Essential facilities doctrine

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A competition law doctrine, under which the owner of a facility may by virtue of such ownership, have a dominant position (www.practicallaw.com/A34906) on a market and the refusal to give access to it to competitors on non-discriminatory terms may therefore constitute an abuse.

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