Information
Type:
ICN Report
Working Group:
Unilateral Conduct
Author:
ICN
Date:
2020
The Unilateral Conduct Working Group (UCWG) conducted multi-year project on issues relating to unilateral conduct in digital markets, and in particularly, on the assessment of dominance/substantial market power in these markets. The project included surveys to member agencies and NGAs to collect information on assessing dominance/substantial market power in digital markets. Its aim was to clarify whether this experience suggests that the assessment of dominance/substantial market power in digital markets requires considerations or techniques of assessment different from those applied in non-digital markets.
The report provides an overview of the information gathered from the two surveys. Its structure follows the structure of the surveys and covers: 1) general information about the respondent; 2) experience in assessing unilateral conduct in general and in digital markets in particular; 3) views on the main characteristics of digital markets; 4) views on the relevant factors in the assessment of market power in digital markets; 5) views on the need for an ICN guidance on the assessment of market power in digital markets.