Article 82 EC: Abuse of a dominant position

Article 82 prohibits the abuse of a dominant position.

The same prohibition exists in the EEA agreement and in many national laws, including the Competition Act 1998 in the UK.

More information:

Article 82 overview, notes and links.
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The following Reckon news items have been tagged "Article 82":

Wed 21 Jul 2010	EU first-instance judgment on AstraZeneca Losec abuse
Thu 09 Apr 2009	Ofgem consultation on interim IDNO charging proposals
Thu 18 Dec 2008	OFT decision on Cardiff Bus predatory abuse case
Thu 04 Dec 2008	DG Competition decision on Telefónica broadband
Wed 03 Dec 2008	DG Competition guidance on priorities for exclusionary abuse
Tue 18 Nov 2008	OFT makes predatory abuse decision against Cardiff Bus
Fri 07 Nov 2008	Albion Water v Ofwat & Welsh (Shotton) [2008] CAT 31
Tue 04 Nov 2008	Sky and Virgin settle price dispute for non-premium channels
Fri 24 Oct 2008	No abuse in Saint-Jean-d’Angély water contract renewal
Tue 16 Sep 2008	Parallel traders v GSK (Greece) [2008] EUECJ C-468/06
Thu 11 Sep 2008	Advocate General opinion in Kanal 5 and TV 4 v STIM
Thu 03 Jul 2008	AG opinion in SELEX v Commission appeal
Tue 01 Jul 2008	MOTOE v Greek State (and ELPA) [2008] EUECJ C-49/07
Thu 19 Jun 2008	Reckon: Risks of exploitative abuse in electricity distribution
Fri 06 Jun 2008	Procter & Gamble tactics against generics: OFT not interested
Thu 22 May 2008	Welsh Water v Albion Water [2008] EWCA Civ 536
Thu 10 Apr 2008	French appeal court reverses Glaxo predation decision
Tue 08 Apr 2008	Ofgem investigation into Scottish generation abuse claims
Thu 03 Apr 2008	European proposals on competition law damages
Wed 19 Mar 2008	National Grid meters: Ofgem directions suspended
Wed 19 Mar 2008	Ofgem decision on National Grid meter contracts
Thu 06 Mar 2008	National Grid attempts to protect its metering contracts
Thu 06 Mar 2008	Greek motorsport: opinion on economic activity
Mon 25 Feb 2008	Burgess v Harwood Park: case settled
Mon 25 Feb 2008	Ofgem finds National Grid metering contracts unlawful
Tue 12 Feb 2008	No interim measures on access to France Télécom fibre
Tue 22 Jan 2008	ORR's approach to complaints about excessive pricing
Fri 18 Jan 2008	Hutchison 3G UK v O2 and others [2008] EWHC 50 (Comm)
Wed 16 Jan 2008	Scippacercola et al. v Commission [2008] EUECJ T-306/05
Wed 16 Jan 2008	Dawn raids for pharmaceutical sector inquiry
Mon 01 Oct 2007	Qualcomm suspected of exploitative patent abuse
Mon 17 Sep 2007	Microsoft v Commission [2007] EUECJ T-201/04
Thu 13 Sep 2007	Abuse of dominant position by Port du Havre
Wed 12 Sep 2007	Ufex and others v Commission [2007] EUECJ T-60/05
Fri 17 Aug 2007	ORR work on excessive fares under competition law
Thu 16 Aug 2007	Welsh Water appeal against Albion Water CAT judgments
Thu 16 Aug 2007	Aquavitae seeks action against alleged Anglian squeeze
Thu 26 Jul 2007	Terry Brannigan v OFT [2007] CAT 23
Thu 26 Jul 2007	Commission inquiry into EDF and Electrabel exclusive terms
Wed 25 Jul 2007	Conseil de la concurrence opinion on football rights
Tue 17 Jul 2007	Competition law injunction in Truphone v T-Mobile
Thu 12 Jul 2007	AEPI v Commission [2007] EUECJ T-229/05
Wed 04 Jul 2007	Au lys de France v Commission [2007] EUECJ T-458/04
Wed 04 Jul 2007	Alleged Telefónica ADSL margin squeeze
Fri 15 Jun 2007	Chester City Council v Arriva [2007] EWHC 1373 (Ch)
Tue 12 Jun 2007	Grower's abuse of economic dependence claim rejected
Fri 01 Jun 2007	Franck: Fares increases: can Passenger Focus appeal?
