The French Competition Authority fines a big tech and its wholesalers a record €1.24 billion for engaging in three anticompetitive practices with its distributors in the retail market of its products (Apple / Tech Data / Ingram Micro)

Leroux, Florence; Oster, Thomas

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16 Mar 2020

The French Competition Authority fines a big tech and its wholesalers a record €1.24 billion for engaging in three anticompetitive practices with its distributors in the retail market of its products (Apple / Tech Data / Ingram Micro)

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French Competition Authority, Apple, Press Release, 16 March 2020

On 16 March 2020, the French Competition Authority (FCA) imposed a €1.1 billion fine on Apple, the highest fine ever handed out to a company. The FCA considered that Apple had engaged in three anticompetitive practices with its distributors in the retail market for Apple products

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Florence Leroux
Vaillant Group (Paris)

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Thomas Oster
Bird & Bird (Paris)

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Florence Leroux, Thomas Oster, The French Competition Authority fines a big tech and its wholesalers a record €1.24 billion for engaging in three anticompetitive practices with its distributors in the retail market of its products (Apple / Tech Data / Ingram Micro), 16 March 2020, e-Competitions March 2020, Art. N° 94307

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