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| 73. | In such situations, markets are likely to be geographically differentiated in the sense that competitive conditions change as a function of the distance between each supplier and the customer (97). In such cases, the Commission may define the geographic market based on catchment areas. Catchment areas can be drawn around customers or around suppliers, depending on the specificities of the case and on whether suppliers offer their products at different conditions based on the location or the geographic area of the customer location. Absent such discrimination, the Commission often considers catchment areas around supplier locations. By contrast, in markets with customer-specific prices, it is normally preferable to assess competitive conditions at different customer locations and draw catchment areas around customer locations (98). Where this is not possible, for example because customers are many and dispersed or because there is no information on the location of customers of competitors, the Commission may draw catchment areas around supplier locations.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.