Original version
Mot bedre vitende i norsk matsektor. 2020, 215-266, DOI: https://doi.org/10.23865/noasp.93.ch7
Abstract
This chapter takes the negotiations between suppliers and grocery chains as a starting point and discusses its impact on competition at the retail level. The aim is to analyse the potential for regulatory intervention, both with regard to unfair practices as well as competition, and also to discuss the application of the prohibition on abuse of dominant position in the grocery market. Several aspects are discussed; price discrimination, access to distribution and the use of vertical restraints. The main insight is that as no consistent theory of harm has yet been defined, it is not possible to give recommendations as to regulatory intervention.