The Role of the 'Equally Efficient Competitor' in the Assessment of Abuse of Dominance

Martin Mandorff () and Johan Sahl ()
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Martin Mandorff: Swedish Competition Authority, Postal: 103 85 Stockholm, Sweden
Johan Sahl: Swedish Competition Authority, Postal: 103 85 Stockholm, Sweden

No 2013:1, Konkurrensverket Working Paper Series in Law and Economics from Konkurrensverket (Swedish Competition Authority)

Abstract: In a series of recent cases - most notably in TeliaSonera and Post Danmark - the equally efficient competitor principle has been explicitly recognised by the Court of Justice of the EU; more clearly so than by courts in the US, where the principle originates. However the exact scope of application of the principle in the EU remains to be defined. While its use in cases concerning predatory pricing and margin squeeze appears to be settled, it is still unclear to what extent the standard applies to other price-based forms of exclusion. And is the principle at all useful in the assessment of non-price-based exclusionary conduct? This article discusses the conceptual basis for the equally efficient competitor principle, and attempts to define its role in the assessment of exclusionary abuse in the EU.

Keywords: equally efficient competitor; abuse of dominance; monopolization; exclusion; competition law; competition economics; antitrust (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K00 K21 L12 L40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2013-05-15
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