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The Paris Court of Appeal adopts a strict interpretation of the locus standi and rejects La Poste’s ancillary intervention
Resume: Following the rejection of its complaint to the French Competition Authority, Adrexo filed an appeal to the Paris Court of Appeal for the decision of the Authority to be cancelled. La Poste, which was the alleged author of the practices denounced in the...
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...
Replay: Regulate the Metaverse
On December 8 and 9, the Centre de droit économique (Aix-Marseille Université) and the University of Salento co-organized an Italo-French seminar (directed by Professors David Bosco and Fabiana di Porto) on the topic of the regulation of the Metaverse, in the wake of...
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...
Weaving Penelope’s Shroud… Some Comments on the Private Enforcement of the DMA
To quote this paper: R. AMARO, “Weaving Penelope’s Shroud… Some Comments on the Private Enforcement of the DMA”, Competition Forum, 2022, n° 0042, https://competition-forum.com.When talking about the private enforcement of the DMA, the Penelope's shroud metaphor comes...
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...
Seminar : Italo-French Symposium on Digital Sovereignty – « Regulate the Metaverse?»
On 8 and 9 December, the Centre de droit économique of Aix-Marseille University will be pleased to host the Italo-French Symposium on Digital Sovereignty: « Regulate the Metaverse? » With David Bosco, Fabiana Di Porto, Andrea Pezzoli, Henri Piffaut, Marc Mossé,...
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...
China’s Merger Control: Competition Assessment or Foreign Investment Screening?
Resume: With its growing role in international trade and investment flows as an economic powerhouse, China has also become an important jurisdiction in terms of competition law enforcement. While application of the Anti-Monopoly Law to the commercial activities of the...
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