- Case C-5/69 Völk v Vervaecke [1969] ECR 295, paras 16 and 17; Notice on Agreements of Minor Importance, [2001] OJ C368/13 (De Minimis Notice); R Whish and D Bailey, Competition Law (Oxford University Press, 7th edn, 2012), 120.
- Case 22/71 Béguelin [1971] ECR 949, para 16.
- De Minimis Notice, supra n 1, para 7.
- Guidelines on the effect on trade concept contained in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty [2004] OJ C101/81, para 12 (Guidelines on inter-state trade).
- Case 30/78 Distillers Co Ltd v Commission [1980] ECR 2229. Other cases in support of a qualitative approach is Case 19/77 Miller International v Commission [1978] ECR 131 and Case 107/82 AEG-Telefunken v Commission [1983] ECR 3151.
- L Blanco, Market Power in EU Antitrust Law (Hart Publishing, 2012), 29.
- Ibid, 28.
- Völk, supra n 1, para 7; Case 1/71 Cadillon [1971] ECR 351, para 9; Case C-260/07 Pedro IV Servicios SL v Total Espana SA [2009] ECR I-2437; Case T-199/08 Ziegler SA v Commission [2011] ECR II-3507.
- De Minimis Notice, supra n 1, para 11.
- Case C-226/11 Expedia Inc v Autorite de la concurrence and Others, not yet reported.
- Ibid, para 37.
- Opinion of Advocate General Kokott in Expedia, supra n 10, delivered on 6 September 2012, para 53.
- Expedia, supra n 10, para 31.
- http://ec.europa.eu/competition/consultations/2013_de_minimis_notice/index_en.html.
- Case No COMP/.6166 Deutsche Börse/NYSE Euronext, 17 October 2012.
- Ibid, paras 1133–342.
- Guidance on the Commission's Enforcement Priorities in Applying Article 82 EC Treaty to Abusive Exclusionary Conduct by Dominant Undertakings, [2009] OJ C45/7, para 4.
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