Preliminary reference · referred by the Højesteret (Denmark)
Applicant
Post Danmark A/S
Defendant
Konkurrencerådet
Rapporteur
A. Ó Caoimh
Advocate General
P. Mengozzi
Bench
11 judgesV. Skouris, A. Tizzano, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, K. Lenaerts, J.-C. Bonichot, A. Rosas, A. Ó Caoimh, L. Bay Larsen, T. von Danwitz, A. Arabadjiev, E. Jarašiūnas
26In order to determine whether a dominant undertaking has abused its dominant position by its pricing practices, it is necessary to consider all the circumstances and to examine whether those practices tend to remove or restrict the buyer’s freedom as regards choice of sources of supply, to bar competitors from access to the market, to apply dissimilar conditions to equivalent transactions with other trading parties, thereby placing them at a competitive disadvantage, or to strengthen the dominant position by distorting competition (see, to that effect, Deutsche Telekom v Commission, paragraph 175 and case-law cited).