Abuse of Dominance and Monopolisation

Single firm abuse of market power is a central concern of competition laws. Yet there is considerable divergence among jurisdictions about the notion and measurement of dominance, the range of practices that should be condemned as abusive and the possible remedies to abusive conduct. Over the years, the OECD Competition Committee has done significant work in this area, addressing a number of complex policy and enforcement questions.

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Guidance to Business Monopolisation and Abuse of Dominance

23-Jun-2008

This roundtable focused on how competition authorities can provide businesses with effective guidance on monopolization and abuse of dominance. While some uncertainty over the reach of rules prohibiting anticompetitive unilateral conduct is inevitable, authorities responsible for the enforcement of antitrust laws must strive to provide as much transparency as possible as to their enforcement policies so that businesses can plan and invest with some predictability.

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