{"id":264,"date":"2025-11-14T08:16:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/?page_id=264"},"modified":"2025-11-14T09:02:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T09:02:54","slug":"abuse-of-dominance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/abuse-of-dominance\/","title":{"rendered":"Abuse of Dominance"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"bde-section-264-100 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><div class=\"bde-columns-264-101 bde-columns\"><div class=\"bde-column-264-102 bde-column\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"oxy-container-225-101 oxy-container menu-header\"><h5 class=\"bde-heading-225-102 bde-heading\">\nAnti-Competitive Business Practices and Conduct<br>\n<\/h5><\/div>\n<div class=\"bde-wp-menu-264-105 bde-wp-menu\">\n\n\n      \n        \n    <nav class=\"breakdance-menu breakdance-menu--collapse breakdance-menu--vertical   \">\n    <button class=\"breakdance-menu-toggle breakdance-menu-toggle--squeeze\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"menu-105\">\n                  <span class=\"breakdance-menu-toggle-icon\">\n            <span class=\"breakdance-menu-toggle-lines\"><\/span>\n          <\/span>\n            <\/button>\n    \n  <ul class=\"breakdance-menu-list\" id=\"menu-105\">\n              \n  \n    <li id=\"menu-item-260\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-260 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/anti-competitive-business-practices-and-condusct\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-288\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-288 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/prohibitions\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">Prohibitions<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-287\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-287 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/abuse-of-dominance\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">Abuse of Dominance<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-286\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-286 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/exemptions-and-exclusions\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">Exemptions and Exclusions<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-285\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-285 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/consequences\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">Consequences<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-284\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-284 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/request-for-authorization\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">Request for Authorization<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-283\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-283 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/what-can-i-do\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">What can I do?<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-261\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-261 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/file-a-competition-complaint\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">File a Competition Complaint<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-282\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-282 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/case-registry\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">Case Registry<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-281\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-281 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/acbp-statistics\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">ACBP Statistics<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-280\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-280 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/faqs\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n\n  <\/ul>\n  <\/nav>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-column-264-103 bde-column\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"bde-heading-264-106 bde-heading\">\nAbuse of a dominant market position\n<\/h3><div class=\"bde-fancy-divider-264-107 bde-fancy-divider\">\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-fancy-divider__wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"bde-fancy-divider__separator   \">\n  \t  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"oxy-rich-text-264-108 oxy-rich-text paragraph\">\n<p>The Regulations prohibit any abuse by one or more firms of a dominant position within the Common Market or in a substantial part of it as incompatible with the Common Market in so far as it may affect trade between the Member States. The Regulations do not prohibit the possession of a dominant position as such can be attained through the competition process. It is the abuse of that dominant position that is prohibited as it may restrict or deter competition on the market.<\/p>\n<p>Examples of behaviour that could amount to abuse by a business of its dominant position include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>imposing unfair trading terms, such as exclusivity;<\/li>\n<li>excessive, predatory or discriminatory pricing;<\/li>\n<li>refusal to supply or provide access to essential facilities; and<\/li>\n<li>tying (i.e. stipulating that a buyer wishing to purchase one product must also purchase all or some of his requirements for a second product).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-Competitive Business Practices and Conduct Overview Prohibitions Abuse of Dominance Exemptions and Exclusions Consequences Request for Authorization What can I do? 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