Framework contract of distribution: The French Competition Authority decides on the agreement existence and on the anticompetitive practice’s evidence in a framework contract of distribution and thoroughly applies the affecting trade between Member States criterion (Winchester/Beretta)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. By Decision No. 05-D-07 of February 24, 2005, on the practices implemented in the arms and ammunition markets the Council was once again invited to take a decision on allegations of price-fixing practices. A gunsmith had seized the Advice following the breakup, at the initiative of the Browning company Winchester (BW), of its commercial relations with the leading manufacturer with the Beretta-Benelli-Franki company of the French arms market at fire. Thus, far from simply extending an invitation to its distributors to comply with the recommended prices, the arms manufacturer had put their money where their mouth was, not only by organizing a monitoring by its