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
This Glossary matches the list of keywords used by Concurrences search engine. Each keyword is automatically updated by the most recent EU and national case laws from the e-Competitions Bulletin and Concurrences Review. The definitions are excerpt from DG COMP’s Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy (© European Union, 2002) and the OECD’s Glossary of industrial organisation economics and competition law (© OECD, 1993).
De minimis notice
Glossary
A
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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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 objet or effect
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Anticompetitive practices
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Applicable law
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Arbitration
B
C
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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Competence
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Competition policy
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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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Concerted practices
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Concession
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Concurrent jurisdiction
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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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Criminal sanctions
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Cross subsidisation
D
E
ECHR
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Economic analysis
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Economic efficiency
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Effect on trade between Member States
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Effective judicial protection
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Environmental protection
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Essential facility
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European Competition Network (ECN)
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Excess prices
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Exchanges of information
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Exclusive distribution
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Exclusive purchasing agreement
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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
F
I
M
P
Parallel imports (parallel trade)
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Passing-on
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Pay-for-delay
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Periodic penalty payment
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Personal data
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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-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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S
Sector inquiry
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Selective distribution
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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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Sudden break of established business relationships
