European law - Abuse of dominant position

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Why is it important to have a fair playing field and to protect competition?

Like we can observe nowadays with Facebook taking actions against Apple for abuse of dominant position concerning the new regulation on the Apple Store, this issue is at the middle of the operation of a whole Market. Like we said in the mindmap juste above, the abuse of dominance involves concerns for both customers and competitors. Indeed, it can lead to a reduction of choice in the offer or an increase of prices because the company become price maker. This effect prohibits new entries on a Market because it has strongly impact competition on this market.

For all these reasons, having a fair playing field is crucial in our society to protect competition and the smooth operation of Markets. This competition is vital for obtaining an environment with innovations, for allowing differenciation on a market to have much more choices for the customers and for maintaining a reasonable level of prices. Thanks to these competition laws in the EU, the competition is protected, and so the customers are.

ike we can observe nowadays with Facebook taking actions against Apple for abuse of dominant position concerning the new regulation on the Apple Store, this issue is at the middle of the operation of a whole Market. Like we said in the mindmap juste above, the abuse of dominance involves concerns for both customers and competitors. Indeed, it can lead to a reduction of choice in the offer or an increase of prices because the company become price maker. This effect prohibits new entries on a Market because it has strongly impact competition on this market.

For all these reasons, having a fair playing field is crucial in our society to protect competition and the smooth operation of Markets. This competition is vital for obtaining an environment with innovations, for allowing differenciation on a market to have much more choices for the customers and for maintaining a reasonable level of prices. Thanks to these competition laws in the EU, the competition is protected, and so the customers are.

ike we can observe nowadays with Facebook taking actions against Apple for abuse of dominant position concerning the new regulation on the Apple Store, this issue is at the middle of the operation of a whole Market. Like we said in the mindmap juste above, the abuse of dominance involves concerns for both customers and competitors. Indeed, it can lead to a reduction of choice in the offer or an increase of prices because the company become price maker. This effect prohibits new entries on a Market because it has strongly impact competition on this market.

For all these reasons, having a fair playing field is crucial in our society to protect competition and the smooth operation of Markets. This competition is vital for obtaining an environment with innovations, for allowing differenciation on a market to have much more choices for the customers and for maintaining a reasonable level of prices. Thanks to these competition laws in the EU, the competition is protected, and so the customers are.

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