Julie Tirtiaux is a trade, investment and legal advisor at the Wallonia-Brussels Trade Commission (AWEX) in Johannesburg. Former associate in Ashurst’s Competition and EU law department in Paris, she also practiced as legal consultant at Freshfields. She graduated from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
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First predatory pricing case before the Competition Tribunal* A year ago, we at AAT reported on the intervention by competitors in the merger between Media24 and Paarl Media. Today, we want to highlight a “one-year-later” feature about that same company, which has now been found liable of (...)
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Mauritius Competition watchdog places mobile operators under scrutiny* Investigation by the CCM into allegedly discriminatory mobile pricing policies by the two main operators in the island nation of about 1.2 Million. On 27 August 2015, the Competition Commission of Mauritius (“CCM”) announced (...)
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The Swaziland Competition Commission power to impose administrative fines under spotlight* On Tuesday 14 July 2015, the Swaziland Competition Commission (the “SCC”) Board heard the substantive issues related to the anticompetitive behavior of Eagles Nest and Usuthu Poultry Farm (the “Parties”). (...)
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The South African Competition Amendment Act introduces significant changes to redress excessive concentration of ownership and promote the participation of small and medium businesses, and firms controlled by historically disadvantaged persons. The objective of creating a more inclusive economy (...)
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On 7 September 2017, the French Competition Authority accepted and made binding the commitments proposed by ENGIE in the energy sector, and closed the proceedings initiated before it in October 2015, following a referral with a request for protective measures submitted by the company Direct (...)
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On 5 September 2017, the Competition Authority published the commitments proposed by the La Poste group to address the competition concerns identified by the Authority on the market for the collection and recycling of ordinary business waste. These proceedings were initiated following a (...)
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It should be noted that the decision of the Competition Authority of 27 July 2017 imposing a penalty of 80,000 euros on the undertaker COMTET was published during the period under review. While there is nothing unusual about this decision, it is nevertheless worth mentioning insofar as the (...)
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By a decision of 26 July 2017, the French Competition Authority accepted and made binding the commitments proposed by Tereos in the sugar beet supply sector, and closed the proceedings initiated before it in 2016, following a referral accompanied by a request for interim measures submitted by (...)
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