ntr119-C_2019267EN.01000401-E0119
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION Guidelines for national courts on how to estimate the share of overcharge which was passed on to the indirect purchaser · European Union
(119) The assessment of countervailing buyer power is an important factor in the area of EU merger control. In the Commission's guidelines for horizontal mergers, paragraph 64, countervailing buyer power is defined as the bargaining strength that the buyer has vis-à-vis the seller in commercial negotiations due to its size, its commercial significance to the seller and its ability to switch to alternative suppliers.
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