The French Competition Authority refers a case to the public prosecutor (Land-surveyors sector)

Rouzier, Marie-Charlotte

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28 Feb 2002

The French Competition Authority refers a case to the public prosecutor (Land-surveyors sector)

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French Competition Authority, Land-surveyors sector, Decision n° 02-D-14, 28 February 2002 (French)

Court of Appeal of Paris, Land-surveyors sector, 13 November 2002 (French)

Court of Appeal of Paris, Land-surveyors sector, 24 June 2003 (French)

Article L. 420-6, paragraph 1, of the Commercial Code creates the infraction applicable to natural persons having taken part in an anticompetitive practice. This article states: “If any natural person fraudulently takes a personal and decisive part in the conception, organisation or implementation of the practices referred to in Articles L. 420-1 and L. 420-2, this shall be punished by a prison sentence of four years and a fine of 75,000 euros”. Many classical ways may be used to trigger a criminal procedure. However, the Commercial Code organises a special procedure allowing the Competition Council to refer the

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Marie-Charlotte Rouzier
Innovate Finance (London)

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Marie-Charlotte Rouzier, The French Competition Authority refers a case to the public prosecutor (Land-surveyors sector), 28 February 2002, e-Competitions February 2002, Art. N° 13701

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