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| (129) | An advantage of the comparator-based method is that it allows for the construction of a counterfactual. As mentioned in paragraph 66 above, the purpose of this exercise is to isolate the effect of the infringement from other factors also affecting prices. While the passing-on rate method does not allow for such an approach, it is still important to control for factors that are not related to the infringement. One approach may be to use quantitative techniques, for instance regression analysis (103). For instance, in the example in Box 1 above, a court may take into account an analysis of the relationship between the prices charged by the wire harnesses supplier and changes in the input costs of wire harnesses. However, other factors may have also affected the price at the downstream level, e.g. fluctuations in the demand of car manufacturers. If the court fails to take into account such additional factors, the estimated passing-on rate will most likely be biased.

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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.