


Bastien Thomas
Bastien Thomas heads the competition practice of Racine. Bastien has substantial experience in antitrust (anticompetitive agreements and abuse of dominant position) and merger control both at French and EU levels, with a sharp expertise in very specific and complex sectors such as agri-food, mobility and automotive, biotechnology, media and financial institutions. Bastien is also highly experienced in State aid. Bastien lectures on European and international competition law for the Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Columbia University and Sciences Po Master 2 academic partnership and has been a regular contributor to the review Concurrences since 2006. Bastien holds an MBA from Essec Business School and a Master’s in European business law from Pantheon-Assas University.
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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1. General - Scope of application Digital Market Act - The DMA, a regulation offering uncertain remedies for poorly identified problems L. Schulz (Contrats, conc., consom. mai 2023, n° 5, étude 5) The regulation on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market: a new tool in competition (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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The last months were probably amongst the most profuse in landmark judgments since the inauguration of this column in 2016. There are no less than four judgments of the Court of Justice, four judgments of the Court of Cassation and one judgment of the Council of State! None of them is (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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The last months are marked marked by an important judgment of the Court of Justice, which deals with the application ratione temporis of the provisions resulting from the Damages Directive and the previous civil law, as well as the starting point of the statute of limitations (the Volvo – DAF (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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The last months are marked by two important judgments of the Court of Justice, one on international jurisdiction (Volvo case), the other on the liability of the subsidiary for infringements committed by its parent company (Sumal case). A series of judgments on the conflict of laws in time (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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The period under review confirms, as in the previous period, the growth of litigation before the administrative courts. It also confirms the importance of certain recurring issues, such as the statute of limitations, international jurisdiction, and compensation for the prejudicial effect of (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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The period reviewed in this chronicle confirms three key trends, already highlighted in our previous chronicles. Firstly, private enforcement litigation is diversifying. Secondly, private enforcement claims are more and more internationalizing in the course of claims raising questions of (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This new period is less rich in “big” decisions than the previous one, which had no less than three judgments from the Court of Justice of the European Union, but it is marked by several atypical decisions that may announce a diversification of litigation. Recurring questions also continue to (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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1. General - Scope of application The ambivalence of the aims and technical instruments of competition law > J.-P. CHAZAL, T. PICOT and D. WAKED (Cah. dr. entr., May 2013, n° 3, Interview, p. 0) Focusing on the ambivalence of the aims and technical instruments of competition law, this (...)
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1. General - Scope of application How Antitrust Lost Its Goal, B. ORBACH (Fordham Law Review, Vol. 81, 2013) In the 70 years since the enactment of the Sherman Act, competition has been the undisputed goal of competition law. The introduction of the consumer welfare test led to the (...)
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1. General - Scope of application Forum-shopping and law-shopping strategies in competition law: applications to litigation between AMD and Intel (2000-2010), F. Marty (OFCE Working Paper, 27, 2012) F. Marty offers a reading of the litigation between AMD and Intel through arbitration (...)
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1. General - Scope of application Moody’s note: the agricultural sector in the face of competition law, a topic for the campaign? , L. Givry and P. Guibert (RLDA May 2012, 71, No. 4044, p. 80) The advisory function of the Competition Authority, a new regulatory instrument? M. BAZEX (D. (...)
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1. General - Scope of application The company, the rules of competition and fundamental rights: what linkage? J.-L. Dewost, B. Lasserre and R. Saint-Esteben (Nouveaux cahiers du Conseil constitutionnel 2012, p. 187) Le droit de la concurrence et les normes privées , L. Idot (Rev. de la (...)
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1. General - Scope of application Pay television and competition law, an eventful recent history, F. AMIEL (RLC 2011/29, No. 1954, P. 94) At a time when the Competition Authority is examining the future of pay-TV in the context of the in-depth examination of the acquisition of TPS and (...)
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1. General - Scope of application 1991 – 2011. Twenty Years of European Union Law (Compendium of Benchmarks), L. Idot and D. Simon (Europe, supplement to the November 2011 issue) To mark the 20th anniversary of the magazine Europe, its initiators had the happy idea of offering readers a (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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This section of the review Concurrences selects articles and working papers on themes related to competition laws and economics, mainly, but not only, in the English and French languages. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey on themes important in the area. (...)
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Aut. conc. dec. no. 10-D-37 of 17 December 2010 concerning practices implemented on the cetirizine tablet market Under French law, the pharmaceutical sector is under the active surveillance of the competition authorities and is today one of the privileged areas of application (or attempted (...)
