CASE COMMENTS: PROCEDURES – FRANCE – COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS – COMMITMENTS – COMMUNICATION ON THE CALCULATION OF FINES

Commitments: The French Competition Authority revokes de facto (just before its official revocation in a subsequent communication) the principle according to which commitments consisting in enforcement of a compliance program justify, subject to conditions, a reduction of the fine (Sector for resilient and textile floorings)

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FCA, dec. n° 17-D-20, Oct. 18th, 2017, practices implemented in the sector for resilient and textile floorings

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Christophe Lemaire, Simon Naudin, Commitments: The French Competition Authority revokes de facto (just before its official revocation in a subsequent communication) the principle according to which commitments consisting in enforcement of a compliance program justify, subject to conditions, a reduction of the fine (Sector for resilient and textile floorings), 18 October 2017, Concurrences N° 1-2018, Art. N° 86252, pp. 163-164

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