Laurence Nicolas-Vullierme

Concordant Aut. dec. no. 10-D-15 of 11 May 2010 relating to practices implemented by the GIE "groupement des Taxis amiénois et de la métropole". After the taxis of Besançon and Belfort (Cons. conc. No. 01-D-78 and 01-D-79 of 21 March 2001), Saint Laurent-du-Var (Cons. conc., dec. No. 01-D-32 of (...)

Aut. conc. dec. no. 10-D-13 of 15 April 2010 on practices implemented in the handling sector for the transport of containers at the port of Le Havre After the inauguration ceremonies of "Port 2000", would Le Havre - "the French capital of containers" - fall under the caudine forks of the (...)

Cass. com, April 7, 2010, Bouygues Telecom, SFR and Orange France, no. 09-12984, 09-13163 and 09-65940, mobile telephony. Mobile telephony is definitely occupying a lot of the competition law columns. On April 7, 2010, the French Supreme Court once again partially overturned the decision of (...)

In four rulings, the Court of Cassation rejected the appeals of toy manufacturers and distributors. The Competition Council had sanctioned them because of vertical agreements whose object and effect was to prevent the fixing of toy prices to consumers through the free play of competition (Conc. (...)

CA Paris, ch. 5-7, 23 February 2010, Expédia, Karavel, SNCF and others.against Cons. conc., Dec. no. 09-D-06 of February 5, 2009 relating to practices implemented by SNCF and Expedia Inc. in the online travel sales sector Would there be a new attempt to challenge the sensitivity threshold in (...)

From the Garden of Eden to Steve Jobs’ iTech, apples are obviously still as... tempting! Before the release of the apple firm’s iPad may in turn spark a new - understandable - craze among consumers, the iPhone case, which one might have thought over because of the Competition Authority’s (...)

CA Paris, ch. 5-7, 26 January 2010, Adecco, ADIA, Manpower and others.against Cons. conc., Dec. no. 09-D-05 of 2 February 2009 on practices in the temporary work sector Appeals by temporary employment agencies against the Competition Council’s decision did not flourish before the Paris Court of (...)

CA Paris, ch. 5-7, January 5, 2010, operating company of the company Pontasy, SARL and Transports Cerdans companyv. Council, Dec. No. 09-D-03 of 21 January 2009 on practices implemented in the school and interurban bus transport sector in the Pyrénées-Orientales department In the Eastern (...)

CFI, December 17, 2009, Solvay, case T-58/01 The Solvay soap opera continues! In addition to an abuse of a dominant position, the Commission had criticised Solvay and ICI for sharing the market and limiting sales of soda ash in the Community to their respective domestic markets. The two (...)

Aut. conc. dec. no. 09-D-36 of December 9, 2009, relating to practices implemented by Orange Caraïbe and France Telecom on various electronic communications services markets in the departments of Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana In addition to the interesting issues of effect on trade (...)

CA Paris, ch. 5-7, 24 November 2009, Chevron Products Company and others.v. Council, Dec. No. 08-D-30 of 4 December 2008 relating to practices implemented by the oil companies Shell, Esso SADF, Chevron Global Aviation, Total Outre-Mer and Total Réunion Aut. conc. dec. no. 09-D-36 of December 9, (...)

CA Paris, ch. 5-7, 24 November 2009, Chevron Products Company and others.v. Cons. conc. 08-D-30 of 4 December 2008 relating to practices implemented by the oil companies Shell, Esso SADF, Chevron Global Aviation, [ Total Outre-Mer Total Réunion It will be recalled that four oil companies had (...)

– Aut. conc. dec. no. 09-D-23 of 30 June 2009 relating to practices implemented in the women’s ready-to-wear clothing and accessories distribution sector Can price clauses with a view to uniform marketing of products throughout the network of establishments in the national territory escape the (...)

Two new decisions sanction exchanges of information prior to the submission of bids. The first concerns calls for tenders from the city of Annecy and the Haute-Savoie General Council for coach transport. Of the 11 companies sanctioned by the Competition Council in its decision no. 08-D-33 of (...)

– CA Paris, ch. 5-7, 29 September 2009, Ets A. Mathematics a.o.v. Council of State, Dec. 08-D-12 relating to practices implemented in the plywood production sector. Following an application for leniency, six plywood companies were sanctioned on May 21, 2008 by the Competition Council for (...)

CA Paris, 11 September 2009, DKT International and others. v. Aut. conc., Dec. No. 09-D-26 of 29 July 2009 on an application for interim measures lodged by DKT International in the sector of the take-back and recovery of household plastic packaging waste Is the Competition Authority going to (...)

Const. dec. no. 09-D-25 of 29 July 2009 relating to the practices of companies specialising in railway track works Again and again! Despite the increase in the amount of the fines, offers of coverage in the public works sector still exist Referred to by the Minister of the Economy, the (...)

Const. dec. no. 09-D-20 of 11 June 2009 on the situation of competition in the road and road maintenance sector in the Rhône-Alpes Region The Competition Authority was asked by a company to rule on practices implemented during road works and maintenance. After questioning its competence (pts 55 (...)

Aut. conc. dec. no. 09-D-19 of 10 June 2009 on practices concerning the relocation of military personnel under CCAT from the Army to Nancy 20 moving companies to "stop the clock" for illegal agreements! This could be the title of this decision of the National Competition Authority in the (...)

