Veterinary cartel in Bergen
Øystein Foros and Erling J. Hjelmeng: If the collaboration has resulted in higher prices, the customers can claim compensation.
Collaborating on prices or dividing the market between them constitutes a serious breach of the prohibition against cartel activity. Price collusion usually falls under the most serious form of cartel activity, a so-called violation of purpose, Øystein Foros and Erling J. Hjelmeng write.
Their feature article Dyrlegekartell i Bergen (in Norwegian) was published in Bergens Tidende on 1 August, 2024.