Global Competition Law is primarly a practitioner's guide presenting the most salient aspects of the major competition laws country by country, giving an overview of their structure and most charasteristic elements.
Global Competition Law also provides insight into possible future developments in the field.

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Pursuant to Section 6(1) of the Act, “any abuse by one or more undertakings of a dominant position within the internal market or a substantial part of it in respect of a product shall be prohibited.” As with the corresponding provision under EU competition law, the Section lists a number of different activities considered particularly abusive including price fixing, tying, or applying different te …

Abuse of a dominant position

Pursuant to Section 6(1) of the Act, “any abuse by one or more undertakings of a dominant position within the internal market or a substantial part of it in respect of a product shall be prohibited.” As with the corresponding provision under EU competition law, the Section lists a number of different activities considered particularly abusive including price fixing, tying, or applying different terms to similar transactions.

Pursuant to Section 6(2), “any abuse by one or more undertakings, of a relationship of economic dependence where an undertaking stands compared to that or those undertakings, which is either a client, supplier, producer, representative, distributor or commercial collaborator, shall be prohibited, even as far as a specific kind of products or services is concerned, and it does not have an equal alternative solution.” A non-comprehensive list of prohibited cases of abuses follows: imposing unfair trading conditions, applying discretionary treatment, interrupting trade relationships by assumption or transfer of the activities developed in these trade relationships in a way that essentially effects competition or suddenly and inexcusably interrupting a long-term trade relationship.

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117. Abuse of a dominant position

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117. Abuse of a dominant position

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