Duration of the proceedings – individual penalties: The Paris Court of Appeal confirms most of the competition Council’s decision in the perfume luxury sector in spite of the very long duration of the proceedings and imposes strict data conservation obligations; it nevertheless marginally reduces the fines, criticising the Council’s lack of individual assessment (Beauté Prestige International)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. CA Paris, ch. 5-7, January 26, 2012, Beauté Prestige International and others; on second reference after cassation, against Cons. conc. dec. no. 06-D-04 of March 13, 2006, luxury perfumery sector Was it really necessary to save the ancient "luxury perfumery" file at all costs...? Despite the exceptional length of the procedure, a long period of inaction on the part of the Competition Council and the inevitable loss of evidence which handicapped the defence of the companies involved, the Court of Appeal, hearing appeals for the third time against the decision of 13 March 2006, after two cassations, only marginally reformed the Competition Council's decision