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The scope of this report is to provide general information on the Swiss regulations related to abuse of a dominant position and their interpretation and application by the Swiss competition authority and courts.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Available in an (unofficial) English translation at https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19950278/index.html.

  2. 2.

    Message of the Federal Council related to the Act on Cartels and other Restrictions of Competition, pp. 13 ss; V. Martenet and A. Heinemann, Droit de la concurrence, Schulthess 2012, p. 16.

  3. 3.

    E. Clerc, in: V. Martenet, C. Bovet and P. Tercier, Commentaire Romand – Droit de la Concurrence, 2nd edition, Helbing Lichtenhahn 2013 (hereafter “CR-LCart”), ad Art. 7 I LCart N. 24 ss.

  4. 4.

    Decision of the Comco of 19 October 2009 “Preispolitik Swisscom ADSL”, DPC 2010/1 116, 147; E. Clerc, in: CR-LCart, ad Art. 7 N. 49.

  5. 5.

    ATF 139 II 99, para. 4.3.1.

  6. 6.

    E. Clerc, in: CR-LCart, ad Art. 7 I LCart N. 50.

  7. 7.

    Judgment of the Federal Court of 29 June 2012, ATF 139 I 72 para. 8.2.3.

  8. 8.

    See B. Merkt, Abus de position dominante: développements récents de la pratique, in: I. Hochreutener, W. Stoffel and M. Amstutz (eds), Pratique du droit de la concurrence: Abus de position dominante, procédure, révision, Schulthess 2013, p. 66.

  9. 9.

    Parliamentary initiative of Mr Hans Altherr in the Council of States dated 25 September 2014. See http://www.parlament.ch/e/suche/Pages/geschaefte.aspx?gesch_id=20140449.

  10. 10.

    FF 2005 1502.

  11. 11.

    For the latest occurrence in the jurisprudence of the Federal Court, see ATF 139 I 72 para. 10.1.2. See also the decision of Comco of 29 November 2010 “SIX/Terminals mit Dynamic Currency Conversion”, DPC 2011/1, 96 ss, 142.

  12. 12.

    E. Clerc, in: CR-LCart, ad Art. 7 I LCart N. 109.

  13. 13.

    Judgement of the Administrative Federal Court of 24 February 2010, DPC 2010/2 242 para. 4.5.1; Judgment of the Federal Court of 29 June 2012, ATF 139 I 72 para. 8.

  14. 14.

    Judgment of the Federal Court of 29 June 2012, ATF 139 I 72 para. 10.1.2; P. Reinert, in: Baker & McKenzie (eds), Kartellgesetz, Stämpfli 2007, p. 90; for a critic of the systematic of the interpretation, see M. Amstutz and B. Carron, in: M. Amstutz and P. Reinert, Basler Kommentar – Kartellgesetz, Helbing Lichtenhahn 2010 (hereafter “BK-KG”), ad Art. 7 KG N. 29.

  15. 15.

    E. Clerc, in: CR-LCart, ad Art. 7 I LCart N. 110.

  16. 16.

    M. Amstutz and B. Carron, in: BK-KG, ad Art. 7 KG N. 24.

  17. 17.

    Judgment of the Federal Court of 29 June 2012, ATF 139 I 72 para. 10.1.2.

  18. 18.

    See M. Amstutz and B. Carron, in: BK-KG, ad Art. 7 KG N. 41; B. Merkt, Abus de position dominante: développements récents de la pratique, in: I. Hochreutener, W. Stoffel and M. Amstutz (eds), Pratique du droit de la concurrence: Abus de position dominante, procédure, révision, Schulthess 2013, p. 63 ss.

  19. 19.

    Decision of Comco of 21 October 2013 “Swatch Group Lieferstopp”, DPC 2014/1 215, 253.

  20. 20.

    Judgement of the Administrative Federal Court of 24 February 2010 “Terminierungspreise im Mobilfunk”, B-2050/2007, para. 11.1.1.

  21. 21.

    Judgment of the Federal Court of 29 June 2012, ATF 139 I 72 para. 10.1.1.

  22. 22.

    Judgment of the Federal Court of 29 June 2012, ATF 139 I 72 para. 10.1.1.

  23. 23.

    Judgement of the Administrative Federal Court of 24 February 2010 “Terminierungspreise im Mobilfunk”, B-2050/2007, c. 11.1.

  24. 24.

    Judgment of the Federal Court of 29 June 2012, ATF 139 I 72 para10.1.1; M. Amstutz and B. Carron, in: BK-KG, ad Art. 7 KG N. 42.

  25. 25.

