Traduction de «Impresa dominante sul mercato » (Italien → Anglais) :

The Decision stated that Roche had a dominant position in the EEA-wide market for DNA probes that could be strengthened as a result of the acquisition of control over BM given that BM was a potential entrant having invested substantial efforts in positioning itself on the DNA probes market.

To avoid creating or aggravating problems related to the potential use of dominant position of any market player, the relevant regulatory and/or competition authorities, where appropriate, may impose restrictions in general or on an individual company on account of market dominance.

The likelihood of effective competition being eliminated is generally greater the higher the market share of the dominant undertaking in the downstream market. The less capacity-constrained the dominant undertaking is relative to competitors in the downstream market, the closer the substitutability between the dominant undertaking's output and that of its competitors in the downstream market, the greater the proportion of competitors in the downstream market that are affected, and the more likely it is that the demand that could be served by the foreclosed competitors would be diverted away from them to the advantage of the dominant unde ...[+++]rtaking.

For expansion or entry to be considered sufficient, it cannot be simply small-scale entry, for example into some market niche, but must be of such a magnitude as to be able to deter any attempt to increase prices by the putatively dominant undertaking in the relevant market.

Any abuse by one or more undertakings of a dominant position within the internal market or in a substantial part of it shall be prohibited as incompatible with the internal market in so far as it may affect trade between Member States.

Thus, undertakings with market shares of no more than 25 % are not likely to enjoy a (single) dominant position on the market concerned(76).