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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9741

17 September 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
Undertaking in dominant position cannot refuse ordinary orders to prevent parallel exports

Brussels, 16/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - In a ruling on Tuesday 16 September 2008, the Court of Justice states that the pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline AEVE, may have abused its dominant position by refusing to answer orders, but only if such orders were “ordinary orders”.

Several pharmaceutical wholesalers had taken the matter before the Greek commission on competition (Epitropi Antagonismou) against GSK AEVE, the Greek subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline (UK), for having refused...

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