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11 Dec 2020 R

New Caledonia: The New Caledonian Competition Authority issues two decisions aming at preventing exclusive distribution of lift brands (Sodimas, Intec ; Kone Elevators, Otis...)

Luis Martínez Reillo • N° 2-2020 • pp. 227-229

In December, the young Competition Authority of New Caledonia (hereafter ACNC) issued two important decisions that will mark the future of the elevator sector and, far beyond, the future of exclusive product import practices in New Caledonia. For a long time now, the "high cost of living" has (...)

22 Sep 2020 R

Public procurement: The French DGCCRF ends a cartel between two public works companies in the road and signalling sector on the Island of Saint Martin (Utek TP, Rugoway)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2020

The DGCCRF has just made public a local PAC decision concerning an agreement between two public works companies in the road and signage sector on the Island of Saint Martin.. A DGCCRF survey carried out in 2018 established that two companies specialising in road construction work submitted (...)

21 Sep 2020 R

The French Competition Authority’s new merger control guidelines

Philippe Guibert, Laetitia Gavoty Tolot, Sofia El Hariri, Fayrouze Masmi-Dazi, Gwenaëlle Poilon • N° 4-2020

After several months of public consultation over a reform of its merger control guidelines, the French competition Authority (FCA) has released July 23rd, 2020, its final version of the revised guidelines on merger control. The present On-Topic gathers three contributions reviewing this (...)

21 Sep 2020 B

The French Competition Authority clears, subject to conditions, the acquisition of a public development bank (Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations / Société de Financement Local)

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The Autorité clears, subject to conditions, the acquisition of Société de Financement Local by Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations* On 24 July 2020, the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) notified the Autorité de la Concurrence of its plans to acquire Société de Financement Local (SFIL). The (...)

18 Sep 2020 R

Market allocation: The French DGCCRF is ending a cartel in the sector of employment support services in the Loire department

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2020

The DGCCRF has just made public a decision of the local PAC concerning an agreement in the sector of support services towards employment in the Loire department.. A DGCCRF survey carried out in 2018 established that two associations managing social actions, each having applied for several lots (...)

17 Sep 2020 B

The French Competition Authority sanctions three professional organisations for anticompetitive practices in the wine sector (AVA / GPNVA / CIVA)

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Alsace wines: The Autorité sanctions three professional organisations for anticompetitive practices* Following evidence and documents sent by the French Directorate General for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF), the Autorité sanctioned two trade associations, the (...)

17 Sep 2020 B

The French Competition Authority issues an opinion on the analysis of the fixed broadband and superfast broadband wholesale markets (Arcep)

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The Autorité de la concurrence has issued an opinion to Arcep as part of the cycle of analysis of the fixed broadband and superfast broadband wholesale markets* Background Arcep requested the opinion of the Autorité de la concurrence on five draft decisions adopted by Arcep as part of the sixth (...)

17 Sep 2020 R

Advantage: The Court of Justice of the European Union considers, with regard to the measures in favour of fishermen in Western France, that the condition of the existence of an advantage conferred on an undertaking was lacking and that the European Commission could not classify as State aid the measure of reduction of wage costs, passed on to employees (Compagnie des pêches de Saint-Malo)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2020

On 17 September 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its judgment in Case C-212/19 (Minister for Agriculture and Food v. Compagnie des pêches de Saint-Malo) on the reference for a preliminary ruling from the French Conseil d’État on the interpretation of the Commission (...)

17 Sep 2020 B

The French Competition Authority issues an opinion on the competitive bidding process of middle and outer rings of Greater Paris bus lines (Île-de-France Mobilités)

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Opening up bus networks in Ile-de-France to competition: the Autorité issues an opinion to Île-de-France Mobilités on the competitive bidding process of middle and outer rings of Greater Paris bus lines* Background Following a referral by the Île-de-France Transport Trade Association, also known (...)

17 Sep 2020 R

Price coordination: The French Competition Authority sanctions three professional organisations of Alsace wines for a cartel on the price of grapes and for the elaboration and diffusion of price recommendations on bulk wine (AVA, GPNVA, CIVA)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2020

On 17 September 2020, the Competition Authority issued a decision no. 20-D-12 by which it sanctions two trade unions, one of winegrowers, the Association des Viticulteurs d’Alsace (AVA) and the other of merchant-producers, the Groupement des Producteurs-Négociants du Vignoble Alsacien (GPNVA), as (...)

16 Sep 2020 R

Public passenger transport: The French Competition Authority makes several recommendations with a view to opening up to competition, as of 1 January 2021, a bus network of medium and long-distance lines in the Ile-de-France region (Ile-de-France Mobilités)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2020

On 16 September 2020, the Competition Authority issued an opinion No 20-A-08 at the request of Ile-de-France Mobilités, which is the organising authority for transport in the Ile-de-France region, concerning the opening up to competition, from 1 January 2021, of the public passenger transport (...)

