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CIìAPTËR 2. THE MONOPOLIES AND RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES
A brief historicol occount.
CONTROL ACT 1955.
As o rule ontitrust legislotion either prohibits restrictive
trode proctices or brings them under control to prevent obuses,
The Scondinoviqn countries, which hove odopted the lotter prin-
ciple, do not reject monopoly os such. Restriction of competition
moy even, in some instonces, be considered desiroble, ond it is
unl.o\4,f ul only if it conflicts with public interest. Control moy
be effected by meons oT regulotory meosures, os in Norwoy ond
Icelond, or tqke the form of mere inquiry ond publicity of
results, os in Sweden. Denmqrk sêlects o sort of medium coursel
the supervision of both monopolies ond prices, with direct
intervention if necessory.
Besides the specific monopolies legislotion to be discussed
there is o number of other I oì.,/s ond ministeriol orders in Denmork
\À,hich determine the conditions of competition ond which moy hove
monopolistic effects. For mony octivities, o concession, on
outhorizqtion, or o government permit is required. This opplies,
for exomple, to the production of spirits, to the operotion of