The French administrative Supreme Court transfers the litigation relating to decisions made by the Competition Authority on the protection of trade secrets to administrative courts (Syndicat national des fabricants d'isolants en laines minérales manufacturées)

Pelé, Sophie; Pflieger, Michel

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10 Oct 2014

The French administrative Supreme Court transfers the litigation relating to decisions made by the Competition Authority on the protection of trade secrets to administrative courts (Syndicat national des fabricants d’isolants en laines minérales manufacturées)

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French Council of State (Conseil d’Etat), Syndicat national des fabricants d’isolants en laines minérales manufacturées, Case n° 367807, 10 October 2014

In a judgment dated October 10, 2014, the French administrative Supreme Court (Conseil d’Etat) ordered the Prime Minister to repeal in part article R. 464-29 of the Commercial Code. The decision transferred de facto a part of the litigation relating to the decisions made by the chief case handler of the French Competition Authority (FCA) (Case Handler) relating to the protection of trade secrets to the jurisdiction of administrative courts. The National Union of manufacturers of insulating

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Sophie Pelé
Dechert (Paris)

France 6 contributions 6206 visits
Michel Pflieger
Norton Rose Fulbright (Paris)

France 2 contributions 546 visits

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Sophie Pelé, Michel Pflieger, The French administrative Supreme Court transfers the litigation relating to decisions made by the Competition Authority on the protection of trade secrets to administrative courts (Syndicat national des fabricants d’isolants en laines minérales manufacturées), 10 October 2014, e-Competitions October 2014, Art. N° 72337

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