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oligopoly

oligopoly
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    • (economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can influence prices and affect competitors

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    1. CWP, however, takes the view that there is no oligopoly on the relevant European market.
    2. The French authorities consider, moreover, that the company’s presence in the market helps to prevent oligopoly situations from arising.
    3. Germany states that the European market for phosphoric acid and phosphates is one of oligopoly on which there is no overcapacity.
    4. The Commission doubted that the severe liquidity crisis of BAWAG-PSK would have lead to a stronger oligopoly in the Austrian banking markets not least because the activities of the bank could have been taken over by a new player on these markets.
    5. In view of the Finnish authorities, market opening without transition may have led to an oligopoly or even monopoly on the market, as Tieliikelaitos would have disappeared from the market, with its share being picked up by the biggest private competitors.
    6. It may be justified, for instance, by social or regional policy considerations, by the need to take into account the beneficial role played by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the economy or by the desirability of maintaining a competitive market structure when the disappearance of firms could lead to a monopoly or tight oligopoly situation.