Thu 31 May 2007	Ofcom finds no predation by Red Bee Media
Wed 30 May 2007	ORR refuses to investigate complaint about excessive fares
Tue 15 May 2007	Cardiff Bus: OFT enforces the law on abuse
Wed 09 May 2007	Franck: South West Trains fares increases
Tue 08 May 2007	South West Trains accused of exploitative abuse
Wed 25 Apr 2007	Conseil de la concurrence interim measures on EDF
Thu 12 Apr 2007	Virgin Media's abuse claim against Sky (channel carriage)
Wed 04 Apr 2007	OFT market study on pharmaceutical wholesaling
Mon 02 Apr 2007	OFT not interested in cash machine software compatibility
Thu 15 Mar 2007	British Airways v Commission [2007] EUECJ C-95/04
Wed 14 Mar 2007	GSK predatory abuse on hospital antibiotics in France
Tue 27 Feb 2007	Sandisk v Sisvel MP3 patent pool [2007] EWHC 332 (Ch)
Tue 27 Feb 2007	Ofgem proposals for National Grid system operator charges
Fri 23 Feb 2007	Report by the Patient Power Review Group
Tue 30 Jan 2007	France Télécom v Commission [2007] EUECJ T-340/03
Fri 26 Jan 2007	Independent Water Company v Ofwat [2007] CAT 6
Thu 25 Jan 2007	E.ON objects to ORR remedies on EWS coal carriage contracts
Wed 24 Jan 2007	Ofgem finds effective competition in meter reading
Fri 12 Jan 2007	Settlement of claim for damages against Genzyme
Mon 08 Jan 2007	Albion Water v Ofwat/Welsh Water (costs) [2007] CAT 1 & 2
Thu 21 Dec 2006	Competition Commission final report on Yell
Tue 19 Dec 2006	Decision document on EWS abuse of a dominant position
Mon 18 Dec 2006	Albion Water v Ofwat (Shotton site) [2006] CAT 36
Tue 12 Dec 2006	SELEX v Commission [2006] EUECJ T-155/04
Thu 07 Dec 2006	OFT report on commercial use of public information
Fri 17 Nov 2006	EWS agrees to findings of abuse of dominant position
Thu 02 Nov 2006	Next steps in Albion Water v Ofwat (Shotton) case
Thu 19 Oct 2006	Government response on rail fares
Wed 18 Oct 2006	Government response to the Health Committee's report on NHS charges
Thu 12 Oct 2006	Albion Water v Ofwat (Shotton site) [2006] CAT 23
Fri 29 Sep 2006	Revised Ofwat guidance on water supply competition
Thu 21 Sep 2006	Ofcom decision on guidelines for technical platform services
Tue 18 Jul 2006	Health Select Committee report on NHS charges
Thu 13 Jul 2006	OPSI on Intelligent Addressing / Ordnance Survey dispute
Tue 11 Jul 2006	ECJ judgment on Fenin (concept of undertaking)
Fri 07 Jul 2006	No abuse by French cinema advertising agents
Mon 26 Jun 2006	Franck: Are Scottish Water's charges excessive?
Fri 23 Jun 2006	Application of competition law to rail fares
Fri 23 Jun 2006	Faster rises for trade effluent charges in Scotland
Thu 15 Jun 2006	Ofcom & OFT v Floe Telecom [2006] EWCA Civ 768
Fri 09 Jun 2006	Welsh Water (and Ofwat) v Corus [2006] EWHC 1183 (Ch)
Fri 09 Jun 2006	Ineos v Huntsman Petrochemicals [2006] EWHC 1241 (Ch)
Tue 23 May 2006	Provisional adverse finding in EWS/Marcroft merger inquiry
Fri 19 May 2006	Transport Committee report on rail fares
Wed 17 May 2006	National Grid accused of unfair foreclosure of gas meters
Wed 26 Apr 2006	Details of alleged Losec abuse by AstraZeneca
Thu 13 Apr 2006	Healthcare at Home claims damages from Genzyme
Fri 31 Mar 2006	Albion Water v Ofwat (Bath House) [2006] CAT 7
Tue 28 Feb 2006	Interim measures in Spectron/LME competition dispute
Wed 25 Jan 2006	Competition complaint against Ofwat and Bristol Water
Wed 18 Jan 2006	Ofcom case closure: Patientline competition law investigation
Mon 09 Jan 2006	Reckon: On exploitative excessive pricing under EC law
Fri 06 Jan 2006	OECD peer review of EC competition law and policy