16 Sep 2020 R

Abuse of dominant position: The French Supreme Court confirms in all respects the conclusions of the Court of Appeal concerning practices implemented to hinder the establishment of competing pylons (TDF)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2020

On 16 September 2020, the Commercial Chamber of the Court of Cassation handed down its ruling in the case of practices implemented by TDF to prevent the installation of competing pylons. It rejects all the pleas raised in the main appeal brought by TDF, but also the sole plea in the (...)

15 Sep 2020 B

The French Competition Authority welcomes the announcement of the EU Commission regarding the referral of sensitive mergers to the Commission, including when they are not subject to national merger control

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The Autorité welcomes the announcement by the European Commission, which will henceforth allow national competition authorities to refer sensitive merger transactions to it for examination, including when they are not subject to national merger control* This new approach, which was announced by (...)

15 Sep 2020 R

Passive sales: The Paris Court of Appeal sanctions the head of a network for requiring an exclusive distributor to prohibit marketing via an internet site and, in doing so, prohibits passive sales (Pierre Cardin)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2020

On the basis of a judgment delivered on 15 September 2020In a judgment dated February 23, 2018, the Paris Court of Appeals, Chamber 5-1 of the Paris Court of Appeals essentially confirmed the findings of the Paris Court of First Instance in a judgment dated February 23, 2018, in particular (...)

15 Sep 2020 R

Market definition: The French Competition Authority outlines, in an opinion delivered to the French regulatory authority for electronic communications, postal services and press distribution, a possible distinction between broadband and very high speed broadband markets and advocates the implementation of objective and precise rules concerning the closure of a copper network (Orange)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2020

On 15 September 2020, the Competition Authority issued an opinion No 20-a-07 in favour of which, at the request of the Arcep, it is giving its opinion on four draft decisions adopted under the procedure for analysing the wholesale fixed broadband and very high-speed broadband markets (market (...)

10 Sep 2020 B

The French Competition Authority clears the acquisition of a private security group (Prosegur / Fiducial)

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The Autorité de la concurrence clears the acquisition of Prosegur by Fiducial* On 6 August 2020, the Fiducial group notified the Autorité de la concurrence of its plan to acquire sole control of the companies Prosegur Services France and Prosegur Security Holding France. Parties to the (...)

9 Sep 2020 B

The French Competition Authority fines three laboratories for abusive practices (Novartis / Roche / Genentech)

French Competition Authority • September 2020

Treatment for AMD: the Autorité fines 3 laboratories for abusive practices* The Autorité de la concurrence has imposed fines worth a total of €444 million on three pharmaceutical companies, Novartis, Roche and Genentech, for abusive practices designed to sustain the sales of Lucentis for AMD (...)

9 Sep 2020 R

Collective dominant position: The French Competition Authority sanctions pharmaceutical companies for abusing their collective dominant position in the French market for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration with a fine of 444 million euros (Novartis, Roche and Genentech)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2020

By Decision No. 20-D-11 of 9 September 2020The French Competition Authority has imposed a fine of 444 million euros on the Novartis group and the Roche/Genentech group (385 million for Novartis alone) for abusing their collective dominant position on the French market for the treatment of (...)

9 Sep 2020 R

Dawn raids: The Criminal Chamber of the French Supreme Court confirms the refusal of the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal to conceal the public version of the order declaring the cancellation of certain seizures of correspondence protected by the legal privilege (Whirpool)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2020

On September 9, 2020, the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation issued a decision. pursuant to which it dismissed the appeal brought by Whirlpool France against the order of the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal, dated 23 May 2018, which had dismissed its motion for concealment (...)

4 Sep 2020 B

The French Competition Authority clears the acquisition of a clinic (Doctegestio / UMG-GHM)

French Competition Authority • September 2020

The Autorité de la concurrence clears the acquisition, by the Doctegestio group of the UMG-GHM clinics in Grenoble.* On 17 August 2020, Doctegestio notified the Autorité de la concurrence of its plan to solely take over the UMG-GHM clinics located in the Isère département and in the Rhône-Alpes (...)

2 Sep 2020 R

Fines: The French Supreme Court confirmes in the ’zinc case’ that the omission concerning the offender’s membership of a powerful group constituted a material error which the Court of Appeal was entitled to rectify (Umicore)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2020

In a judgment delivered on 2 September 2020The Commercial Chamber of the Court of Cassation, rejecting the appeals lodged by the Umicore group - the appeal lodged by the Chairman of the Authority, which was considered late, was declared inadmissible - not only confirms the judgment handed down (...)

2 Sep 2020 R

Competence: The French Competition Authority declares itself incompetent to know about the practices of the Rhône Departmental Medical Doctors Council inviting ophthalmologists not to practice on behalf of a laser surgery centre which has not been approved by the regional health agency (Optical Center)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2020

After age-related macular degeneration (AMD), here is refractive surgery, which consists of correcting abnormalities in the optical power of the eye (myopia, astigmatism, hyperopia or presbyopia) through laser eye surgery under local anesthesia. Or rather before, since Decision No. 20-D-10 (...)

