ARTICLE BY EU COMMISSION

The EU Commission accused Norwegian salmon producers

The EU Commission has formally accused the six leading Norwegian salmon producers of illegally monopolizing the industry.

The salmon producers Cermaq, Grieg Seafood, Bremnes, Lerøy, Mowi and SalMar were confronted of its preliminary view that they breached EU antitrust rules by colluding to distort competition in the market for spot sales of Norwegian farmed Atlantic salmon in the EU.

The Commission has concerns that, between 2011 and 2019, the six salmon producers,
exchanged commercially sensitive information, relating to sales prices, available volumes, sales volumes, production volumes and production capacities, as well as other price-setting factors. The suspected aim of this alleged conduct was to reduce normal uncertainty in the market for spot sale of Norwegian farmed Atlantic salmon into the EU.

More information will be made available under the case number AT.40606 in the public case register on the Commission’s competition website: https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search

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