DANISH COMPETITION LAW AND VERTICAL CONTR OL

We discuss the treatment of vertical integration and vertical restrain ts in the Danish Competition Act. We find a weak correspondence betwee n the economics literature on vertical control and Danish practice. Th e literature concludes that vertical relations that affect competition in the same way should be treated symmetrically under the law. This r aises two main problems in relation to the Competition Act: First, pri ce and non-price restraints ave treated differently: Resale price main tenance is the only restraint which is per se illegal. Second, there i s no provision against vertical integration while all other vertical r estraints are subject to possible intervention.