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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8177

22 March 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of first instance
Deutsche Post possessing funds for acquiring joint control of DHL does not justify presuming abuse of dominant position in postal market

Luxembourg, 21/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - As reported in EUROP E, the Court of First Instance decided in the UPS case, that the fact that Deutsche Post possesses funds for acquiring joint control of DHL does not justify presuming an abuse of a dominant position in the reserved postal market. "However, the funds deriving from the monopoly and used for the acquisition must not stem from excessively high prices or other abusive practices on the reserved postal market" notes the Court.

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