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EU countries defend power to hit abusive companies that don’t dominate market

By Jean Comte ( December 31, 2025, 09:39 GMT | Comment) -- National regulators are pushing the European Commission to avoid scrapping a provision that allows them to sanction companies that are abusive to smaller rivals, but not big enough to be classified as the dominant player in their market. Competition authorities — in particular in France, Germany and Austria — say the capability is a must-have, even though it hasn’t been used much in recent years.The European Commission's review of the EU Regulation 1/2003 — the law that governs procedure for competition enforcement — has unleashed a stream of lobbying from companies and trade associations eager to influence the application of rules that can cost them billions of euros....

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