Translation of "Domination du marché par les coûts " (French → English) :

In the event that services are being provided by a carrier in a monopoly or market dominance environment, prices should be set by cost of service regulations and an allowed rate of return.

If you tried to drive the price down because the more you produced, the lower your costs of production, especially when you were in a business in which market share was going to get you to dominate the standards and dominate the market.

Since most suppliers' volumes do not reach sufficient levels in the Canadian market for these suppliers to go to the expense of seeking licences, the companies with the resources and the experience in drug compliance, such as the pharmaceutical companies, will ultimately succeed in dominating the market.

However, important shortcomings and possibilities for improving the functioning of the market remain, notably concrete provisions are needed to ensure a level playing field in generation and to reduce the risks of market dominance and predatory behaviour, ensuring non-discriminatory transmission and distribution tariffs, through access to the network on the basis of tariffs published prior to their entry into force, and ensuring that the rights of small and vulnerable customers are protected and that information on energy sources for electricity generation is disclosed, as well as reference to sources, where available, giving information ...[+++] on their environmental impact.

32. As far as emerging markets are concerned, recital 27 of the framework Directive notes that emerging markets, where de facto the market leader is likely to have a substantial market share, should not be subject to inappropriate ex-ante regulation.

While there is great effort to try to reduce costs, if you are in a captive situation, a lot of the " what the market will bear syndrome" ends up being in the hands of the railway, which has market dominance.