Translation of "Beherrschendes unternehmen" in English

The Commission notes that a judgment of the commercial division of the Court of Cassation, in which that court states that it would be prepared to grant an action in damages against a dominant company the wrongful conduct of which led to the downfall of the subsidiary, and as a result, collective redundancies, is to the same effect as the Aspocomp case-law.

But with a market share of less than 10% in itsprincipal market, the German market in colour television sets, SABA by itselfwas far too weak to be considered a dominant enterprise, especially sincetechnically complex or readily interchangeable products offered by 18 otherproducers were involved.

The Commission concluded that, at the current stage of EC competition law, it is highly doubtful whether onecould impose an obligation upon a dominant firm (in an eventual EC bulk intermediate Hep B market), as a remedy to ensure the maintenance of effective competition in the national Hep B markets, to share its intellectualproperty rights with third parties to allow them to develop, produce and market the same products (i.e. multivalents containing the Hep B antigen) which the alleged dominant firm was also seeking to develop, produce andmarket.

But even if it is considered great enough to justify taking the large single marka constituted by aseptic and nonaseptic cartons combined as the basis for assessing market shares, taking account too of the identity of the firms concerned, Tetra Pak would unquestionably still hold a dominant position since, as we have seen, its overall market share for cartons would be some 78 %, against some 10 to 11 % for Elopak, some 8 % for PKL and some 4 % for all other producers combined.

A dominant company does not therefore, have the option of submitting its market plans for review by the Authority in order to obtain a certificate.

The Competition Council decided that DBU, which held a dominant position, was not entitled to the soleright to sell radio and television broadcasting rights to matches, since these broadcasting rights wereowned both by DBU and the various clubs.

But even if it is considered great enough to justify taking the large single market constituted by aseptic and nonaseptic cartons combined as the basis for assessing market shares, taking account too of the identity of the firms concerned, Terra Pak would unquestionably still hold a dominant position since, as we have seen, its overall market share for cartons would be some 78 %, against some 10 to 11 % for Elopak, some 8 % for PKL and some 4 % for all other producers combined.

Although the dominant position of a company on the market is not prohibited as such, restrictions apply to dominant companies when acting on the market.

The act has established the presumption that the company has a dominant position (“dominant position”) if its market share on the Slovene market exceeds 40% (whereby this limit is not absolute and a possible dominant position of the company is assessed on a case-to-case basis).

Abusive conduct could either take place by means of cartels or by dominant firms.

Many of these firms are now expecting that privatization is on the way, indeed some are already moving in the directions just discussed above.

Only a few companies in the world have mastered this complex cycle in its entirety in the way that Heraeus has.

Are price discrimination practices allowed to dominant companies?

Bacher light-heartedly refers to these previously dominant companies as the machine tool “mafia.”

Even if appreciation is increasing, companies are ultimately ruled by numbers.

Under EU antitrust rules, dominant companies have a responsibility not to abuse their powerful market position by restricting competition.

Dominant companies must be careful not to engage in practices that exclude other players from the market.

In insecticides against cockroaches the operation was likely to lead to a dominant position of the companies in France.

This is not so in the case of dominant companies under the article of the Treaty relevant to them.

In order to manufacture a perfectly crafted piece of jewelry, it takes skill that only a few companies have mastered.

Asian companies are also beginning to dominate in industries where European companies used to lead.

Either one takes the Commission's line by including every controlling or controlled company within the definition of parent and subsidiary companies, or one chooses the amendment s that would understand both terms in the stricter sense of the previous guidelines.

You seek to extend the definition of companies’ ‘economically dominant position’ to cover markets that are oligopolies, no matter when the merger comes about. Let me quote: ‘has a tangible and lasting influence on competition’.

In considering alleged breaches of the information and consultation requirements laid down by this Directive, the argument that such a breach occurred because the information was not provided by an undertaking controlling the employer shall not be accepted as an excuse.

The knowledge that they may have a duty to supply against their will may lead dominant undertakings – or undertakings who foresee that they may become dominant - not to invest, or to invest less, in the activity in question.

The claimants in the arbitration proceedings giving rise to the Award are the brothers Ioan Micula and Viorel Micula and three companies owned by them (S.C. European Food SA, S.C. Starmill S.R.L., and S.C. Multipack).