Étienne Chantrel

Market definition is a crucial aspect of competition analysis, serving as the foundation for assessing market power and competitive positions of firms. Economic analysis, including methods like the hypothetical monopolist test, plays an increasingly significant role in defining relevant (...)

The integration of public interest considerations is not only desirable, but possible because of the permeability of the competition rules to the reception of well-being by the competitive parameters of quality, choice and innovation in addition to that of price. The scope for progress depends (...)

The European Competition Network (ECN), which is well-known as an effective mechanism of cooperation for the application of articles 101 and 102 TFEU, is not extended to merger rules. However, the need for cooperation in this area encouraged the Commission and the national competition (...)

This series of articles analyses French competition policy in the field of merger control; in particular it addresses the issue of the implementation of the ex post evaluation mechanism. This set is introduced by Jean-Mathieu Cot (COT LAW), and gathers contributions from Séverine Schrameck (...)

Étienne Chantrel, Deputy General Case Handler and Head of the Mergers Department of the French Competition Authority, reviews his department’s activity and discusses the merger control reform. Interview conducted by Faustine Viala, Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Paris. After (...)