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ABSTRACT
Contents
INTRODUCTION 11
CHAPTER I. GENERAL CONCEPT OF DOMINANCE AND MONOPOLIZATION, ABUSES OF DOMINANT POSITION/ MONOPOLY POSITION. 14
1. THE CONCEPT OF DOMINANCE AND MONOPOLIZATION 14
1.1. Dominance and Substantial Market Power 14
1.2. Legal Approach to Finding Dominance 15
1.3. Monopolization 16
2. ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION AND MONOPOLIZATION 16
2.1. Term Definitions 16
2.2. Abuse of Dominant Position 18
2.3. Monopolization 19
3. IDENTIFYING AND INVESTIGATING ABUSES 20
3.1. Exploitative Abuse 21
3.2. Exclusionary abuse 21
3.3. Related terms 23
CHAPTER II. THE US COMPETITION LAW 33
1. EVALUATING THE U.S COMPETITION LAW REGIME 33
1.1. The U.S Competition Law 33
1.2. Procedures used to implement and enforce antitrust law 41
1.3. Evaluating the U.S Competition Law Regime 45
2. ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION IN U.S 56
2.1. "Monopoly Power" under US Law 57
2.2. Market Definition 58
2.3. Market Share as a Relevant Factor 60
2.4. Other factors 61
3. MONOPOLIZATION 62
3.1. Attempted Monopolization 63
3.2. Conspiracy to Monopolize 64
3.3. Anticompetitive Conduct 64
CHAPTER III. THE EUROPEAN UNION LAW OF ANTITRUST 67
1. THE EU APPROACH TO ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION 67
1.1. Relevant Market 70
1.2. Market Share 72
2. FACTORS FOR DETERMINING DOMINANCE 73
2.1. Market Position 74
2.2. Expansion and Entry 74
2.3. Countervailing Buyer Power 75
2.4. Dominant position must be held within the internal market or a substantial part of it 76
2.5. An abuse 77
2.6. An effect on inter-state trade 77
3. COMPARATIVE BETWEEN US AND EU PERSPECTIVE 77
3.1. Test for Dominance 78
3.2. Collective Dominance 78
4. CLASSIFICATION OF ABUSES OF DOMINANCE 79
4.1. Exploitative Abuses 80
4.2. Exclusionary Abuses 81
CHAPTER IV. VIETNAMESE COMPETITION LAW ON ABUSES OF DOMINANCE AND MONOPOLIZATION 86
1. ABUSE OF DOMINANCE IN VIETNAM - VIETNAM COMPETITION LAW 2018 86
1.1. Defining Dominance 87
1.2. Dominant position 88
1.3. Monopoly Position 88
1.4. Group Dominance 88
2. PROHIBITED ACTS OF ABUSE 89
2.1. Prohibited Abuse of Dominant Position 90
2.2. Prohibited Abuse of Monopoly Position 104
CHAPTER V. PROPOSALS FOR VIETNAM 108
1. ASSESSING THE PROVISIONS OF VIETNAM'S COMPETITION LAW ON CONTROLLING ACTS OF ABUSE OF DOMINANCE/ MONOPOLY POSITION 108
1.1. Determining relevant markets 108
1.2. Determining enterprises with dominant / monopoly positions 111
1.3. Regulations on determination of abuse of dominance / monopoly position 115
1.4. Regulations on measures to handle violations 123
1.5. Additional sanctioning measures and remedial measures 124
2. PROPOSALS FOR VIETNAM 127
2.1. Adjusting the way of determining dominance/ monopoly 127
2.2. Developing a system of criteria to evaluate abuse 131
2.3. Adjusting the way of classifying behavior groups and prohibitions 133
2.4. Amending and supplementing regulations on measures to handle violations 134
CONCLUSION 137
REFERENCES 139