Essential Facility Access in Europe: Building a Test for Antitrust Policy

This paper investigates the evolution of competition policy decisions in the US and, particularly, in the EU, concerning mandatory access to an essential facility held by a dominant firm. Based on some recent and controversial EU antitrust decisions, we outline a comprehensive test for identifying an essential facility and consequently imposing a mandatory access obligation on dominant firms.

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Castaldo, Angelo ; Nicita, Antonio
Published in:	Review of Law & Economics. - Berkeley Electronic Press. - Vol. 3.2007, 1, p. 6-6
Publisher:	Berkeley Electronic Press
Subject:	antitrust \| competition policy \| essential facility \| refusal to deal \| liberalization process

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Type of publication:	Article
Notes:	oai:bepress.com:rle-1078
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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