{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-857/division-1/2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-857/division-1/2.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2006/857",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 15 June 2005 relating to a proceeding under Article 82 of the EC Treaty and Article 54 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/A.37.507/F3 — AstraZeneca)Opinion of the Advisory Committee (OJ C 291, 30.11.2006). (notified under document number C(2005) 1757) (Only the English and Swedish texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/857/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-857",
  "path": "division/1/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Relevant market and dominance",
  "text": "The relevant market comprises national markets for so-called proton pump inhibitors (hereinafter ‘PPIs’) sold on prescription which are used for gastro-intestinal acid related diseases (such as ulcers). AZ’s Losec was the first PPI. More specifically, the decision finds that a PPI market can be established at least from 1993 in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK and from 1992 in Norway.\nThe decision finds that AZ held a dominant position on the PPI market in Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden (from 1993 until the end of 2000), Norway (from 1994 until the end of 2000), Denmark and the UK (from 1993 until the end of 1999) and Germany (from 1993 until the end of 1997).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/857/division/1/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:24.496231+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}