Loyal obtention of the evidence: The French Competition Council holds that parties are authorised to make use of blind sound recordings (Avantage)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – Cons. conc. dec. no. 05-D-66 of 5 December 2005 relating to the referral of the SARL Avantage against practices implemented in the consumer electronics sector The Board's recent decision of 5 December 2005, which is also discussed in this review (see "Agreements", supra, note E.), was a landmark decision in the context of the Board's decision. C.) could mark an important step in the acceptance of evidence of anti-competitive practices. Without going back over the facts in detail, we will only recall that the company Avantage - TVHA had referred the matter to the Competition Council in May 1998 and denounced various price fixing and boycott practices by