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Interview of P. Bougette and F. Marty on their article: “Information Exchange among Firms: The Coherence of Justice Brandeis’s Regulated Competition Approach”
Resume: "During the 1920s, two proposals for regulated competition competed in the United States. The first, inspired by trade associations, was advocated by Herbert Hoover. This approach echoes a managerialist view of coordinated competition under state support. The...
The concept of restriction of competition “by object”: An endless debate
To quote this paper: Florian OLBRECHTS, “The Concept of restriction of competition “by object”: An endless debate”, Competition Forum, 2021, n° 0011, available at: https://competition-forum.com. Would it seem justifiable that a concept of European competition law,...
Denial of access to an essential facility: the French Competition Authority dismisses the complaint of the Association of Alternative Operators (AOTA) against the practices implemented by Orange in the electronic communications sector
Summary: In decision 20-D-02 from January 23, 2020, the French Competition Authority (FCA) dismisses the referral on the merits of the case by the Association des Opérateurs Télécoms Alternatifs (AOTA) for lack of evidence and, therefore, the request for protective...
The French Competition Authority blocked a merger for the very first time!
Resume: A very first! Last summer, the French Competition Authority (FCA) blocked a merger for the first time since its creation in 2009. The operation showed a risk of coordinated effects that would have harmed competition by creating a duopoly. Neither the...
The French Competition Authority fines Apple a record of €1.1 billion: a renewed use of abuse of economic dependence
Summary: In the Apple decision number 20-D-04 of March 16th, 2020, the French Competition Authority fined Apple a record fine of €1.1 billion after finding that it had infringed competition law by practicing resale price maintenance and division of products and...
On “Big Tech and the Digital Economy”: Interview with Professor Nicolas Petit
Nicolas Petit is professor at the European University Institute. He is Joint Chair in Competition Law at the Department of Law and at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies. He is also invited Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges. Professor Petit is...
Exposure of Google’s business secrecy in a French Competition Authority’s decision: who has jurisdiction?
Summary: A decision of the Tribunal des conflits involving Google gathers the business secrecy litigation in antitrust procedures under the jurisdiction of the sole judiciary order. The case creates an occasion to present the way the French Competition...
Pricing Algorithms & Competition Law: How to think optimally the European competition law framework for pricing algorithms?
Resume: Pricing algorithms are increasingly used as a new tool by businesses to respond to an old problem of economic theory: setting the right price on the market for a given product. If such algorithms can have multiple benefits for the consumer and the market, they...
Price-fixing agreement in the online sale of high-end tea: the French Competition Authority fines Dammann Frères
Summary: Hot tea! In decision 20-D-20 from December 3rd, 2020, the French Competition Authority found Dammann Frères guilty of price-fixing practices in the online resale of its products by distributors. In the same decision, the Authority also rejected the complaint...
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