Marie Cartapanis is currently a lecturer at Aix-Marseille University since 2019. She has obtained a PhD in competition law in December 2017 and her thesis received the Prize from the Varenne University Institute and the Prize for the best thesis from the Faculty of Law of Aix-Marseille. She has notably published “Innovation and Competition Law” (Institut Universitaire Varenne, LGDJ, Paris, 2019).
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On February 22, 2022, the French Competition Authority sanctioned EDF and its subsidiaries(Dalkia Smart Building, Citelum and CHAM) for having implemented practices of abuse of dominant position contrary to Articles L. 420-2 C. com. and 102 TFEU, following a complaint filed by the company (...)
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Last September, the National Association of Retail Energy Operators (ANODE) referred the matter to the French Competition Authority, complaining of anti-competitive practices implemented by the company Électricité de France ["EDF"] on the market for the supply of electricity to small (...)
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On Reunion Island, Tereos Océan Indien [hereafter "TOI"], a subsidiary of the Tereos group, owns the only two sugar factories on Reunion Island, namely the Sucrière de La Réunion, also known as the "Sucrerie du Gol", and the Sucrerie de Bois Rouge. The company is also the only supplier of molasses (...)
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In a decision dated July 15, 2021, the French Competition Authority rejected a referral for lack of sufficient evidence regarding practices implemented in the sector of the management of unsold newspapers. The company Earta is a so-called "adapted" company within the meaning of Article L. (...)
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While notaries are prohibited from engaging in any stock market speculation or trading, banking, discounting and brokerage operations, the exercise, on a purely ancillary basis, of real estate negotiation activities practised on the occasion of or with a view to the receipt of a deed remains (...)
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Once again, the implementation of the "As Efficient Competitor" (AEC) test in the rail freight case (SNCF) is the subject of a ruling by the Commercial Chamber of the French Supreme Court. It is well known that this test, which stems from the Areeda and Turner rule and is enshrined in EU (...)
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See also, Law & Economics Webinar organised by Concurrences "Excessive prices in the pharmaceutical sector in the EU: The Aspen Decision", in partnership with Covington & Burling and CRA, with Miranda Cole (Partner, Covington & Burling), Raphaël de Coninck (Vice President, CRA), (...)
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On October 14, 2020, the Court of Cassation rejected the appeal brought by the economic interest group Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) in the case between it and the company Betclic (see Alain Ronzano, Civil fault: The Court of Cassation confirms the existence of a civil fault attributable to the (...)
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It will be recalled that in a decision dated April 9, 2019, the Competition Authority had issued protective measures against Google in the context of a potential abuse of a dominant position (see our previous column, Discrimination : The French Competition Authority orders protective measures (...)
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The report prepared by the Antitrust Subcommittee of the US House of Representatives Law Committee was made public in October 2020 and appears dated in view of the dramatic changes in the competitive environment in the US in the autumn of 2020. This is not only related to the change of (...)
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Following the announcements made by the European Commissioner for Competition in December 2019 (see this column, volume 1-2020, pp. 87-88), the Commission has initiated a reflection on the evolution of the definition of relevant markets. These are currently defined on the basis of a Commission (...)
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The competitive treatment of digital platforms is the subject of much reflection not only in the economic literature but also in the sphere of public policy. For example, on 1 July 2020, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) proposed to the Government to implement a specific (...)
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On 9 April 2020, the Competition Authority issued a first decision granting interim measures in a new Google case which is already attracting a great deal of interest in the press, online communication services to the public and online advertising sectors. The case begins with the adoption of (...)
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More than ten years after the opening of proceedings against La Poste for practices in the parcel delivery sector, and at a time when business to consumer parcel delivery is facing a massive influx of parcels due to the health crisis, the Competition Authority has published a decision in which (...)
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The theory of critical infrastructure, which stems from the decision-making practice of the American Supreme Court with the Terminal Railroad Association decision of 1912 (United States v. Terminal Railroad Ass’n, 224 U.S. 383 (1912)), has been adopted by European case law, even though the (...)
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In the context of the health crisis, and following several publications by national competition authorities aimed at informing undertakings about the temporary relaxation of the competition rules during the Covid-19 crisis, the European Competition Network issued on 23 March 2020 a joint (...)
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On 16 March 2020, after seven years of investigation, the French Competition Authority fined Apple and two wholesalers, Tech Data and Ingram Micro, a record amount of nearly €1.14 billion for practices implemented in the distribution of Apple-branded products. Text The publication of this (...)
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On 19 February 2020, two months after the publication of its Google/Gibmedia decision, the Competition Authority put online its contribution to the debate on competition policy and digital issues. The Authority’s thinking is rooted in a context of a flurry of doctrinal, decision-making and case (...)
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On 23 January 2020, the Competition Authority rejected the request for interim measures ancillary to a referral on the merits of the case by OATA, the Association of Alternative Telecommunications Operators. The association, which represents 40 regional telecom operators, denounced an abuse of (...)
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On 19 December 2019, the Competition Authority imposed a fine of €150 million on Google for abusing its dominant position in the market for search-related online advertising. This decision is part of a general climate of mistrust towards the digital giant. In addition to the sanctions imposed (...)
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The Sony case is a further illustration of the success of the engagement process in the digital economy and, more specifically, in the sector of video games and control accessories compatible with the PlayStation 4 console. The investigation begins with a referral, filed on October 20, 2016, (...)
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Following the study on Big Data, the Competition Authority and the Bundeskartellamt published a joint study on algorithms and their implications for competition law enforcement on 6 November. The 88-page study is accompanied by a summary and a press release. It presents algorithms both as key (...)
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