Exchange of information: The Competition Council punishes concerted practices in the luxury hotels sector (Affaire des palaces parisiens)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. The Competition Council ensures that... Following a report by the "Capital" issue of M6 on the Parisian palaces, in which it has It was reported that the officials in charge of these institutions had for habit of meeting regularly to exchange data activity statistics and to agree on certain tariffs, the Council the competition authorities on 4 December 2001 to examine the situation on its own initiative. competition in the luxury hotel sector. Visits and seizures were made by CDEC investigators (DGCCRF) in these institutions, which led the Minister for the Economy to refer the matter to his The Council took its turn on 6 January 2003. In this case, the