Dominant position analysis
Companies that are in dominant position in a specific market have different obligations in respect of the protection of competition as compared to other companies. They especially need to refrain from engaging in practices that may appear as the abuse of their dominance. In this connection, excessive pricing, predatory pricing, discriminatory pricing, rebate and discount schemes, refusals to supply and exclusive horizontal agreements can be identified as risk factors. In competition cases, economic analysis is generally used to determine whether these practices are indeed to be considered as an abuse of a dominant position. Furthermore economic analysis can also be helpful in determining the scope of the actual damage to competition stemming from an abuse of dominant position.