Access to documents: The French Competition Council rules on the rights of the plaintiff to have access to documents covered by business secret (Concurrence)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – Concordant Consent, Dec. 08-D-31 of December 10, 2008 relating to a referral from the company Competition The case brought by the company Competition offers a new opportunity for the Competition Council to take a position on the interpretation of the provisions relating to the protection of business secrecy, provided for in Article L. 463-4 of the French Commercial Code and substantially amended by the Order of 4 November 2004 (ord. No. 2004-1173, OJ of 5 Nov. 2004) and Decree No. 2005-1668 of 27 December 2005 (OJ of 29 Dec. 2005) (on this reform, see "La protection du secret des affaires devant le Conseil de la concurrence: une évolution bienvenue", JCP