European Competition Law
Auteur : Louis Vogel
Sommaire de l’ouvrage
General Introduction
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Restrictive agreements and abuse of dominant position
Part 3: Procedure
Title 1: Introduction
Title 2: Scope of control
Section 1: Relevant market
A: Concept
B: Combined market share
II: Non-horizontal mergers
Section 3: Coordinated effects/Collective dominant position
Section 4: Countervailing effects
Section 5: Failing company defense
Chapter 2: Exemptions
Chapter 3: Incompatibility/De-mergers
Title 4: Control procedure
Part 5: State aid
337. Market structure
1 minute de lecture
Apart from the significance of the market share controlled by the parties, the EU authorities also assess the effect of the transaction on the structure of the market as a whole.
A concentration may result in the ousting of an operator or in a gap being created between market operators, where the new entity only faces small rivals , not part of large groups or having limited resources, which, in a …
