By market domination one understands power about enterprises to be able to determine a certain defined market.

Market domination is present, if an enterprise on a market no or only insignificant competitors has, and thus an outstanding market position holds. Market domination forbids, after German right, the abusive utilization ("§ 19 GWB). Abuse can take place via handicap, exploitation, price structure-abused, net entrance netzzugangsverweigerung and discrimination.

Criteria for the statement of such a position are:

• the market share
• the financial power
• the entrance to procurement and sales markets
• Entwinements with other enterprises
• Legal or material restrictions of market admission
• Number and strength of competitors

The German law against restraints of trade (GWB) calls 19 two kinds for the market domination assumption in "§.

• the monopoly assumption is present, if an enterprise possesses a market share of at least 1/3
• the oligopoly assumption is present, if two or three enterprises possess together 50% of the market or four or five enterprises together represent 2/3 of the market.

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• "§ 19 GWB

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