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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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Substantial Market Power and Competition (Policy Brief)

04-Sep-2008

How to apply competition laws to dominant firms? This question has raised much interest in recent years. While significant differences persist in the enforcement practices of competition regimes around the world, there is substantial agreement that single firm conduct provisions should apply only to firms with a high degree of market power. Unilateral acts by a firm with high degree of market power are much more likely to harm consumer welfare and distort the competitive process than are unilateral act by firms with little or no power.

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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