European Competition Law provides a wide-ranging review of the European rules relating to competition: restrictive agreements, abuse of a dominant position, impact of intellectual property rights, procedure, merger control, State aid.

European Competition Law

The cumulative effects theory consists in assessing the effects of an agreement in the light of the cumulative effects of a set of similar agreements on the same market. An exclusive purchase agreement, which does not in itself appreciably affect trade between Member States, may be caught by the prohibition when it significantly contributes to the cumulative effect of market foreclosure resulting  …

Cumulative effect doctrine

The cumulative effects theory consists in assessing the effects of an agreement in the light of the cumulative effects of a set of similar agreements on the same market. An exclusive purchase agreement, which does not in itself appreciably affect trade between Member States, may be caught by the prohibition when it significantly contributes to the cumulative effect of market foreclosure resulting from all the agreements under consideration .

To assess the significance of the contribution to the cumulative effect, the control authorities focus chiefly on the duration of exclusive purchase agreements and whether it is excessive in relation to the average duration of agreements generally concluded on the market concerned; if so, the contract in question falls under Article 101 TFEU . They also examine whether there are real concrete possibilities for a new competitor to penetrate the market and the number and the size of producers present, as well as the degree of saturation of that market and customer fidelity to existing brands .

Case T-7/93 Langnese-Iglo v Commission [1995] ECR II-1533, LawLex200400003648JBJ and T-9/93 and T-7/93 Schöller v Commission [1995] ECR II-1611, LawLex200400003649JBJ; Commission Decision No 98/531/EC of 11 March 1998, Van den Bergh Foods Limited LawLex200400002932JBJ.

Case C-214/99 Neste [2000] ECR I-11121, LawLex200500004917JBJ; Case T-25/99 Roberts, Judgment of 5 July 2001, LawLex200500005164JBJ; Case C-384/13 Estacion de Servicio Pozuelo 4 SL, Judgment of 4 December 2014, not available in English.

See especially Case C-234/89 Delimitis v Henninger Bräu [1991] ECR I-935, LawLex200500003931JBJ; Case T-65/98 Van den Bergh Foods v Commission [2003] ECR II-4653, LawLex200400003524JBJ.

European Competition Law

109. Cumulative effect doctrine

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109. Cumulative effect doctrine

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