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(92) Examples exist in relation to markets for the production and supply of basic metal products, such as aluminium or steel. See, for example, case M.9076 Novelis/Aleris, where the Commission’s investigation confirmed that customers had a common preference for sourcing aluminium automotive body sheets from EEA-based suppliers and the relevant geographic market was defined as EEA-wide. For similar reasons, in markets for flat stainless steel products, the relevant geographic market for cold rolled stainless steel and hot white band stainless steel were defined as not wider than the EEA in case M.6471 Outokumpu/Inoxum, paragraphs 241-243 and 244-260. The market has also been defined as EEA-wide for refractory products, due to, among other factors, customers’ strong common preference for sourcing from EEA-based suppliers – see M.8286 RHI/Magnesita Refratarios, paragraphs 55, 56, 57 and 61.
Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.