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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9749

27 September 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 20 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission not required to prove direct harm of abuse of dominant position, “likelihood” is enough

Brussels, 26/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - There is no need to wait for the effect of abuse of a dominant position to be felt to find against a company, European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has noted. Speaking at Fordham University in New York, the Commissioner pointed out that it was enough to establish the likelihood that a company's conduct may be harmful to consumers to bring a case under Article 82 of the Treaty. According to Dr Wolfgang Deselaers, an anti-trust specialist with...

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