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Resume: In Decision No. 26-D-03 of March 17, 2026, the French Competition Authority imposed a fine of €3.4 million on the National Union of French Ski Instructors (SNMSF) for having included, since May 12, 2006, an exclusivity clause in the standard instructor...
Resume: The Court of Cassation (Commercial Division, 28 January 2026, No. 23-20. 245) has partially quashed a judgment of the Court of Appeal which, having found acts of unfair competition, had imposed a general ban on the marketing of interfaces enabling GPS systems...
Resume:. In January 2026, the Paris Court of Appeal ruled, in the case of SAS Aowoa v. Google, that Google committed an exploitative abuse of dominance by suspending, without adequate justification, the Google Ads accounts of Aowoa, a French provider of telephone...
Resume: The Competition Authority was consulted on the issue of the rating systems designed to provide consumers with information on the sustainability-related characteristics of consumer products and services (French Competition Authority, January 9th, 2025, Opinion...
Resume: In Decision No. 25-D-08 of November 27, 2025, the Autorité de la concurrence rejected Qwant's complaint against Microsoft over search syndication practices, finding insufficient evidence to establish either a dominant position, given Google's structural...
Resume: The French Competition Authority examined and dismissed (French Competition Authority, December, 4th, 2025, Decision No. 25-D-09), allegations brought by Gaches Chimie against Brenntag concerning practices implemented in the chemical commodities distribution...
Resume: In November 2025, the French Competition Authority imposed a fine of €4.66 million on Doctolib for abuse of a dominant position, notably through restrictive practices and a killer acquisition falling below both European and national notification thresholds. In...
Resume: The Cour d’appel de Paris (Pôle 5 – Chambre 7, July 3rd, 2025, RG n°21/21673) upheld the decision n°21-D-25 of the Autorité de la concurrence. It ruled that Tereos Ocean Indien, which holds a dominant position in the Réunion molasses market, abused its...
Resume: The French Court of cassation (Commercial Court, September 17th, 2025, n°24-14.883) partially quashed the decision of the trial judges because the Court of Appeal refrained from examining the succession of contractual acts and the legal effects attached to the...
Resume: The Commercial Chamber of The French Court of cassation (Commercial chamber, December 3rd, 2025, no. 24-16.029) overturned the ruling of the Court of Appeal by pointing out that the creditor of a non-competition obligation who invokes its non-performance by...