    D. Cherpillod, L’abus structurel, Bruylant and Schulthess 2006, p. 251.

  26. 26.

    M. Amstutz and B. Carron, in: BK-KG, ad Art. 7 KG N. 47ff.

  27. 27.

    Judgment of the Federal Court of 29 June 2012, ATF 139 I 72 para. 10.1.1.

  28. 28.

    M. Amstutz and B. Carron, in: BK-KG, ad Art. 7 KG N. 45; J. Borer, Wettbewerbsrecht I – Schweizerisches Kartellgesetz, 3rd edition, Orell Füssli 2011, p. 102; E. Clerc, in: CR-LCart, ad Art. 7 I LCart N. 95; D. Cherpillod, L’abus structurel, Bruylant and Schulthess 2006, p. 67; M. Ruffner, Unzulässige Verhaltensweisen marktmächtiger Unternehmen, AJP/PJA 7/96, 834, 838.

  29. 29.

    Decision of Comco of 29 November 2010, DPC 2011/1, p. 96.

  30. 30.

    Decision of Comco of 21 October 2013 “Swatch Group Lieferstopp”, DPC 2014/1 215. See also B. Merkt, Abus de position dominante: développements récents de la pratique, in: I. Hochreutener, W. Stoffel and M. Amstutz (eds), Pratique du droit de la concurrence: Abus de position dominante, procédure, révision, Schulthess 2013, p. 65ff.

  31. 31.

    Decision of Comco of 14 July 2014 “Preispolitik und andere Verhaltensweisen der SDA”, DPC 2014/4, p. 670.

  32. 32.

    Judgment of the Federal Court of 11 April 2011, ATF 137 II 199.

  33. 33.

    Judgment of the Federal Court of 29 June 2012, ATF 139 I 72.

  34. 34.

    Judgment of the Federal Court of 23 May 2013, ATF 139 II 316.

  35. 35.

    Judgment of the Federal Court of 29 June 2012, ATF 139 I 72 para. 4.

  36. 36.

    See Sect. 13.2.2 above.

  37. 37.

    Judgment of the Federal Court of 29 June 2012, ATF 139 I 72, para. 10.1.2.

  38. 38.

    Decision of Comco of 29 November 2010 “SIX/Terminals mit Dynamic Currency Conversion”, DPC 2011/1 96, 152.

  39. 39.

    Decision of Comco of 21 October 2013 “Swatch Group Lieferstopp”, DPC 2014/1, p. 215, 257.

  40. 40.

    Decision of Comco of 14 July 2014 “Preispolitik und andere Verhaltensweisen der SDA”, DPC 2014/4 670, 683ff.

  41. 41.

    Judgment of the Federal Court of 11 April 2011, ATF 137 II 199, para. 4.3.4.

  42. 42.

    M. Amstutz and B. Carron, in: BK-KG, ad Art. 7 KG N. 19ff; E. Clerc, in: CR-LCart, ad Art. 7 I LCart N. 66; P. Reinert, in: Baker & McKenzie (eds), Kartellgesetz, Stämpfli 2007, p. 88; D. Cherpillod, L’abus structurel, Bruylant and Schulthess 2006, p. 69.

  43. 43.

    E. Clerc, in: CR-LCart, ad Art. 7 I LCart N. 99; P. Krauskopf and O. Kaufmann, Das System der Rechtsfertigungsgründe im Kartellrecht: Einwendungen bei Marktmachtmissbrauch, in: sic! 2013 499.

  44. 44.

    Judgment of the Federal Court of 29 June 2012, ATF 139 I 72, para. 10.1.2.

  45. 45.

    Decision of Comco of 29 November 2010 “SIX/Terminals mit Dynamic Currency Conversion”, DPC 2011/1 96, 165ff.

  46. 46.

    Decision of Comco of 21 October 2013 “Swatch Group Lieferstopp”, DPC 2014/1, p. 215, 263ff.

  47. 47.

    M. Amstutz and B. Carron, in: BK-KG, ad Art. 7 KG N. 29.

  48. 48.

    Judgment of the Federal Court of 29 June 2012, ATF 139 I 72, para. 10.1.1.

  49. 49.

    M. Amstutz, Planwirtschaftlicher Eingriff der Wettbewerbsbehörden, in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of 13 March 2013. The author disclosed that he acted as advisor to one of the parties in the Swatch proceedings.

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Cherpillod, D. (2017). Switzerland. In: Këllezi, P., Kilpatrick, B., Kobel, P. (eds) Abuse of Dominant Position and Globalization & Protection and Disclosure of Trade Secrets and Know-How. LIDC Contributions on Antitrust Law, Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46891-4_13

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