COMPETITION LAW: ABUSE OF A DOMINANT POSITION— ARTICLE 82 (FORMERLY 86)

While Article 81 (formerly 85) primarily concerns anti-competitive horizontal and vertical agreements between undertakings, Article 82 (formerly 86), which is similarly based on Article 3(g) EC, is primarily aimed at an abusive use of market power by a single undertaking which dominates a market for goods or services. A market which is dominated by such an economically powerful undertaking is characterised by a high degree of concentration (see the Introduction to Chapter 15).