1 Sep 2020 R

Competition news from the French Supreme Administrative Court

Bruno Lasserre • N° 3-2020 • pp. 2-5

Through its three missions – advising, judging, proposing – the Conseil d’État is in direct contact with competition and economic regulation. It recently took up subjects as varied as the French public authorities’ investigatory powers, the transposition of the ECN+ directive or the judicial review (...)

1 Sep 2020 R

Private enforcement of antitrust law in France (Dec. 2019 – May 2020)

Rafael P. Amaro, Bastien Thomas • N° 3-2020 • pp. 212-225

The period reviewed in this chronicle confirms three key trends, already highlighted in our previous chronicles. Firstly, private enforcement litigation is diversifying. Secondly, private enforcement claims are more and more internationalizing in the course of claims raising questions of (...)

1 Sep 2020 R

Supplier-distributor relationships tested in the Covid-19 epidemic (Webinar - April 21, 2020)

Jacques Davy, Daniel Diot, Valérie Weil-Lancry • N° 3-2020

The health crisis and its consequences have had a direct impact on the trade agreements that had just been signed for the year 2020 between distributors and the food companies that supply them. This situation has led suppliers to think about the different legal mechanisms that could be (...)

28 Aug 2020 B

The French Competition Authority blocks a merger for the first time ever, due to absence of remedies capable of addressing the competition concerns identified (Soditroy / Association des Centres Distributeurs E. Leclerc / Géant Casino)

French Competition Authority • September 2020

For the first time ever, the Autorité de la concurrence blocks a merger* Soditroy and the Association des Centres Distributeurs E. Leclerc were planning to acquire joint control of a Géant Casino hypermarket in the conurbation of Troyes. This merger raised serious competition concerns relating (...)

30 Jul 2020 B

The French Competition Authority launches a market consultation to assess the proposal of a company in the toy retail sector to modify its pricing policy (Lego)

French Competition Authority • July 2020

Lego proposes commitments to the Autorité to modify its pricing policy* The Autorité launches a market consultation to assess this proposal. Cdiscount and EMC Distribution (Casino Group’s reference listing offices) lodged a complaint with the Autorité de la concurrence regarding practices (...)

30 Jul 2020 R

Market inquiry: The French Competition Authority launches market inquiry on proposed commitments in the toy sector (Lego)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2020

On 30 July 2020, the Competition Authority launched a market test until 15 September 2020 on the following commitments proposed by Lego France in response to the competition concerns expressed by the Authority’s investigation department following the referral by Cdiscount and EMC Distribution (...)

29 Jul 2020 B

The French Competition Authority develops new map proposals for the establishment of court bailiffs and judicial auctioneers taking into account the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

French Competition Authority • July 2020

The Autorité de la concurrence will develop new map proposals for the establishment of court bailiffs and judicial auctioneers* Its new recommendations will take account the short-, medium- and long-term impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the activity of these two professions. Background In (...)

29 Jul 2020 R

COVID-19: The French Competition Authority will develop new map proposals for the establishment of court bailiffs and judicial auctioneers to take into account the short, medium and long term impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the activity of these two professions

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2020

By press release dated 29 July 2020The Competition Authority announced that, following the two opinions it issued in December 2019 on the freedom of establishment of bailiffs and auctioneers, the Government had asked it to review its copy and to draw up new proposals for cards, in order to take (...)

29 Jul 2020 R

Legitimate suspicion: The First President of the Paris Court of Appeal upholds the request for legitimate suspicion against the Polynesian Competition Authority on account of the conduct of its President, dismisses the case from the PCA and refers the case back to the metropolitan Competition Authority, implicitly annulling the PCA’s decision condemning a group for excessive pricing (Wane)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2020

New development in the saga of excessive tariffs on the market for the supply of beverages to shops organized under trade names in French Polynesia: taking note of thejudgment of 4 June 2020 to which the Second Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation ruled that independent administrative (...)

24 Jul 2020 B

The French Competition Authority clears, subject to conditions, the merger of two companies in the chemical pathology sector (Dyomedea-Neolab / Biogroup)

French Competition Authority • July 2020

Chemical pathology laboratories: the Autorité clears, subject to conditions, the take-over of Dyomedea-Neolab Group by Biogroup Group* Parties to the transaction Biogroup Group is active in the chemical pathology sector, with laboratories located at over 550 sites across the country. (...)

24 Jul 2020 B

The French Competition Authority clears an acquisition in the alcohol-free soft drink production and bottling markets (Refresh / Fruité company)

French Competition Authority • July 2020

The Autorité de la concurrence clears the sole control acquisition of the assets of the Fruité company and its subsidiaries Unisource and Bric Fruit by Refresco (Saint Alban and Sun)* On 10 June 2020, Refresco France notified the Autorité de la concurrence of its plan to acquire sole control of (...)

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