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| (114) | In other circumstances, the comparator market may be indirectly affected by the initial overcharge. In the stylised example of the copper cartel in Box 6, the wire harnesses supplier B1 purchases copper from the infringer A1. Even though the wire harnesses supplier B2 in the comparator market does not purchase from the infringer A1, the wire harnesses suppliers B2 and B1 may be competitors on the same geographic downstream markets. This implies that, if the wire harnesses supplier B1 increases its prices in response to the initial infringement, its competitors may raise their prices, as well. In this case, the price that the wire harnesses supplier B2 offers may have been indirectly affected by the infringement, and as a result may not provide a suitable comparator (97).

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.