Sanctions: The French Competition Council sanctions a vertical anticompetitive practice in food supplements sector (Roullier)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Under the terms of Decision No. 08-D-20 of 1 October 2008, the Council of the competition has sanctioned a long-standing vertical cartel in force during the past few years. for the period from October 1997 to October 2001, implemented by subsidiaries of Compagnie Financière et de Participation Roullier (CFPR) on the specific market for lickstones (excluding pure salt blocks, buckets and basins). These lickstones are food supplements. for livestock and are therefore ultimately acquired by the livestock farmers, via the cooperatives to which they belong or via wholesale traders or dairies. With regard to sanctioned