Aut. conc., dec. no. 09-D-18 of 2 June 2009 relating to the practices implemented on the occasion of the formation of the RTM-Veolia temporary grouping of companies with a view to its candidacy for the CPUMPM public service delegation for the operation of the tramway network of the city of (...)

CA Paris, ch. 5-7, June 16, 2009, Colas Méditerranée SA on remand after cassation, against Cons. conc. 96-D-65 of 30 October 1996, public works contracts in the Var department Another decision of the Paris Court of Appeal, handed down on referral after cassation, should be reported. In its (...)

CA Paris, 1st ch. H, 29 April 2009, Sony, Philips and others.on remand after cassation, against Cons. conc. 05-D-66 of December 5, 2005, Consumer Electronics Products Sector Despite the cassation of its judgement on 3 June 2008 for failure to respect the right to a fair trial in the consumer (...)

Aut. conc. dec. no. 09-D-17 of 22 April 2009 relating to practices implemented by the regional council of the Basse-Normandie Order of Pharmacists Such is taken who thought to take! This is how the case of the practices of the Regional Council of the Order of Pharmacists of Lower Normandy that (...)

CA Paris, 1st ch. H, 8 April 2009, ELA Medical SAS and others.against Cons. conc., Dec. no. 07-D-49 of 19 December 2007, supply of cardiac defibrillators to hospitals In the context of the supply of implantable cardiac defibrillators to public hospitals, the Paris Court of Appeal dismissed the (...)

CA Paris, 1st ch. H, 31 March 2009, Lyon Funeral Agency Viollet e.a. funeral homev. Council, Dec. No. 08-D-09 May 6, 2008, undertakers in Lyon and its suburbs In a decision dated March 31, 2009, the Paris Court of Appeal dismissed the appeals filed against the Competition Council’s decision no. (...)

Aut. conc. dec. no. 09-D-13 of 25 March 2009 relating to a referral from the Isère General Council concerning a call for tenders for the development of two roundabouts During a tender procedure launched by the department of Isère for the construction of two roundabouts, the four bids received by (...)

Conc. conc. dec. no. 09-D-06 of February 5, 2009 concerning practices implemented by the SNCF and Expedia Inc. in the online travel sales industry This decision follows the referral to the Competition Council by online travel agencies concerning practices by one of their competitors, Expedia, (...)

CA Paris, 1st ch. H, 4 February 2009, Apple Sales International and others.against Cons. conc., Dec. no. 08-MC-01 December 17, 2008, distribution of iPhones The telecommunications sector is definitely a hot topic. Two decisions of the Paris Court of Appeal will catch our attention in this (...)

Conc. conc. dec. no. 09-D-05 of February 2, 2009 relating to practices implemented in the temporary work sector 94 million on the basis of Article 81 TCE and Article L. 420-1 C. com. for having concerted on the level of sales prices or on end-of-year discounts or on the retrocession of social (...)

CA Paris, 1st ch. H, 28 January 2009, Coopérative de commerçants-rétaillants EPSE Joué Club e.a.v. Council, Dec. No. 07-D-50 of 20 December 2007, toy distribution sector Various toy producers and distributors have lodged appeals against Competition Council Decision No 07-D-50 of 20 December 2007 (...)

Cons. conc. dec. no. 09-D-03 of 21 January 2009 relating to practices implemented in the school and interurban bus transport sector in the Pyrénées-Orientales department In March 2002, a call for tenders was launched in the Pyrénées-Orientales department to organise school transport by coach. This (...)

Conc. conc. dec. no. 08-MC-01 of December 17, 2008 relating to practices implemented in the distribution of iPhones On September 18, 2008, Bouygues Telecom brought an action before the French Competition Council in relation to practices implemented in connection with the distribution of the (...)

Cass. com, 16 December 2008, Minister of the Economy v Devin Lemarchand and others, No. 08-11418, "Public contracts for sewerage works in the department of Morbihan". In the case of public sewerage contracts in the Morbihan department, the Court of Cassation dismissed the Minister’s appeal (...)

Conc. conc. dec. 08-D-30 of December 4, 2008 relating to practices implemented by the oil companies Shell, Esso SAF, Chevron Global Aviation, Total Outre-Mer and Total Réunion. Having noted an abnormal procedure during calls for tenders issued to oil companies for its fuel supplies to Réunion in (...)

Cass. com, November 18, 2008, Carrefour hypermarket France, n° 07-21743, "calculators for school use". In the school calculators case, the Court of Cassation dismissed Carrefour’s appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal of 20 November 2007, which had been dismissed after the Court of (...)

CA Paris, 1st ch. H, 5 November 2008, CIPHA and others.v. Council, 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 Havre manutention (...)

Conc. conc. dec. n° 08-D-23 of October 15, 2008 relating to practices implemented by the union of taxi craftsmen and entrepreneurs of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and some of its members An artisan taxi driver has referred to the Competition Council practices implemented by the union of taxi drivers (...)

Conc. dec. no. 08-D-22 of October 9, 2008 relating to practices implemented by expert surveyors in the context of public contracts in the department of Haut-Rhin Once again, the Competition Council was seized by the Minister of Competition with respect to practices carried out by expert (...)

EC Comm., dec. C(2008) 3435 final, 16.07.08, CISAC, case COMP/38.698 The Board had to deal with two complaints about the administration of copyright in musical works. The first complaint from the RTL group alleged that GEMA, a German copyright society, had refused a licence for its music (...)