What’s up in France?
Resume: The French competition authority, in its decision n°21-D-09 of March 24th, 2021, has imposed a sanction on three French sandwich producers for a cartel that lasted for more than 6 years on the sandwich production market. The decision highlights the importance...
Resume: In a judgment of March 26th, 2021, the French Constitutional Council censures paragraph V of article L. 464-2 of the French Commercial Code about fines pronounced by the French Competition Authority against obstruction attempts during investigations. To quote...
Resume: In the decision n°2015-715 DC of August 5th, 2015, the French Constitutional judge ruled unconstitutional article 39 of August 6th, 2015 Law. This article gave the French Competition Authority the possibility to adopt structural injunction measures against...
Resume: In the decision 19-D-23 issued on December 10th, 2019, the French Competition Authority decided not to pursue its investigation into hotel booking platforms Expedia and HRS which has started in 2013 after complaints from French hotel unions and the Accor group...
Resume: In the decision n°19-D-26 of December 19th, 2019, the French Competition Authority fined Google because of its non-transparent, discriminatory and inequitable general conditions seen as an abuse of its dominant position on the online search advertising market....
Resume: Alongside nine independent administrative institutions, the French Competition Authority has published a working paper on its role in the fight against global warming. The authority presented the tools it has at its disposal to assist economic players in...
Summary: In decision 20-D-02 from January 23, 2020, the French Competition Authority (FCA) dismisses the referral on the merits of the case by the Association des Opérateurs Télécoms Alternatifs (AOTA) for lack of evidence and, therefore, the request for protective...
Resume: A very first! Last summer, the French Competition Authority (FCA) blocked a merger for the first time since its creation in 2009. The operation showed a risk of coordinated effects that would have harmed competition by creating a duopoly. Neither the...
Summary: In the Apple decision number 20-D-04 of March 16th, 2020, the French Competition Authority fined Apple a record fine of €1.1 billion after finding that it had infringed competition law by practicing resale price maintenance and division of products and...
Summary: A decision of the Tribunal des conflits involving Google gathers the business secrecy litigation in antitrust procedures under the jurisdiction of the sole judiciary order. The case creates an occasion to present the way the French Competition...