Resume: On July 22, 2021, after a long year of proceedings, the French Competition Authority heavily fined several companies involved in the sunglasses and eyewear sector, and in particular Luxottica, for restricting the pricing freedom of their official distributors,...
Resume: The significant effect on trade between member states is not only the result of effects that have already been observed. It can also be characterized on the basis of a set of indicators of which the ratio between overall sales and national sales is only one...
Resume: By a decision of March 11, 2015, the “Autorité de la concurrence” established that producers of dairy products, including the company Novandie and its parent company, the company Andros et Cie, had breached the provisions of Articles 101 of the Treaty on the...
Resume: The decision delivered by the Paris Court of Appeal on May 12, 2021 follow the decision of the French Competition Authority (FCA) dated Septembre 9, 2020 (No. 20-D-11). The dispute arose from the communication of this decision by the FCA. Indeed, the company...
Resume: In this decision issued on 11 June 2021, the French Competition Authority rejects the complaint lodged by the Canal+ group against the French Football League (LFP) in the matter of the reallocation of the broadcasting rights of the Ligue 1. The Authority...
Resume: This judgment of Court of Cassation reinforces the principle that the costs of competitors of a dominant company practicing predatory pricing must be disregarded in the implementation of the cost test. In the same way, it underlines, once again, the importance...
