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1. General - Scope of application
The Macron law, "liberal" law? > D. Bosco (Contracts, conc., consom. oct. 2015, n° 10, Repère 9), V. also, V., Volet " concurrence " de la loi Macron pour la croissance, l’activité et l’égalité des chances économiques, P. Arhel (Petites affiches, 29 sept. 2015, n° 194, p. 7)
How to integrate the social parameter in the implementation of a competition law compliance program? > J. Catala-Marty and C. J. Catala-Marty and C. Fougea (International Journal of Compliance and Business Ethics, supplement to JCP ed. E, No. 41, 6 Oct. 2015, 95, p. 12).
Activity of the European Union courts in competition law (April 2015) > P. Arhel (Petites affiches, 14 Sept. 2015, n° 183, p. 7)
Special Issue: Behavioral Industrial Organization > M.D. Grubbs and V.J. Tremblay (eds) (Review of Industrial Organization,, 47, 3), see also, Special Issue: Antitrust and Regulatory Update, L-J. White (ed) (Review of Industrial Organization,, 47, 4)
Free movement of goods, freedom to provide services and freedom of establishment > E. Schwaller (Journal of European Law. Oct. 2015, No. 222, p. 339)
Confirming the economic approach in competition law: further "modernisation" - Competition Report 2013 > A. Coskun (European Union Review, Dec. 2015, No. 593, p. 618)
The principle of the primacy of Union law: what is the reality? > D. Ritleng (Revue de l’Union européenne, déc. 2015, n° 593, p. 630), See also, The future of primacy: the dialogue of judges? G. Marti (Revue de l’Union européenne, déc. 2015, n° 593, p. 638); Les 50 ans de l’arrêt Costa: de la primacy absolue au dialogue des juges? - Conclusions, J.-D. Mouton (Revue de l’Union européenne, déc. 2015, n° 593, p. 649); Dossier Costa v. Enel: round table on 50 years of the Costa judgment: from absolute primacy to dialogue between judges? G. Marti; Y. Petit; S. Van Raepenbusch and A. Vauchez (European Union Review; Oct-Nov. 2015, No. 592, p. 553).
The assessment of the effect on trade by the national competition authorities of the "new" Member States: Another legal partition of the Internal Market? > M. Botta, A. Svetlicinii and M. Bernatt (Common Market Law Review, Vol. 52 n° 5, October 2015)
The Tests of Illegality Under Articles 101 and 102 TFEU > P. Akman (forthcoming, Antitrust Bulletin, 2016) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=644134
The E-Commerce Sector Inquiry: Can It Stop National Competition Authorities from Adopting an Overly Restrictive Approach? > F. Carloni, S. S. Megregian and M. Bruneau (Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, Vol. 6, Issue 9, pp. 639-651)
Chronique Concurrence > L. Idot (Europe, August-Sept. 2015, No. 8-9, comm. 323 to 330, 342 to 346; Oct. 2015, No. 10, comm. 373 to 381, 394 to 396; Nov. 2015, No. 11, comm. 439 to 443, 455 to 456)
Competition Chronicle > D. Bosco and G. Decocq (Contracts, conc., consum. Oct. 2015, No. 10, comm. 234 to 238; Nov. 2015, No. 11, comm. 259 to 264; Dec. 2015, No. 12, comm. 285 to 289)
Competition Law Chronicle > M. Behar-Touchais, L. Idot and C. Prieto (Revue des Contrats, déc. 2015, n° 4/2015, p. 928 to 940)
Chronique Concurrence > (RJDA, n° 10/2015, Sept. 2015, n° 709, p. 709; n° 11/2015, Nov. 2015, n° 784-785 p. 799; Dec. 2015, No. 869-870, p. 893)
Chronicle Quasi-repressive Proceedings in Competition Law > L. Idot (Rev. Sc. Crim., 2015-4, pp. 747-757)
2. Agreements
2.1. General
Parity clauses between law on restrictive competition practices and law on anti-competitive practices: from the Commission d’examen des pratiques commerciales to the legislator via the Competition Authority > M. Chagny (RTD com. 2015, n° 3, Chron.., p. 483), See also, Les clauses de parité tarifaire en péril dans la réservation hôtelière, M. Behar-Touchais (Revue des Contrats, déc. 2015, n° 4/2015, p. 931); L’adaptation du droit de la concurrence à l’économie numérique, M. Chagny (JCP éd. G, n° 49, 30 nov. 2015, 1340, p. 2237)
