Getting The Deal Through: Dominance 2014

In its latest high-profile case, the Romanian Competition authority (RCC) applied record fines totalling 63.18 million Euros on the two major mobile telecommunications operators for refusing access to their networks for call termination, exceeding the record of 24.06 million Euros set in the previous abuse case against the National Company of Romanian Mail. The sanctioned undertakings appealed the RCC’s decision. The cases are still before the courts and the decision is pending.

Although in 2010 and 2011 the RCC finalised two highprofile abuse cases, the case law of the RCC as regards the abuse of dominant position is still scarce and some old investigations targeting potential abuses are still pending before the RCC.

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