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# European Commission adopts new EU wide guidelines on abuse of dominance
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-09-03-ec-guidelines-exclusionary-abuse-dominance/
- Published: 2026-09-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-18T13:56:20.000Z
- Description: The Commission adopted its first Guidelines on exclusionary abuses under Article 102 TFEU, replacing 2008 guidance with a workable effects approach that drops the mandatory as efficient competitor test and targets self preferencing by dominant digital platforms.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [European Commission press release IP/26/1769, 3 September 2026 (via Jones Day Insights)](https://www.jonesday.com/en/insights/2026/09/new-eu-guidelines-on-abuse-of-dominance-recalibrated-framework-with-ample-room-for-aggressive-enforcement?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not itself sanction any company; new enforcement decisions against named platforms would still be needed.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. New EU-wide enforcement guidance tool; no platform's own/operate/law/parts changes itself. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)