Deterrence Effects of Korean Antitrust Enforcement on Producer Prices and Profits Margins > R.M. Feinberg and M. Park (Journal of Competition Law & Economics, 11, 4, pp. 935-954)
Estimating Consumer Damages in Cartel Cases > U. Laitenberger and F. Smuda (Journal of Competition Law & Economics, 11, 4, pp. 955-973)
Price Discrimination, Merger Policy, and the Competitive Constraint of Low-Value Customers in Airline Markets > T. Hazledine (Journal of Competition Law & Economics, 11, 4, pp. 975-998)
Inferring Anticompetitive Price Effects from Difference-in-Difference Analysis: a Caveat > S.W. Ulrick and S.B. Sacher (Journal of Competition Law & Economics, 11, 4, pp. 999-1002)
Competitor Parity Clauses: Increased Scrutiny of MFNs in the United States and Europe > F. Schaeffer, K. Piro, A. Rinne and A. Boos (The Antitrust Source, December 2015)
Cover Pricing and the Overreach of ’Object’ Liability under Article 101 TFEU > A. Stephan and M. Hviid (World Competition, Vol. 38, Issue 4, pp. 507-526)
Vertical Merger Enforcement Actions: 1994-2015 > S. C. Salop et D. P. Culley (Georgetown University Law Center, November 2015, available at http://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/1520)
2.2. Distribution
The law of 6 August 2015 for growth, activity and equal economic opportunities ... in distribution (?) > D. Ferrier (D. 1 Oct. 2015, No. 33, Chron .., p. 1904), See also, Loi " Macron " : focus on post-contractual restrictive clauses, F. Buy (D. 1 oct. 2015, n° 33, Point de vue, p. 1902) ; Les réseaux de distribution commerciale, D. Ferrier (JCP éd. G, supplément au n° 44, 26 oct. 2015, p. 9); Premières vues sur le " droit français nouveau des réseaux de distribution commerciale ", D. Mainguy (JCP éd. E, No. 48, 26 Nov. 2015, p. 33); Internet et les contrats de distribution sélective à la lumière des droits français et allemand, V. Lasserre and P. Lemore (Contrats, conc, consom. nov. 2015, n° 11, Study 13)
Chronicle Distribution and competitor protection > M. Malaurie-Vignal and N. Mathey (Contracts, conc., consom. Oct. 2015, No. 10, comm. 226 to 233; Nov. 2015, No. 11, comm. 254 to 258; Dec. 2015, No. 12, comm. 272 to 284)
3. Abuse of dominance
Google guilty of abuse of dominant position: are the carrots cooked? > A.-S. Choné-Grimaldi (D. 3 Dec. 2015, No. 42, Viewpoint, p. 2451)
Essential patents and abuse of a dominant position: the Court of Justice lays down the rules > C. Roda (D. 3 Dec. 2015, No 42, p. 2482)
Structural injunction: the return of structural abuse forty years after Continental Can? > A.-S. Choné-Grimaldi (D. 6 August 2015, No. 29, Viewpoint, p. 1649)
Huawei Technologies: More Certainty on SEP Injunctions, But Not the End of the Story > K. Fountoukakos and N. Root (CPI Antitrust Chronicle, October 2015, Vol. 10, Issue 2), V. also, Huaweï v ZTE: Judicial Conservatism at the Patent-Antitrust Intersection, N. Petit (CPI Antitrust Chronicle, October 2015, Vol. 10, Issue 2)
Apple and Spotify, a competition law song? > J. N. Otegui Nieto (ECLR, Vol. 36, p. 436)
4. Restrictive practices
Trade relations after the Law of 6 August 2015 for growth, activity and equal economic opportunities > M. Plankensteiner and E. Crequer (Small posters, 4 Nov. 2015, No. 220, p. 4)
Article L. 442-6 of the Commercial Code and its arbitral ... judge > N. Dissaux (D. 10 déc. 2015, n° 43, p. 2537)
Injury arising from the abrupt termination of established commercial relations - Plea for predictability of praetorian calculations > A. Fourment and D. Batude (Contracts, conc., consom. déc. 2015, n° 12, Etude 16)
