The Danish Competition and Consumer Authority has carried out inspection visits in the electric vehicle charging industry amid suspicions that competition rules may have been breached.
According to the authority, the inspections were conducted to obtain material for use in a potential competition law case. The collected information will now be reviewed to assess whether there is evidence of a violation of Denmark’s Competition Act.
The authority emphasised that the conduct of inspection visits does not imply that an infringement has occurred. Such inspections are a procedural tool used to gather evidence with a view to confirming or ruling out potential violations of competition rules.
The Danish Competition and Consumer Authority has up to 40 working days to examine the material obtained during the inspections. If the review indicates that the Competition Act may have been violated, the authority will continue its investigation and may submit the case to the Competition Council for further consideration.
Should the Competition Council ultimately adopt a decision finding an infringement of competition law, the authority said it would publish the names of the companies involved along with further details regarding the nature of the violation.
The authority noted that, in order to safeguard the legal certainty of the companies concerned, it will not provide additional information about the ongoing case beyond general guidance on competition law enforcement procedures.