Large companies get new EU guidance on abusing market power
By Lewis Crofts ( September 3, 2026, 14:33 GMT | Insight) -- Companies with large market shares will have a clearer view of when they face EU antitrust risk in new guidelines published Thursday, setting out how the European Commission will apply one of its most powerful tools. The document finalizes formal guidance, creating a “safe harbor” for smaller companies and replacing a previous “categorization” of harmful corporate behavior with a “sliding scale” of abuses.Companies with large market shares will have a clearer view of when they face EU antitrust risk in new guidelines published Thursday, setting out how the European Commission will apply one of its most powerful tools....
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