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| EUROPEAN COMMISSION DISCUSSION PAPER ON THE APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 82 (ABUSE OF DOMINANT POWER) |
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| 20 December 2005 |
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| This discussion paper for public comments sets out possible principles for the Commission’s application of Article 82 of the Treaty to exclusionary abuses. By exclusionary abuses are meant behaviors by dominant firms which are likely to have a foreclosure effect on the market, i.e. which are likely to completely or partially deny profitable expansion in or access to a market to actual or potential competitors and which ultimately harm consumers. Comments can be submitted until March 31, 2006. |
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