Marie Louvet

On April 27th , 2018, the Authority authorized, subject to commitments, the acquisition of exclusive control by Carrefour Supermarchés France of the companies Zormat and Les Chênes, which operate two predominantly food-dominated businesses with service stations under the Carrefour Market banner, (...)

The Authority has authorised TF1’s acquisition of sole control of Aufeminin, previously owned by the media group Axel Springer. Aufeminin operates the Internet sites of the same name and others such as Marmiton and My Little Paris, and markets the advertising space on these sites. It also (...)

On 20 April 2018, the Authority unconditionally cleared two transactions concerning the combination of distance selling (’DOS’) players (Sarenza and Spartoo) and in-store retail players (Monoprix and André) in the footwear distribution sector. In the first decision (No 18-DCC-50), the Authority (...)

The Authority has cleared without commitment a concentration between two online real estate classifieds giants in France. The Axel Springer group, to which SeLoger belongs, has thus acquired sole control of Concept Multimédia, which owns the company Logic-Immo. As mentioned in a previous (...)

The Authority’s decision dated 10 November 2017 signs the reunification of the two names of Joseph Gibert’s heir sons almost 90 years after their separation: Gibert Joseph and Gibert Jeune bookstores. The examination of the transaction did not raise any particular competition concerns. The (...)

Following financial difficulties, the Financière Turenne Lafayette (FTL) group (Madrange and Paul Prédault brands in the cured meats sector, and William Saurin, Panzani and Garbit in the ready meals sector) was subject to receivership proceedings before the Paris Commercial Court. The court (...)

In line with the consultation launched in October 2016 by the European Commission on these subjects, the Authority published on its website on 20 October 2017 a public consultation aimed at gathering comments from anyone who wished to respond to it on certain avenues for reflection on a (...)

The soap opera Altice / SFR has made a particularly strong impression over the last two years. Does the decision of the Conseil d’État handed down on September 28, 2017 mark the final act of this season full of twists and turns? Summary of previous episodes In a decision dated October 30, 2014, (...)

The French Competition Authority announced that on 11 September 2017, it had taken up an ex-officio case to examine the conditions under which the Fnac group is implementing the commitments it made in connection with the acquisition of the Darty group. As a reminder, this transaction was (...)

The Authority has decided to open an in-depth investigation into the operation whereby the Axel Springer Group acquires sole control of the company Concept Multimedia. The purchaser and the target are both active in the online real estate classifieds market through SeLoger.com and (...)

The Competition Authority heavily sanctioned the Altice group for having implemented two concentrations before obtaining its approval. While it has already imposed fines for failure to notify or to comply with commitments, this is the first time that the Authority has had to rule on the early (...)

Within a few months, the Eurofins Group, active in the management of analytical, testing and technical inspection laboratories for private companies and public bodies, acquired sole control of the Bio-Access Group and later the Biomnis Group, two groups of laboratories specialising in medical (...)

Following the work undertaken in recent years on the operation of EU Regulation 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 (the "Merger Regulation"), and in particular its 2014 White Paper "Towards more effective merger control in the EU", the European Commission launched a new public consultation on 7 (...)

The European Commission has cleared in Phase 1, subject to commitments, the proposed creation of a joint venture between Vodafone and Liberty Global in the Netherlands by decision of 3 August 2016. The Vodafone Group is an international group specialising in the operation of mobile (...)

By decision of 4 August 2015, the Commission has approved the acquisition of Hospira by Pfizer under Articles 6(1)(b) and 6(2) of the EU Merger Regulation. Both companies, based in the US, are active in the development and marketing of medicines for human use. However, the approval was (...)

In its Decision No. 15-DCC-104 of 30 July 2015, the French Competition Authority authorised, subject to conditions, the acquisition of exclusive control by the Rubis group, which is active in France and internationally in the butane, propane and LPG distribution sector (hereinafter "Rubis"), of (...)

By decision of 8 June 2015, the French Competition Authority authorised the acquisition of Totalgaz by UGI France subject to structural commitments relating in particular to the sale of part of the stake that the new entity would hold in certain import and storage infrastructures. The (...)

The proposed transaction between the French group Lafarge and the Swiss group Holcim will enable the new entity to become the world’s largest cement manufacturer, present in more than 90 countries worldwide. The Commission considered that the transaction could harm competition because of (...)

The company Wienerberger, which produces and markets structural materials, filed an application with the French Council of State to annul the decision of the French Competition Authority of July 26, 2013 authorizing Bouyer-Leroux’s acquisition of sole control of Imerys’ "structural materials" (...)

By decision of 30 October 2014, following an in-depth phase II investigation, the Authority authorised the acquisition by Numericable Group (Numericable), a subsidiary of the Altice Group, of sole control of SFR. Prior to the transaction, SFR was exclusively controlled by the Vivendi group, (...)

On June 5, 2014, the European Commission unconditionally approved the acquisition of Cemex West by its Swiss competitor Holcim after a phase II and 9 months of investigation. Both companies supply cement and other building materials worldwide. The proposed transaction concerns the acquisition (...)