Significant imbalance: seven years later, has the age of reason been reached? > E. Dieny (JCP éd. E, n° 51-52, 17 Dec. 2015, 1626, p. 35), V. also, Le déséquilibre significatif et l’intervention progressive du juge commercial dans les négociations tarifaires, N. Pétrinet (BRDA 19/2015, 15 Oct. 2015, p. 20 ;RJDA n° 11/2015, Nov. 2015, Chron.., p. 739 ) ; The rule on significant imbalance before the Court of Cassation, M. Chagny (RTD com. 2015, n° 3, Chron., p. 486)
Litigation of the abrupt termination of established commercial relations > J.-M. Tricot (JCP éd. E, n° 49, Dec. 3, 2015, 1598, p. 31)
Transfer of a business and exit from the commercial relationship > S. Le Gac-Pech (JCP éd. E, n° 47, Nov. 19, 2015, 1566, p. 47)
Breaking off established relationships with group companies: notice is assessed individually > (BRDA., Oct. 2015, No. 20, p. 14)
Directive 2005/29 and the black list of unfair commercial practices > A. Marcus (European Union Law Review, No. 3-2015, p. 365)
Tied selling: soon to be the epilogue of the soap opera of computer sales with preinstalled software? > M. Dary and A. Diouf (RLDA, Nov. 2015, No. 109, p. 13)
Panorama - Prohibited competition - Unfair competition and parasitism > Centre de droit de la concurrence Yves Serra (D., n° 43, 10 Dec. 2015, p. 2526)
What We Learned from the FTC’s New UMC Guidelines: Hint-Nothing > D. Crane (CPI Antitrust Chronicle, November 2015, Vol. 11, Issue 2)
5. Concentrations
Managing Competition Risk in Mergers and Acquisitions - A Pragmatic Survival Kit for Effective Management > M. Giner Asins and M. Pflieger (JCP ed. E, No. 50, Dec. 10, 2015, 1614, p. 28)
The Evolution and Vitality of Merger Presumptions: a Decision-Theoretic Approach > S.C. Salop (Antitrust Law Journal, 80, 2)
The application of the European Merger Control Regulation > J.-F. Bellis and C. Nassogne (JDE Sept. 2015, n° 221, p. 289)
The Commission’s Merger Enforcement in Mobile Mergers: Brave New World for Non-coordinated Effects? > N. Peristerakis, L. Prompers and M. Garcia (CPI Antitrust Chronicle, October 2015, Vol. 10, Issue 2)
Deutsche Börse: Evaluating Efficiencies in Merger Investigations > M. Farley (Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, Vol. 6, Issue 10, pp. 711-713)
UPS/TNT Express: First ’GAP CASE’ Prohibition > G. Castaldo and A. Belzunces (Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, Vol. 6, Issue 10, pp. 709-711)
6. State aid
The contestable nature of the decision to initiate the formal investigation procedure for the aid: what criteria? > S. Cazet (Europe, Nov. 2015, No 11, Study 8)
Criterion of material selectivity with regard to State aid (note ss. TEU 7 Nov. 2014, Case T-399/11) > E. Ruiz Cairo (RDUE 4/2015, jurispr., p. 805)
Regulation of the media through State aid > E. Defreyn and A. de Streel (JDE Sept. 2015, n° 221, p. 281)
EU State Aid Control: The Quest for Effectiveness > V. Verouden (European State Aid Law Quarterly, Vol. 14 (2015), Issue 4, p. 459)
7. Public sector and competition
About the transposition of the Concessions Directive > J.-B. Auby (Droit Adm., Oct. 2015, No. 10, p. 1)
The economic action of public persons: an underestimated and little-known capacity for action > H. Paulliat (Droit Adm., Nov. 2015, No. 11, p. 9)
The Public Procurement Order of 23 July 2015 > M. Ubaud-Bergeron, G. Clamour, Y. Simmonet, H. Hoepffner, F. Linditch, W. Zimmer, B. Roman-Sequense, L. Richer, P. Devillers, G. Eckert and E. Muller (Contracts and Public Procurement, Oct. 2015, No. 10, p. 9)
The partnership contract: a new lease of life for the implementation of major public projects > C. Le Bihan-Graff and L. Haouas (Energie - Environnement - Infrastructures., oct. 2015, n° 10, p. 3)
Public procurement in the European Union > P. Nihoul (JDE oct. 2015, n° 222, p. 332)
8. Procedures
8.1. General
The "Eon Foldagz" judgment: clarification of the concept of economic interest as the basis of the right to an effective remedy, and of the scope rationae temporis of a non-transposed directive > A. de Roudille (RDUE n° 3/2015, p. 407)
