§3.3 Evidence used to define geographic markets

62. The Commission is usually able to take a preliminary view on whether the candidate geographic market is local, national, regional, EEA-wide (88), wider than the EEA or global, based on preliminary information on the purchasing behaviour and preferences of customers of the relevant products. The Commission then investigates whether the conditions of competition throughout the candidate market are sufficiently homogeneous for the effects of the conduct or concentration to be able to be assessed and whether the candidate market can be distinguished from other areas because the conditions of competition are appreciably different in those areas.

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