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Survey on Excessive Pricing

Survey on Excessive Pricing(2025.1)

Shintaro Ueda(Deputy Director, Economic Analysis Office, General Affairs Bureau, Japan Fair Trade Commission)

Kengo Senno(Section Chief, Economic Analysis Office, General Affairs Bureau, Japan Fair Trade Commission)

Yuki Takahashi(Economic Analysis Office, General Affairs Bureau, Japan Fair Trade Commission)

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EU and other countries with similar competition laws have regulations against excessive or unfair pricing as part of the abuse of a dominant position (“Excessive Pricing”). Although this regulation is considered difficult to prove, it has been applied in cases such as the pharmaceutical market, and situations under the COVID-19 Pandemic. This paper presents cases of Excessive Pricing from EU, UK, US, China, and South Africa, focusing on the criteria of decision and methods for assessing illegality, and reviews economic arguments.	CPDP99-J(1,649 KB)

Abstract

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EU and other countries with similar competition laws have regulations against excessive or unfair pricing as part of the abuse of a dominant position (“Excessive Pricing”). Although this regulation is considered difficult to prove, it has been applied in cases such as the pharmaceutical market, and situations under the COVID-19 Pandemic. This paper presents cases of Excessive Pricing from EU, UK, US, China, and South Africa, focusing on the criteria of decision and methods for assessing illegality, and reviews economic arguments.

CPDP99-J

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