Resume: A winery has been sanctioned by the French competition authority as the author with the parent company, for having implemented practices aimed at imposing a resale price on distributors of wines in the “Uby” range, marketed under the “Côtes...
Resume: The French Competition Authority delivered a recent opinion (no. 24-A-01, March 12, 2024) on the question to know if a wine inter-branch organization could set the price of wine products, especially wine reserves. The authority argued that such a practice...
Resume: Rolex France is fined (jointly with Rolex Holding SA, the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation, and Rolex SA) to EUR 91.6 million, in a decision n°23-D-13 issued on December 19, 2023. The French Competition Authority (FCA) determined that the infringement by Rolex...
Resume: In decision no. 23-D-12 of December 11, 2023, the French Competition Authority fined the Mariage Frères group 4 million euros. Mariage Frères was found guilty of anti-competitive cartel practices on the French premium tea market, for the period July 2008 to...
Resume: In its decision 24-DCC-02 of January 11, 2024, the French Competition Authority granted Intermarché authorization to carry out a merger. The transaction involved the acquisition of 61 predominantly food retail outlets under the Casino Group banner. In fact, a...
Resume: In a recent decision, no. 23-D-04 dated April 12, 2023, the French Competition authority uses, for the first time, to fully exonerate a company guilty of price fixing and client allocation, the new leniency procedure stemming from Act no. 2020-1508 of December...