The Brussels Court of Appeal suspends a Competition Authority’s decision that found an infringement and accepted commitments (Caudalie)

On 30 June 2021, the Markets Court (Marktenhof / Cour des marchés) of the Court of Appeal of Brussels (Hof van Beroep te Brussel / Cour d’appel de Bruxelles) suspended commitments made binding by the Belgian Competition Authority (Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit / Autorité belge de la Concurrence - the BCA) in an infringement decision. The BCA suspected cosmetics company Caudalie of having engaged in resale price maintenance and restricted online sales. In an attempt to meet the BCA’s competition concerns, Caudalie had made a conditional offer to the Chief Prosecutor in