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Trib. EU, 15 December 2010, CEAHR v Commission, Case T-427/08 The European Confederation of Watchmakers’ Repairers’ Associations ("CEAHR") brought a case before the European Commission ("the Commission") against six manufacturers of luxury watches for alleged cartel practices and abuse of a (...)
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CA Paris, ch. 5-7, 23 March 2010, CEGAPE v. Aut. conc., Dec. No. 09-D-16 of April 8, 2009 on practices implemented in the area of human resources data management software and payroll management for universities It will be recalled that the Cégape, a software publisher, accused the agency for (...)
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CA Paris, ch. 5-7, March 23, 2010, Gaz de Grenoble v. Aut. conc., Dec. No. 09-D-14 of 25 March 2009 concerning practices in the electricity supply sector Gaz de Grenoble had been sanctioned by the Competition Authority for having denigrated its competitor Poweo (Aut. conc., dec. no. 09-D-14 (...)
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CA Paris, ch. 5-7, March 9, 2010, SNCMv. Council, Dec. No. 09-D-10 on practices in the maritime transport sector between Corsica and the mainland The Paris Court of Appeal was seised of an appeal by SNCM against the latest decision of the Competition Council by which it had penalised that (...)
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CA Paris, ch. 5-7, 23 February 2010, Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot SA v. Council, Dec. No. 08-D-08 of 29 April 2008 on practices in the field of publishing and sale of tourism monographs Is this the end of the contentious saga for Éditions Gisserot? After many episodes before the (...)
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Const. dec. no. 09-D-32 of October 26, 2009 on the practices implemented by the Photomaton company. It will be remembered that in its decision of July 3, 2008 (Cons. Conc., Dec. No. 08-D-32 of July 3, 2008, Photomaton, comm. A. Wachsmann, ConcurrencesNo. 4-2008, p. 90), the Competition (...)
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– Aut. conc. dec. no. 09-D-29 of 31 July 2009 relating to a request for precautionary measures submitted by Euris Euris, a company specializing in customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, had filed a complaint with the French Competition Authority (...)
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Cass. com, July 7, 2009, Vicat and Lafarge Ciments, No. 08-15.609 and 08-16.094, Corsican Cement aff. In 2007, the French Competition Council sanctioned Lafarge Ciments, Vicat and their distributors for partitioning the market for the supply of cement to Corsica to the detriment of Italian (...)
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Aut. conc. dec. no. 09-MC-01 of 8 April 2009 relating to the referral on the merits of the case and the request for provisional measures presented by the company Solaire Direct The activities of an incumbent operator once again contribute to making competition law topical. Indeed, new (...)
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Cass. com, 17 March 2009, Minister of the Economy, No. 08-14.503, aff. "GlaxoSmithkline France". On March 14, 2007, the Competition Council had issued its first decision, which was particularly noteworthy, condemning a company for predatory pricing (cons. conc. déc. n° 07-D-09 of March 14, (...)
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Conc. conc. dec. no. 09-D-10 of 27 February 2009 on practices implemented in the maritime transport sector between Corsica and the mainland In December 2006, the Competition Council, acting on a complaint from the Compagnie Méridionale de Navigation (’CMN’) and Corsica Ferries, considered (...)
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Cons. conc. dec. no. 09-D-04 of January 27, 2009 relating to complaints by the Messageries Lyonnaises de Presse company against practices implemented by the Nouvelles Messageries de la Presse Parisienne group in the press distribution sector. It is not the least of the paradoxes of (...)
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ECJ, 11 December 2008, Kanal 5 Ltd and TV 4 AB v Föreningen Svenska Tonsättares Internationella Musikbyrå (STIM) upa, Case C-52/07 The management of copyrights is decidedly of particular topicality in competition law. The European Commission recently prohibited territorial restrictions put (...)
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CA Paris, 1st ch. H, 5 November 2008, CIPHA and others.against Cons. conc., Dec. no. 07-D-28 of 13 September 2007 relating to practices implemented by the autonomous port of Le Havre, the Compagnie industrielle des pondéreux, the société havraise de gestion et de transport and the société (...)
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Council Decision No. 08-D-16 of July 3, 2008 on a request for precautionary measures presented by the company Cybervitrine against practices implemented by the company Photomaton. New developments in the field of photography! The Cybervitrine company, active in the marketing of automatic (...)
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