Competition

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2023-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Founding by splitting

Name
Competition

Short name
KOS

Affiliations
Ministry

Hierarchical level
Section

Superior body
Department of Competition Policy and Economic Analysis

Located
301 Oslo

Ended body as a consequence of dividing:

Tasks:
The Competition unit oversees the Competition Act, the EEA competition rules, the act relating to fair trading practices in the grocery supply chain and the price policy act. The unit also provides advice on measures that facilitate effective competition. Furthermore, the unit contributes to ensuring that competition considerations are sufficiently considered in other policy areas. This implies, among other things, legislative and regulatory work, economic analysis of competition issues and other projects.
Source: regjeringen.no