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Some agreements are not banned if they can be justified as beneficial to consumers and the economy as a
whole. Such cases are covered by the Block Exemption Regulations.

5.3 Abuse of a dominant position

Companies can achieve a dominant position in the market. A dominant position is the market position of
an undertaking which is such as to distort effective competition in the relevant market. Companies with a
dominant position tend to have access to technical knowledge and capital that allows them to set prices
on the market and control production and distribution

An enterprise that achieves a dominant market position must ensure that it by the rules:

• not to charge excessive prices, which would be an abuse of your position in relation to your customers.

• companies should not reduce the prices of their products to unrealistically low prices in order not to
harm other companies in their development.

• not to discriminate against customers