Thu 05 Jan 2006	Souvenir dispensers: exclusionary abuse by French mint
Thu 22 Dec 2005	Albion Water v Ofwat (Shotton) interim judgment
Wed 21 Dec 2005	Attheraces v BHB [2005] EWHC 3015 (Ch)
Mon 19 Dec 2005	DG Competition paper on Article 82 exclusionary abuses
Fri 25 Nov 2005	Arkin v Borchard Lines Ltd & Ors [2005] EWCA Civ 655
Mon 14 Nov 2005	Fenin Advocate General opinion (concept of undertaking)
Sat 12 Nov 2005	Discriminatory abuse by Belgian collecting society
Mon 07 Nov 2005	Abuse of dominant position by Greater Paris water suppliers
Thu 03 Nov 2005	Franck: Patent abuses under Article 82
Tue 25 Oct 2005	Franck: US price gouging and EC competition law
Tue 04 Oct 2005	John Kay on the review of Article 82 enforcement
Thu 29 Sep 2005	Practice direction for competition law claims in UK courts
Thu 29 Sep 2005	Genzyme Limited v Office of Fair Trading [2005] CAT 32
Fri 19 Aug 2005	ORR says no abuse in testing and approval of track lubricants
Thu 11 Aug 2005	Reckon: Unfair competition? Guide to competition complaints
Tue 26 Jul 2005	OFT investigation into default charges on credit cards
Fri 22 Jul 2005	Ofcom opens case on BBC Broadcast under Competition Act
Fri 15 Jul 2005	Attheraces v BHB [2005] EWHC 1553 (Ch)
Mon 27 Jun 2005	Proposed competition undertakings by SP Manweb
Fri 27 May 2005	BHB Enterprises v Victor Chandler [2005] EWHC 1074 (Ch)
Sun 22 May 2005	Franck: Disposal of landfill leachate
Fri 20 May 2005	Tankered leachate: Ofwat says no breach of competition law
Wed 20 Apr 2005	New water access case at the Competition Appeal Tribunal
Thu 24 Mar 2005	Draft competition law guidelines for British railways
Thu 24 Feb 2005	European Commission investigates iTunes pricing policy
Fri 18 Feb 2005	No unfair competition found in French nursing homes
Tue 25 Jan 2005	OFT402 guideline: Abuse of a dominant position
Tue 21 Dec 2004	Ofgem finds no grounds for action against UUE
Mon 20 Dec 2004	OFT415 guideline: Assessment of market power
Mon 20 Dec 2004	OFT401 guideline: Agreements and concerted practices
Thu 28 Oct 2004	Advocate General opinion in Syfait parallel trade case
Mon 18 Oct 2004	Reckon: On Genzyme
Thu 30 Sep 2004	Reckon: iTunes Music Store
Fri 23 Jul 2004	Complaints about Port of Helsingborg excessive pricing
Mon 05 Jul 2004	ORR decision on Suretrack complaint against LUL infracos
Mon 19 Apr 2004	OFT414a guideline: Assessment of conduct
Tue 16 Dec 2003	Arkin v Borchard Lines No 3 [2003] EWHC 3088 (Comm)
Thu 27 Nov 2003	Arkin v Borchard Lines [2003] EWHC 2844 (Comm)
Tue 05 Aug 2003	Aquavitae v Ofwat (admissibility) [2003] CAT 17
Thu 10 Apr 2003	Arkin v Borchard Line & Ors [2003] EWHC 687 (Comm)
Thu 30 Jan 2003	OFT investigation into alleged Sky margin squeeze
Tue 31 Dec 2002	HMSO v Automobile Association [2002] EWHC (Ch)
Fri 20 Dec 2002	Intel v Via Technologies and another [2002] EWCA Civ 1905
Fri 28 Jun 2002	Suretrack Rail Services v Infraco JNP [2002] EWHC (Ch)
Fri 14 Jun 2002	Intel v Via Technologies and another [2002] EWHC 1159 (Ch)
Fri 21 Dec 2001	Jobserve v NMT [2001] EWCA Civ 2018
Fri 30 Nov 2001	ORR non-infringement decision on Virgin fares
Fri 05 Oct 2001	Hendry v Billiards And Snooker [2001] EWHC (Ch)
Thu 26 Jul 2001	OFT decision in ICL/Synstar case
Fri 15 Jun 2001	OFT decision on Claritas/DMA allegations against Consignia/Royal Mail/Postal Preference Service Limited
Thu 05 Apr 2001	NMT v Jobserve [2001] EWHC (Ch)
Thu 02 Nov 2000	Claritas (UK) v The Post Office [2000] EWHC (Ch)

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