Denis Lescop is associate Professor of law and economics at the Institut National des Télécommunications (INT, Evry, France) and associate researcher at Centre de Recherches sur les Stratégies Economiques (CRESE, Université de Franche Comté, France). His research focuses on the economic analysis of competition law and regulation in the electronic comunications and media sectors. Prior to joining INT, Denis worked as casehandler and economist for the Conseil de la concurrence (French competition Council): he was in charge of telecommuncations and media cases. Previous to that, he was head of statistical observatory and external studies unit at the Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications (now ARCEP). Denis holds a Doctorate in Economics from the Université de Franche Comté.
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As many platforms, Google attracts political attention. Its mode of operation and its supremacy arouse suspicion and debates. Many observers denounce potential deviations of the giants of the Internet, a point that raises the question of the regulation of platforms. The article aims to analyze (...)
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The Commission, chaired by Paul Champsaur and composed of experts and members of parliament, was set up last November to make recommendations on the development and adaptation of the electricity tariff regime. The report submitted to the government on 24 April finally led to two essential (...)
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Aut. conc. dec. no. 09-MC-01 of 8 April 2009 relating to the referral on the merits and the request for protective measures by Solaire Direct Almost two years after the pronouncement of precautionary measures against EDF (Cons. conc., dec. n° 07-MC-04 of 28 June 2007), the Competition Authority (...)
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Draft law on the organization and regulation of rail and guided transport and on various provisions relating to transport, 10 September 2008 This draft law, adopted by the Council of Ministers on 10 September, is part of the plan to open up the rail sector to competition. This opening up was (...)
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Conc. conc. opinion n° 08-A-16 of 30 July 2008 on the situation of Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) on the French mobile telephony market Following a request from the Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment, the Competition Council issued an opinion on 30 July on the reasons (...)
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EC Commission, IP/08/1016, 26 June 2008, Lower charges, greater consistency, more competition: Commission consults on bringing down mobile phone tariffs in Europe On 26 June, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the reduction and convergence of fixed and mobile termination (...)
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Conc. conc. opinion no. 08-A-11 of 18 June 2008 relating to a request for an opinion from ARCEP pursuant to Article L. 37-1 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code, on the analysis of the retail and wholesale fixed telephony markets On 18 June, the Competition Council issued an (...)
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Cass. com, 17 June 2008, Vedettes inter-îles vendéennes (VIIV), n° 05-17.566 In a decision dated June 17, the Court of Cassation referred the Vedettes Vendéennes case to the Paris Court of Appeal, overturning and annulling its June 28 decision "but only in so far as it dismissed the appeal filed (...)
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Conciliation Committee, Opinion No. 08-A-03 of 31 March 2008 on the operation of value-added telephone services Following a referral on September 12, 2007 by the Association des renseignements pour tous (ADRT) on the basis of Article L. 462-1 of the French Commercial Code, the Competition (...)
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EC Comm, UK/2007/0733, 14 February 2008, Wholesale Broadband Access in the UK, Comments pursuant to Article 7(3) of Directive 2002/21/EC, SG-Greffe (2008) D/200640 On 14 February this year, the Commission approved the decision of OFCOM, the UK regulator for electronic communications, to (...)
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Commission Recommendation of 17 December 2007 on relevant product and service markets within the electronic communications sector susceptible to ex ante regulation in accordance with Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on a On 13 November 2007, the Commission (...)
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Cons. conc. dec. no. 07-D-43 of 10 December 2007 relating to practices implemented by Electricité de France On December 10, 2007, the French Competition Council closed the Electricité de France file opened following a complaint filed by Direct Energie on February 22, 2007 by accepting and making (...)
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EC Commission, 11 October 2007, Distrigaz, case COMP/B-1/37.966 By its decision COMP/B-1/37966 of 11 October 2007 accepting the commitments offered by the incumbent operator Distrigas, the European Commission played a key role in opening up the gas market in Belgium. These commitments follow a (...)
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CSA, Dec. No. 2007-471 of 17 July 2007 relating to a dispute between the companies Voyage and CanalSatellite. On December 21, 2006, the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA) received a request from the company Voyage to settle a dispute pursuant to article 17-1 of the law of September 30, (...)
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It was on the eve of the full opening of the electricity market on 1 July 2007 that the Council pronounced its third precautionary measures of the year. They follow a referral on 22 February 2007 by Direct Energie, an alternative electricity supplier and subsidiary of the Louis Dreyfus Group. (...)
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Regulation No 717/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2007 on roaming on public mobile telephone networks within the Community and amending Directive 2002/21/EC, OJ L. 171 of 29 June 2007. The Council of the European Union approved on 7 June 2007 the proposal for a (...)
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Conc. conc. opinion n° 07-A-05 of 19 June 2007 relating to a request for an opinion from the Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes (ARCEP) in the context of the procedure for analysing the wholesale market for voice call termination on mobile networks On June 19, (...)
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CSA, Draft Deliberation on the numbering of television services in the programme offers of service distributors on electronic communications networks not using frequencies assigned by the CSA, published on 13 June 2007 on the CSA website. On 5 June, the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA) (...)
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Decree No. 2007-510 of April 4, 2007 relating to the Autorité de régulation des mesures techniques instituted by Article L. 331-17 of the Intellectual Property Code, JORF No. 81 of April 5, 2007 p. 6427 The Intellectual Property Code (CPI) specifies in its Article L. 331-5 that "Effective (...)
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EC Comm, 29 March 2007, Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: European Electronic Communications Regulation and Markets 2006 (12th report), COM(2007) 155 final On 29 March this year, the European (...)
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European Regulators Group, Letter to Viviane Reding, 27 February 2007 On 30 November 2006, Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for the Information Society, sought the advice of the European Regulators Group (ERG) on a possible extension of the ERG’s powers and competences. This Group, created (...)
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EC Commission, Press Release IP/07/737, 26 February 2007, Commission launches "fast track" infringement proceedings against Germany for "regulatory holidays" for Deutsche Telekom On 26 February 2007, the Commission launched an accelerated infringement procedure against Germany regarding the (...)
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ARCEP, decree no. 07-0177 of February 20, 2007 proposing to the Minister for Electronic Communications the terms and conditions for granting an authorization in metropolitan France for a third-generation mobile system, JORF no. 57 of March 8, 2007. Min. Eco, Order of 21 February 2007 on the (...)
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