The Paris Court of Appeal overturns the French Competition Council decision fining construction firms for bid-rigging (Devin Lemarchand Environnement / Dehe TP)

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Paris Court of Appeal (Cour d’appel de Paris, 1ère Chambre, Section H), 15 January, 2008, Case n° RG 2007/02775, Société Devin Lemarchand Environnement (DLE)/Société Dehe TP

On 15 January 2008, the Paris Court of Appeal overturned decision n° 07-D-01 of the French Competition Council (the "Council") regarding practices in the market for public water supply networks in the department of Morbihan [1]. The Council had fined three construction firms, Dehe TP, Devin Lemarchand and EGC Ouest, for bid-rigging. The Paris Court of Appeal (the "Court of Appeal") held that the Council had not proved to the requisite legal standard that the undertakings had exchanged

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