The French Versailles Court of Appeal confirms fines, independently of anticompetitive practice, against the chairman of a company having imposed a minimum resale price of a product (Hinningen & Ste Fravillex)
Description of the impugned case
The investigation showed that the supplier imposed to some of its clients a minimum ratio on price and threatened of retaliations measures in a case of non respect of it. Moreover, a strict control was also insured directly by the supplier in order to check the (...)