Vertical restraints : The Council sanctioned three vertical agreements on imposed prices practices on different markets of "brown goods" (Philips, Sony, Panasonic)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. The Competition Council has sanctioned following a decision n° 05-D-66 of December 5, 2005 relating to the referral of the SARL Avantage à against practices in the products sector consumer electronics, the three leading manufacturers of consumer electronics various "brown goods" markets - to the tune of 34.4 million euros. 1.0 billion, or 1% of their respective sales, although the The Board notes that the practice of entering into an agreement in with a view to establishing a system of fixed prices in a market, in particular by delaying or suspending deliveries against the distributors who do not respect these prices, is in the nature of an particular