8.2. Sanction Policy - Clemency - Settlement - Undertakings
Complex agreements, multiple leniency... The entry of the European Competition Network (ECN) into a new decade is confirmed > L. Idot (Europe, Oct. 2015, No. 10, Alert 35)
The judgment of the Tribunal Timab v. Commission or how a cartel settlement would have been better than a good trial > M. Barennes (RLC 2015/45, No. 2864, p. 55)
The role of the public prosecutor’s office with regard to the sanctioning power of independent competition law authorities > G. Decocq (Cah. dr. entr., Sept.-Oct. 2015, n° 5, 42, p. 84)
The development of repressive and "contentious" decisions by regulators > J.-B. Auby, P. Idoux, T. Perroud and P. Lignières (JCP éd. E, No. 48, Nov. 26, 2015, 1580, p. 38)
Secret’ Evidence in Competition Law Investigations and Cases > R. E. Hoffinger (Competition Law International, October 2015)
8.3. Actions for damages
The effectiveness of a jurisdiction clause called into question by the simple invocation of competition law > L. Idot (JCP éd. G, n° 49, Nov. 30, 2015, 1322, p. 2221)
Private leniency": an innovation in the service of compensation for anti-competitive harm > V. Grac-Aubert and J. Brousseau (D. 30 Jul. 2015, No. 28, Point de vue, p. 1607)
21st Century Group Action > S. Amrani-Mekki (JCP éd. G, n° 45, Nov. 2, 2015, 1196, p. 2029)
Directive 2014/104/EU on remedies for anti-competitive practices: a further step in the development of Private Enforcement in competition law > S. Pietrini (Contracts, conc., consom. oct. 2015, n° 10, Study 12)
The beginnings of third party litigation funding in France or the gradual introduction of third party litigation funding > O. Ancelin and M. de Causans (JCP éd. E, n° 45, Nov. 5, 2015, 1527, p. 31)
Law of 14 October 2015: the consequences of the Lurel amendment on group action > L.-J. Aleman (JCP éd. E, n° 45, 5 Nov. 2015, 824, p. 9)
The French class action and the European class action > P. Le More (JCP éd. E, n° 31-35, 30 Jul. 2015, 637, Echos de la pratique, p. 5)
Group action and the repair of consumer damage: progress report and recommendations > V. Grac-Aubert and J. Brousseau (D. 30 Jul. 2015, n° 28, Point of view, p. 1607)
L’actualité du contentieux indemnitaire des pratiques anticoncurrentielles > R. Amaro (RLC 2015/45, n° 2866, p. 72)
The Brussels Court judgment in Commission v Elevators manufacturers, or the story of how the Commission lost an action for damages based on its own infringement decision > J. M. Ramos and D. Muheme (ECLR, Vol. 35, p. 384)
Cartel damage claims Hydrogen Peroxide SA v Akzo Nobel NV and others: a summary and critique of the judgment of the European Court of Justice of May, 21 2015 > O. Geiss and H. Geiss. Daniel (ECLR, Vol. 36, p. 430)
Commitment Decisions and Private Enforcement of EU Competition Law: Friend or Foe? > D. Raţ (World Competition Vol. 38, Issue 4, pp. 527-545)
9. Regulations
Public services and regulation: regulation of carpooling > R. Lanneau (Droit Adm., Nov. 2015, n° 11, p. 36)
Public services and regulation: private public passenger transport - The regulation of taxi fares > M. Bazex and R. Lanneau (Droit Adm., Nov. 2015, n° 11, p. 44)
The law of 17 August 2015 on the energy transition for green growth: dossier > (Energy - Environment - Infrastructure., Oct. 2015, n° 10, p. 16)
Did you say regulation? > J.-L. Silicani (Energy - Environment - Infrastructures., Nov. 2015, n° 11, p. 1)
COP 21 issues > M. Wemaere and S. Wemaere. Maljean-Dubois (Energy - Environment - Infrastructures., Nov. 2015, n° 11, p. 16)
What are the rules applicable for the conclusion of contracts within a vertically integrated undertaking (VIE) for electricity or gas? > C. Le Bihan-Graf and L. Rosenblieh (Energie - Environnement - Infrastructures., Nov. 2015, n° 11, p. 33)
10. International policy
International competition law - bilateral treaties > P. Jan Slot (ECLR, September 2015, p. 391)