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Online sales restrictions and anti-competitive practices within a distribution network: practices implemented in the luxury tea sector

Online sales restrictions and anti-competitive practices within a distribution network: practices implemented in the luxury tea sector

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...
Authorization from the French Competition Authority for the acquisition of exclusive control in the predominantly food retail sector

Authorization from the French Competition Authority for the acquisition of exclusive control in the predominantly food retail sector

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...
The Competition Authority’s first enforcement of the new leniency procedure to the sale of access to databases on companies

The Competition Authority’s first enforcement of the new leniency procedure to the sale of access to databases on companies

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...
Anticompetitive practices and penalty calculation in franchise network:  comparing online sales and professional clientele restrictions

Anticompetitive practices and penalty calculation in franchise network: comparing online sales and professional clientele restrictions

Resume: In a recent decision (24-D-02, February 6th 2024), the French Competition Authority imposed a fine of 4 million euros on De Neuville and its parent company, Savencia Holding, for having implemented vertical agreements aimed at restricting, on the one hand, the...
Anticompetitive agreement among industry players regarding Bisphenol A in food packaging

Anticompetitive agreement among industry players regarding Bisphenol A in food packaging

Resume: In its decision numbered 23-D-15 dated December 29, 2023, the Competition Authority sanctioned a collective strategy involving three professional associations of food preservers, a syndicate of can manufacturers, and eleven companies as members of these...
Concerted practice implemented in the sector of securing tobacco: a consistent decision of the Competition Authority

Concerted practice implemented in the sector of securing tobacco: a consistent decision of the Competition Authority

Resume: In a recent decision (23-D-03, March 20th 2023) the french Competition Authority jointly and severally imposed a fine of 25,000 euros on “GROUPE SAVE” and its parent company “AGE INVEST” for implementing anti-competitive practices in...
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