Competition law guidelines
TechSverige is an association of companies that are often competitors. This entails some risk of topics that are sensitive to competition being discussed negligently at meetings organized by TechSverige. Member companies thereby risk acting in violation of the competition rules (cartel), which can result in fines and, in some cases, even business bans for people in senior positions.
För att kunna agera riktigt är det viktigt att våra medlemsföretag är medvetna om vilka ämnen som inte får beröras i diskussioner konkurrenter emellan. Som stöd för det finns dessa konkurrensrättsliga riktlinjer.
Substances to avoid completely
Följande ämnen är särskilt känsliga ur ett konkurrensrättsligt perspektiv och
bör helt undvikas vid möten:
- Prizes and prize collaborations
- Market shares and market segmentation
- Production volumes and constraints
- Boycotts of other companies or products
- Business specific statistics that are not historical, anonymous and public
- Cooperation agreements between member companies
- Individual company forecasts and business strategies
Meeting guidelines
- Always use and follow a written meeting agenda.
- Each member company should go through the agenda before the meeting and make sure that issues that are sensitive from a competition point of view are removed.
- Meeting notes shall be taken at each meeting. These notes shall be distributed to each participant.
- Discussions before, during and after the meeting should be limited to agenda items.
- If a meeting participant raises issues that are likely to be competitively sensitive, the discussion must be suspended. If the discussion continues, the other participants should leave the meeting as soon as possible and ensure that this is recorded in the meeting notes.