Competence of the Competition Authority: The Paris Court of Appeal confirms that the Competition Authority had competence to sanction infringements committed before the expiry of the ECSC Treaty (AMD Sud-Ouest)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – CA Paris, ch. 5-7, 19 January 2010, AMD Sud-Ouest and others. v. Council, Dec. No. 08-D-32 of 16 December 2008 on practices in the steel products trading sector In a decision dated January 19, 2010, the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed the decision of the French Competition Council 08-D-32 of December 16, 2008. in the Steel Merchanting Cartel case, in so far as it had declared itself competent to sanction, after the expiry of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (hereinafter 'the ECSC Treaty'), anti-competitive conduct which began before the expiry of that Treaty on 23 July 2002 and continued after that date. For the purposes of