Folketingets Erhvervsudvalg
ERHVERVSMINISTEREN
25. januar 2021
ERHVERVSMINISTERIET
Besvarelse af spørgsmål 13 alm. del stillet af udvalget den 20. januar
2021 efter ønske fra Torsten Schack Pedersen (V)
Spørgsmål:
Kan ministeren bekræfte, at OECD i et peer review fra 2015, bestilt af
de danske konkurrencemyndigheder, på side 171 udtaler, at den om-
stændighed, at den danske konkurrencemyndighed ikke er en fuldt ud
af regeringen uafhængig institution påvirker dens mulighed for at være
en uafhængig stemme til gavn for konkurrencen, og at dette kan resul-
tere i, at hensyn til konkurrencen må vige for andre af regeringens poli-
tiske hensyn?
Svar:
De danske konkurrencemyndigheder fik i 2015 gennemført et uaf-
hængigt peer review af OECD, som vurderer de danske konkurrence-
myndigheder, deres institutionelle rammer og den danske lovgivning på
konkurrenceområdet, jf.
https://www.kfst.dk/analyser/kfst/publikatio-
ner/dansk/2015/20151007-oecd-indepth-review-of-denmark/.
Og jeg kan bekræfte, at OECD skriver følgende i reviewet:
”The
DCCA’s position within the Danish government provides it access to
policy-making and opportunities to shape competition policies in ways
that might be less available if it was an independent statutory agency.
On the other hand, the position of the DCCA as single authority within
one Danish government Ministry, rather than as a fully independent au-
thority separate from the government, affects its ability to stand as an
independent voice for competition and may result in competition consi-
derations being required to yield to other considerations within the po-
litical operations of the Government.”
Citatet fremgår af side 8 i peer
reviewet, men er ikke gentaget på side 171.
Hertil bemærker jeg, at den overordnede konklusion anført i begyndel-
sen af rapporten er:
“The report concludes that Denmark has a compe-
tition regime well in line with internationally recognised standards and
practices and with the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority
(DCCA), a well-regarded enforcement agency. Many of the recent
changes represent ambitious efforts by the DCCA to improve the effec-
tiveness of the enforcement regime and its ability to make markets work
better.”
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