Abuse of dominant position: The French Competition Authority rejects the qualification of abuse of dominant position and as a result, rejects the qualification of anticompetitive agreements, thereby establishing a relevant connection between these two qualifications (IT services maintenance)

Choné-Grimaldi, Anne-Sophie

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CASE COMMENTS: CARTELS – FRANCE – ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION – THEORY OF CUMULATIVE EFFECTS

27 Jun 2018

Abuse of dominant position: The French Competition Authority rejects the qualification of abuse of dominant position and as a result, rejects the qualification of anticompetitive agreements, thereby establishing a relevant connection between these two qualifications (IT services maintenance)

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Fr. Comp. Auth., dec. n° 18-D-10 of June 27th, 2018 regarding practices implemented in the sector of IT services maintenance

L’origine de cette affaire réside dans le dépôt d’une plainte par plusieurs sociétés du groupe Econocom, actives dans le secteur de la maintenance informatique, à l’encontre de trois constructeurs de matériel informatique bien connus : IBM, HP et Oracle. À ce sujet, il convient de rappeler que l’activité de maintenance peut être exercée par les constructeurs eux-mêmes ou par des prestataires extérieurs (appelés tiers mainteneurs). Comme cette activité consiste, pour l’essentiel, dans l’installation de mises à jour éditées par les constructeurs à propos de leur matériel, l’accès au marché de la maintenance est difficile pour les tiers mainteneurs

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Anne-Sophie Choné-Grimaldi
University Paris Nanterre

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Anne-Sophie Choné-Grimaldi, Abuse of dominant position: The French Competition Authority rejects the qualification of abuse of dominant position and as a result, rejects the qualification of anticompetitive agreements, thereby establishing a relevant connection between these two qualifications (IT services maintenance), 27 June 2018, Concurrences Review N° 4-2018, Art. N° 88164, pp. 110-111

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