CASE COMMENTS: ANTICOMPETITVE PRACTICES - AN APPRECIABLE RESTRICTION OF COMPETITION

Surprising interpretation of the sensitivity threshold: The Paris Court of Appeal confirms the decision of the French Competition Authority by proposing a surprising interpretation of the sensitivity threshold (Expédia ; Karavel ; SNCF)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – CA Paris, ch. 5-7, 23 February 2010, Expédia, Karavel, SNCF and others.against Cons. conc., Dec. no. 09-D-06 of February 5, 2009 relating to practices implemented by SNCF and Expedia Inc. in the online travel sales sector Would there be a new attempt to challenge the sensitivity threshold in French law? This is the question that can legitimately be asked on reading the decision of the Paris Court of Appeal of 23 February 2010 in the case of online travel sales ("voyages-sncf.com"). It is recalled that the SNCF company had, in order to develop its activity in the field of e-commerce, created a subsidiary which had itself created another one to develop the

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Laurence Nicolas-Vullierme, Surprising interpretation of the sensitivity threshold: The Paris Court of Appeal confirms the decision of the French Competition Authority by proposing a surprising interpretation of the sensitivity threshold (Expédia ; Karavel ; SNCF), 23 February 2010, Concurrences N° 2-2010, Art. N° 31238, pp. 73-75

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