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Inappropriately favour domestic suppliers before it can offer itsServices. D A new Internet provider enters the market, and the main provider in The region temporarily lowers the cost of its services dramatically. Price-fixing Predatory pricing Tie-in arrangement "9 2: .1- One of the main areasof the competition policy of the European Union is antitrust and Cartels. Its aim is to eliminate agreements restricting competition, as well as abuses by Firms who hold a dominant position on the market. Table 1on page 206 is an excerpt from an antitrust newsletter published by a large law Firm providing regular updates on antitrust measures taken in EUmember states. Look at Table 1 quickly and answer these questions. 1 Who do you think would be interested in reading such information? 2 Why do you think the table is set up the way it is? A lawyer writing a report comparing anti-competitive activities in the Telecommunications sector with other sectors in the EU is looking for information. Will this table be of use to him? Unit 15 Competition law E Table 1: Member States and Measures Taken Member State Measure Germany Italy In December 2004, the German Cartel Office initiated Proceedings against five gas utility companies suspected of Abusive pricing practices. On 16 November 2004, the Italian Competition Council fined Telecom Italia ˆ152 million for an abuse of its dominant position On the market for fixed network telecommunications services for Business customers. Poland Poland's Office for Protection of Competition and Consumers Fined PKP Cargo, the largest Polish railway carrier, PLN 20 million For abusing its dominant position by applying dissimilar Conditions to equivalent transactions with other trading parties. Portugal Czech Republic On 11 January 2005, the Portuguese Competition Authority fined Abbott, Bayer, Johnson & Johnson, Menarini, and Roche ˆ658,413.22 per company for colluding on bidding prices. On 21 December 2004, the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic upheld a decision by the Competition Office Finding that the GSM operator Eurotel Praha (Eurotel) had abused Its dominant position in the mobile telecommunication services Market by charging discriminatory prices for connection to the Network of Cesky Mobil. Latvia The Netherlands The Latvian Competition Council has fined members of a pricefixing And information-exchange cartel in the market for chickens' eggs. The Netherlands Competition Authority has confirmed that 11 Parties in the shrimp-fishing industry participated in an illegal Cartel. Sweden The Competition Authority filed a fine petition at Stockholm City Court on 15 December 2004 accusing Nynas of having abused Its dominant position on the bitumen market by applying Business conditions that discriminated against other companies In order to limit their access to the market. The Competition Authority demanded that several oil companies be fined a total Sum of SEK 394 million. Slovak Republic In December 2004, the Anti-monopoly Office of the Slovak Date: 2015-12-11; view: 932
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