The Paris Court of Appeal denies a utility company's request for information regarding rival's settlement with the French Competition Authority (ENGIE / Direct Energie)

de Saint-Bon (d'Harcourt) , Maëlle

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6 Jul 2017

The Paris Court of Appeal denies a utility company’s request for information regarding rival’s settlement with the French Competition Authority (ENGIE / Direct Energie)

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Paris Court of Appeal, ENGIE / Direct Energie, 2017/07296, 6 July 2017 (French)

The settlement procedure in France The major change is that parties willing to conclude a settlement procedure will be informed of the minimum and maximum fine that may be imposed (and not of a percentage of reduction relating an amount of sanction which is not yet known). The disclosure issues raised before the French Competition Authority (FCA) On 21 March 2017, the FCA issued a settlement decision relative to practices implemented by ENGIE on the electricity and gas market. In this case, which we commented on in our article French Competition Authority fines ENGIE €100m for

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Maëlle de Saint-Bon (d’Harcourt)
TotalEnergies (Paris)

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Maëlle de Saint-Bon (d'Harcourt), The Paris Court of Appeal denies a utility company’s request for information regarding rival’s settlement with the French Competition Authority (ENGIE / Direct Energie), 6 July 2017, e-Competitions July 2017, Art. N° 84757

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