The importance of demonstrating a lack of cost impact on the consumer in the event of a claim for compensation in the context of an anti-competitive practice

Resume: By a decision ruled on December 18, 2014, the French Competition Authority fines a company for its participation in an anti-competitive cartel in the personal hygiene products sector. The judgment, ruled on January 5, 2022 by the 5th Chamber of the Appeal...

The French Competition Authority sanctions EDF and its subsidiaries for abuse of a dominant position implying data use they detained from its historical operator position on the electricity market

Resume: In a decision rendered on February 22nd, 2022 (Decision No. 22-D-06), the French Competition Authority fined EDF and its subsidiaries €300 million for abuse of a dominant position as they used data files concerning customers thanks to EDF historical operator...

Conflict on the reallocation of the football Ligue 1’s TV rights: the French Competition Authority rejects Canal + complaint against the LFP

Resume: The dispute between the LFP and Canal+ over the reallocation of Ligue 1’s television rights continues to be a topic of discussion. In this decision issued on 30 June 2022, The Paris Court of Appeal confirms the rejection by the French Competition Authority of...

The pharmaceutical market and its protection against anti-competitive practices: the question of the link between the specificity of the market and the jurisdiction of the Competition Authority

Resume: The French Court of cassation condemned the company Janssen-Cilag for abuse of dominance in the pharmaceutical sector, by confirming that the Competition Authority could appreciate the legal frame of a specified activity sector, and added that condemning the...

Double eagle for Duval group

Resume: On May 19th 2022, the “Duval group” notified the competition authority its plan to acquire the Blue Green group. Duval and Blue Green are two operators specialised in the operation of golf courses and online course reservation platforms. The authority...

The Tribunal of the European Union sustains the Commission in the Illumina and Grail case thanks to a lengthy review of the article 22 of the Merger Regulation

Resume: The killer acquisition issue has reached a peak with Facebook-Whatsapp and Apple-Shazam Cases. As a result, thanks to a statement of the competition Commissionner Ms Margrethe VESTAGER, enshrined by a communication from the Commission, a change of doctrine in...