Category: D
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Dominant position
Dominant position in the European Union LawConcept of Dominant position provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): A firm is in a dominant position if it has the ability to behave inde-pendently of […]
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Downstream market
Downstream market in the European Union LawConcept of Downstream market provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Market at the next stage of the production/distribution chain, for example, the […]
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Divestiture
Divestiture in the European Union LawConcept of Divestiture provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Decision by a firm to sell part of its current operations, divisions or subsidiaries as a result […]
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Delegation of powers
Delegation of powers in the European Union LawConcept of Delegation of powers provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): The Commission, as a collegiate body, delegates certain decision-making powers […]
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De minimis
'De minimis' notice in the European Union LawConcept of 'De minimis' notice provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Communication from the Commission clarifying under what […]
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Duopoly
Duopoly in the European Union LawConcept of Duopoly provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Special case of oligopoly: industry structure with two sellers. In competition cases the term is often […]
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Decision Language requirements
Language requirements for the adoption of the Commission's DecisionThe draft decision has to be adopted by the Commission in all the relevant authentic languages of the case and, unless the President of the Commission 1 has granted a lan…
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Documents emanating from a different case file
Documents emanating from a different case fileAccording to Article 28 (1) Regulation 1/2003, the information collected may be used only for the purpose for which it was acquired.More about Documents emanating from a different case fileInvestigations which are conducted on different…
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Decision Publication
Publication of the DecisionCommitment decisions need to be published according to Article 30 (1) of Regulation 1/2003.ResourcesSee AlsoReferencesInformation about Decision Publication in the Antitrust Manual of Procedures for the application of Articles 101 an…
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Documents in the file
Documents to put in the fileThe preparation for access to file entails the following: – Documents that upon examination are not objectively linked to the investigation or do not respond to the question asked in a request for information can be returned (see paragraph (13) above). This shoul…