Communication from the Commission clarifying under what conditions the impact of an agreement or practice on competition within the common market can in its view be considered to be non-appreciable, namely where the aggregate market share of the undertakings involved remains below certain thresholds. In addition, agreements between small and medium-sized enterprises are said to be rarely capable of significantly affecting trade between Member States or competition within the common market, they will in any event not normally be of sufficient Community interest to justify intervention. In short, agreements or practices falling under the "de minimis" notice are considered to be of minor Community importance and are not examined by the Commission under EU competition law. Certain cases may, however, be examined by national competition authorities. © European Commission
De minimis notice
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Absolute territorial protection
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Abuse of dominant position
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Abuse of economic dependence
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Access to essential facility
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Access to information
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Access to the file
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Actual competitor
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Administered prices
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Advocacy
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Agency agreement
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Agent
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Agreement (notion)
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Amicus curiae
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Ancillary restraints
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Annulment
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Anticompetitive object or effect
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Anticompetitive practices
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Antitrust
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Applicable law
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Arbitration
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Article 11 letter
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Automotive distribution
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Cartel
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Clearance phase I (merger)
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Clearance phase II (merger)
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Collecting society
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Collective dominance
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Collective redress (class action)
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Collusion
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Comity
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Commission Notice
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Competence
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Competition policy
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Complaint
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Compliance programme
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Compulsory license
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Concentration indexes
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Concerted practices
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Concession
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Concurrent jurisdiction
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Consortium
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Consumers protection
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Consumers’ associations
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Control (change)
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Control (notion)
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Cooperation Agreement
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Cooperation between competition authorities
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Coordinated effects
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Copyright
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Corporate group
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Corruption
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Cost-based access
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Cournot (Nash) equilibrium
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Criminal sanctions
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Cross subsidisation
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ECHR
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Economic analysis
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Economic efficiency
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Economies of scale
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Economies of scope
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Effect on trade between Member States
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Effective judicial protection
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EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) & Court
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Environmental protection
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Error costs
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Essential facility
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European Competition Network (ECN)
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Ex Ante / Ex Post Control
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Excessive prices
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Exchanges of information
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Exclusionary practice
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Exclusive distribution
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Exclusive purchasing
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Exclusive right (Art. 106 TFEU)
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Exclusivity clause
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Exhaustion
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Extra-territoriality
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Mandatary (distribution)
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Margin squeeze
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Marginal costs
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Market economy investor
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Market of goods or services
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Market power
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Market share
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Media pluralism
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Merger (notion)
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Merger (prohibition)
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Merger (withdrawal)
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Merger control procedure
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Merger remedies
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Minority shareholdings
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Misinformation
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Monopoly
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Parallel imports (parallel trade)
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Passing-on
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Passive sales
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Patents
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Pay-for-delay
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Periodic penalty payment
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Personal data
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Potential competition
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Predatory pricing
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Preliminary ruling (Art. 267 TFUE)
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Price discrimination
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Price leadership
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Price signalling
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Price-fixing agreement
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Prices
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Principle of effectiveness
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Principle of equal treatment
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Principle of equivalence
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Principle of proportionality
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Private enforcement
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Privatization
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Procedural autonomy
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Professional association
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Public procurement
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Public undertaking
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R&D agreement
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Referral (merger)
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Refusal to deal
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Regulated prices
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Regulation
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Relevant market
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Remedies (antitrust)
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Request for information
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Resale below cost
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Resale price maintenance (RPM)
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Restriction on exportation
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Right against self-incrimination
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Rights of defence
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Rule of reason
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Sector inquiry
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Selective distribution
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Self-Preference
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Services of general economic interest
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Single branding
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Sole control
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Spill-over effects
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Standard-Essential Patent (SEP)
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State action defense
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State aid (compatibility)
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State aid (existing aid)
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State aid (notification)
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State aid (notion)
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State aid (recovery)
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State aid (tax ruling)
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State aid (unlawful aid)
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State measure
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Statement of objections (SO)
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Substitutability
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Sudden break of established business relationships