Article 82 EC Treaty

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competition law rule primary EU law provision provision of European Union competition law

Article 82 EC Treaty is a core provision of European Union competition law that prohibits the abuse of a dominant market position by undertakings within the internal market.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Article 102 EEC Treaty	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	competition law rule ⓘ primary EU law provision ⓘ provision of European Union competition law ⓘ
appliesTo	dominant undertakings ⓘ undertakings ⓘ
basedOn	concept of abuse ⓘ concept of dominant position ⓘ
bindingOn	all Member States of the European Community ⓘ all undertakings operating in the internal market ⓘ
enforcedBy	European Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	1 January 1958 ⓘ
exampleOfAbuse	applying dissimilar conditions to equivalent transactions ⓘ limiting markets ⓘ limiting production ⓘ limiting technical development to the prejudice of consumers ⓘ loyalty rebates ⓘ predatory pricing ⓘ refusal to supply ⓘ tying and bundling practices ⓘ unfair purchase or selling prices ⓘ unfair trading conditions ⓘ
interpretedBy	Court of Justice of the European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ General Court of the European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	originally drafted in multiple official languages of the European Community ⓘ
legalArea	EU competition law ⓘ antitrust law ⓘ
legalNature	directly applicable rule ⓘ self-executing provision ⓘ
objective	prevention of abusive market power ⓘ protection of effective competition in the internal market ⓘ
partOf	EC Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty establishing the European Community NERFINISHED ⓘ
policyGoal	maintenance of undistorted competition ⓘ protection of consumer welfare ⓘ
prohibits	abuse of a dominant position ⓘ abuse of dominance in the internal market ⓘ
relatedTo	Article 101 TFEU NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 102 TFEU NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 81 EC Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ
renumberedAs	Article 82 EC (post-Amsterdam numbering) ⓘ
replacedBy	Article 102 TFEU NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	abusive conduct ⓘ effect on trade between Member States ⓘ existence of a dominant position ⓘ
successorProvision	Article 102 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
territorialScope	internal market of the European Community ⓘ substantial part of the common market ⓘ
timePeriodInForce	1958–2009 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Costa v ENEL → articleInterpreted → Article 82 EC Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article 102 EEC Treaty

TFEU Article 102 → formerNumbering → Article 82 EC Treaty ⓘ

Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 → implements → Article 82 EC Treaty ⓘ