The French Competition Authority qualifies, for the first time, as anti-competitive, a standalone non-poaching agreement

Resume: The French Competition Authority needed to examine three objections consisting of two different categories of practice. To begin with, there were a pair of “gentlemen’s agreements” of non-poaching, aimed at suppressing the competition on the employment of the...

The French Competition Authority Fines Twelve Manufacturers and Distributors €611 Million for Vertical Price-Fixing in the Household-Appliances Sector

Resume: The French Competition Authority imposed a record fine (€611 million) on ten manufacturers and two major distributors active in the household-appliance sector for engaging in resale price maintenance (RPM) practices through twelve vertical price-fixing...

Clarification of the causal link requirement in antitrust damages: the Gaches Chimie ruling of 26 February 2025

Resume: The Commercial Chamber of the French Cour de cassation rendered a judgment on February 26, 2025 (Cour de cassation, Commercial Chamber, February 26, 2025, No. 23-18.599), in which it upheld the previous decision of the Paris Court of Appeal regarding the...

The French Supreme Court overturns the appellate decision that failed to establish an abuse of dominant position through disparagement, alarmist and misleading statements about the risks of using a drug

Resume: The French Supreme Court overturned the decision of the Court of Appeal, that failed to establish that pharmaceutical laboratories had abused their dominant position by disseminating, on the one hand, an alarmist, even misleading, discourse to public...

Abuse of Dominant Position and Apple : The Sanction Imposed by the French Competition Authority for Abusing Its Dominant Position in the Distribution of Mobile Applications on iOS Devices

Resume: The French Competition Authority (ADLC), decided to sanction Apple for having abused its dominant position (on the basis of Articles 102 of the TFEU and L420-2 of the French Commercial Code) in the European markets for the distribution of mobile applications...

The French Court of cassation confirmed Vinci’s sanction and clarified the scope of the Authority’s jurisdiction over local anticompetitive practices

Resume: The French Court of cassation (Commercial Court, September 24th, 2025, no. 23-13.733) upheld the decision of the French competition authority which sanctioned Vinci for concerted practices, in the form of information exchanges, in a public tender procedure...