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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8609

18 December 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of first instance
Commission's ruling against British Airways for abuse of dominant position upheld

Luxembourg, 17/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Court of First Instance of the EU has just upheld the June 1999 decision by the European Commission, which condemned British Airways for its system of performance rewards schemes- used to calculate the commission to be paid to travel agents. The Commission decided that this constituted an abuse of a dominant position, according to a Court press release. The Court stated that the effect of this reward system was to restrict the freedom of British...

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