ABUSE OF A DOMINANT POSITION - Advocatennet
ABUSE OF A DOMINANT POSITION - Advocatennet
ABUSE OF A DOMINANT POSITION - Advocatennet
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II. Exclusionary abuses: analytical framework (4)<br />
- Commission’s Discussion Paper -<br />
• A two-prong legality test<br />
– Foreclosure: market distorting effect (points 58-59 COM discussion paper)<br />
• Capability to foreclose (nature or form of conduct),<br />
• Incidence, i.e. market coverage of conduct, network effects<br />
• Degree of market power – very similar to Delimitis in Art. 81-1<br />
– Consumer harm: no defenses (points 77-79 COM discussion paper)<br />
• Objective justifications: objective necessity, meeting competition<br />
• Efficiencies: balancing anti-competitive and pro-competitive effects<br />
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