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Business groups decry EU shift away from economic principles in dominance probes

By Lewis Crofts ( February 4, 2025, 17:00 GMT | Insight) -- A coalition of 11 business associations has criticized a revamp of EU antitrust enforcement against dominant companies, saying it risks creating legal uncertainty and introduces a "more formalistic framework." Ahead of a Feb. 13 workshop to discuss the draft guidelines, trade associations from the US, the EU, Germany, Sweden and the UK warned they risk deterring "procompetitive" conduct and "widening the EU’s competitiveness gap with global markets."A revamp of EU antitrust enforcement against dominant companies risks creating legal uncertainty — by departing from established principles and introducing a "more formalistic framework" — business groups from the US, EU, Germany, Sweden and the UK have warned....

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