Exclusive distribution: The French Competition Auhtority imposes a fine of 1.34 million Euros on a French distributor for imposing the same resale prices on its retailers (Toy and fancy goods sector)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Aut. conc. dec. no. 11-D-19 of 15 December 2011 on practices implemented in the gadgets and novelty goods distribution sector, "Diddl". The Authority is sanctioning a friendly little mouse whose effigy is available in many forms and on many media... For those readers of this column who, while having retained the soul of a child, are over twelve years old or do not have children, nephews, nieces, etc. of that age, it is probably useful to specify that it is not an American mouse named Mickey, but rather a character created in Germany in 1990 and named Diddl. The Kontiki company, exclusive distributor of Diddl products on the French territory, has greatly