The EU Court of Justice substantially upholds that a parent company and its subsidiary abused their dominant position by offering loyalty payments to builder’s merchants in the plasterboards market (BPB Industries / British Gypsum)

Case C-310/93 P BPB Industries Plc and British Gypsum Ltd v Commission of the European Communities* 1. In the context of proceedings aimed at establishing infringements of the rules on competition in the Treaty, observance of the rights of the defence requires, inter alia, that the