Translation of "Incumbent supplier" in German

Vattenfall was the incumbent supplier and Nuon the strongest new entrant in these cities.

In some areas, notably telecommunications, more needs to be done to regulate the position of the incumbent supplier and remove barriers to entry.

The Commission concluded that the first alternative commitment (divestiture of the Kuusankoski on-site PCC plant and the technology) whereby the suitable purchaser has access to both spare production capacity, the necessary technology and the close cooperation with the host mill, places the purchaser in a similar position to that which Huber currently possess, including the advantage of an incumbent supplier who will not need to build a new facility in the event it is successful in bidding for a renewal contract.

Stranded costs arise when the incumbent retains costs associated with being an incumbent supplier but is no longer able to recuperate them because new competitors are now servicing the market as a result of liberalisation.

The competitive landscape in this market in Denmark is quite fragmented with only a small number of household customers having so far switched from their incumbent local supplier.

There the Commission found that the proposed transaction, as initially notified, would have raised competition concerns, with Vattenfall being the incumbent supplier and Nuon the strongest new entrant in those cities.

Confidential Information may be disclosed to employees and authorised representatives only to the extent necessary for the performance of the contractual obligations incumbent on the supplier.

The customer can back out of the contract if the performance incumbent upon the supplier becomes impossible before passage of risks as a result of a circumstance the supplier is responsible for.

In this context itshall be incumbent on the supplier to demonstrate that the goods delivered to us were not defective.

In the past they had sold all their gas to the incumbent Danish gas supplier DONG.The settlement follows a similar settlement reached in 2002 with the Norwegian gas producers (GFU) (86)

At some airports, some local conditions hamper new entrants from competing in a sustainable manner with incumbent suppliers.

Similarly, electricity generation assets are in the hand of a few incumbent suppliers or are indirectly controlled by them on the basis of long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) giving the incumbents control over the essential inputs into the wholesale markets.

These cross-border inconsistencies make it difficult for new electricity and gas companies to supply customers in other countries, again reinforcing the stronghold of national incumbent suppliers.

The analysis shows that the degree to which the industrial customers are tied to incumbent suppliers on a long-term basis differs significantly between Member States.

In the wind energy sector, incumbent EU suppliers face new entrants seeking to profit from global efforts to limit climate change.

However it is important to also remember that just the threat of entry can be enough to encourage incumbent suppliers to reduce their prices.

This may, inpart, reflect the introduction of competition into a number ofmarkets that were previously the domain of incumbent,monopoly suppliers, as well as reflecting technological changesthat have increased capacity and made itpossible tocommunicate not only by voice, but also over the Internet.

This may, in part, reflect theintroduction of competition into a number of markets that werepreviously the domain of incumbent, monopoly suppliers, as wellas reflecting technological changes that have increased capacityand made it possible to communicate not only by voice, but alsoover the Internet.

This seems to be at least partially due to the way energy markets in the EU are structured: without greater competition, it can be difficult for new entrants to access the market, and incumbent suppliers may not feel sufficient incentive to invest in the network.