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Evaluation of the Commission Notice on market definition in EU competition law

Competition

The Commission will evaluate whether its 1997 Notice on market definition requires updating to ensure that it is accurate and up to date and that it sets out a clear and consistent approach to market definition in both antitrust and merger cases across different industries, in a way that is easily accessible.

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EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION, 15 May 2020

ETUC Feedback on the Commission Roadmap on the Evaluation of the Market Definition Notice The European Trade Union Confederation welcomes the upcoming evaluation of the Commission Notice on the definition of relevant market for the purposes of Community competition law (97/C 372/03), as set out by…

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Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V., 15 May 2020

Die Definition des relevanten Marktes ist maßgeblich für die Anwendung des gesamten europäischen Wettbewerbsrechts und hat als Grundlage jeder Einzelfallentscheidung überragende Bedeutung. Die Überprüfung der Marktdefinitionsmitteilung von 1997, insbesondere im Hinblick auf die Digitalisierung und…

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EuroCommerce, 15 May 2020

EuroCommerce welcomes the opportunity to give feedback to the Commissions evaluation roadmap concerning the Market Definition Notice. Strong competition at home is the best way of achieving global competitiveness and ensuring that both business customers and consumers continue to have a wide choice…

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IBERDROLA, 14 May 2020

Iberdrola, a Spain-based energy group and the leading producer of wind power in the world, welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to assess whether the Relevant Market Notice from 1997 is still fit for purpose more than twenty years after its adoption. In its Roadmap, the Commission…

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Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies, 14 May 2020

Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) would like to thank the European Commission for the opportunity to respond to the Evaluation Roadmap of the Commission Notice on the definition of relevant market for the purposes of Community competition law (hereinafter ‘Notice’).…

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Booking.com B.V., 14 May 2020

Booking.com welcomes the European Commission’s evaluation of the functioning of the Market Definition Notice as an essential part of the on-going work to adapt the European competition toolkit to the dynamics of the digital economy. As the first step taken in antitrust and merger investigations,…

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Computer & Communications Industry Association, 14 May 2020

The Computer & Communications Industry Association (“CCIA”) welcomes this opportunity to provide feedback on the European Commission’s roadmap on its evaluation to decide whether to update the Market Definition Notice (“Evaluation”). CCIA represents large, medium, and small companies in the high…

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Wikimedia Europe, 15 May 2020

The update of market definition notice is needed in respect of changes on the market happening since the inception of the notice, especially regarding the emergence of the Digital Single Market and what we now call the “attention economy”. The analysis of a relevant market should be centered…

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Application Developers Alliance, 14 May 2020

1. The Developers Alliance welcomes the opportunity to provide the European Commission with comments on the Evaluation Roadmap of the Commission Notice on market definition in EU competition law. The Developers Alliance (https://www.developersalliance.org/) is the leading advocate for the global…

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Wikimedia Foundation, 15 May 2020

The evaluation of the Market Definition Notice should verify if its instruments of analysis are adequate for the digital sphere/markets. There is a need to update the competition rules and definitions in general to better include platforms hosting user-generated content. Many of those that make…

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Free Software Foundation Europe e.V., 12 May 2020

The FSFE acknowledges the Commission's initiative to evaluate fundamental terms of Competition Law in the light of the developments of digital technologies in the European markets. We advocate to broaden the objectives of the consultation in order to permit a better evaluation of civil society…

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Fédération Nationale de l'Automobile, 15 May 2020

Federation of Craft Businesses in the automotive sector and in mobility services (FNA) would like to thank the authors of the Evaluation Roadmap to gather evidence on the functioning of the Commission Notice on the relevant market definition. This information will make a substantial contribution…