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Parliamentary question - P-013208/2015Parliamentary question
P-013208/2015

Abuse of a dominant position within the internal market

Question for written answer P-013208-15
to the Commission
Rule 130
Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski (ECR)

The abuse by a business of a dominant position within the internal market runs counter to the principles of competition enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Article 102), and hampers the economic growth of the EU as a whole. Unfortunately, however, such practices are now increasingly common in the ‘old’ Member States, at the expense of businesses based in the countries that joined the EU in 2004. The example of Velux on the EU skylight market shows how hard it is for companies from the ‘new’ Member States to compete on a level playing field with major firms from Western Europe. The subsidiaries of western corporations, along with state-owned companies, are predominant among the largest firms in each of the new Member States.

In the light of the foregoing: