to unit, but change of superior

(The unit reports to a new superior organization because the previous superior organization was terminated at the same time.)

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.2020* Change of name

Name: Department of Competition Policy, Company Law and Economic Analysis
Short name: KSN

The Department has the overall responsibility for competition policy, corporate law and economic analysis.

The Department oversees the Competition Authority and the Complaints Board Secretariat. The Complaints Board secretariat serves the Public Procurement Complaints Board and the Competition Appeals Tribunal.

The Department oversees corporate law and the legislation on registration in the Company register at Brønnøysundregisteret. Complaints concerning registration decisions by the Company register and the Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities are reviewed and decided by the Department. The unit handles applications for exemptions based on the Private Limited Liability Companies Act, the Public Limited Liability Act and the Partnerships Act.

The Department performs economic analyses in a number of policy areas, and advice on economic policies.

The Department participates in various forums in EFTA, EU, OECD and WTO.

Kilde: regjeringen.no

Source: regjeringen.no, 2020

01.01.2023* Change of name

Name: Department of Competition Policy and Economic Analysis
Short name: KPN

Tasks:
The Department has the overall responsibility for competition policy and economic analysis. This implies, inter alia, responsibility for the Norwegian Competition Act, the Public Procurement Act and the State Aid Procedures Act, with regulations, and the implementation into Norwegian law of the rules of the EEA Agreement within these fields. In addition, the Department contributes to ensuring that competition considerations are sufficiently considered in other policy areas.

The Department oversees the Competition Authority, the Complaints Board Secretariat and The Norwegian Groceries Supervisory Authority. The Complaints Board secretariat serves the Public Procurement Complaints Board and the Competition Appeals Tribunal, in addition to a number og other appeal boards. The Departement also oversees the professional management of the Division for Public Procurements in the The Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFØ)

The Department performs economic analyses in a number of policy areas, such as economic policies, climate and environmental policies, competitiveness, productivity and sustainable growth.

The Department participates in various forums in EFTA, EU, OECD and WTO.

Source: regjeringen.no, january 2023

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* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.

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