The interplay between EU competition law and sector specific rules in the electronic communications sector: Deutsche Telekom AG v Commission, Case T-827/14, and Slovak Telekom a.s. v Commission, Case T-851/14

摘要

On 13 December 2018, the General Court reduced the fines the European Commission (Commission) had imposed on Slovak Telekom and its parent company, Deutsche Telekom, whilst maintaining that Slovak Telekom had abused its dominant position in the Slovak retail market for broadband services at a fixed location, and in the wholesale market for access to unbundled local loops. The abuses consisted of constructive refusal to supply local loop unbundling and a margin squeeze, in breach of Article 102 TFEU.