European competition network: The French Competition Authority and the Bundeskartellamt exchange information in the course of the investigation of a cartel in the in the packaged flour sector (Packaged flour marketed in the food retailing sector)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Concordant Aut. dec. no. 12-D-09 of 13 March 2012 on practices implemented in the food flour sector Decision No 12-D-09 of 13 March 2012 by which the Competition Authority sanctioned 17 producers of bagged flour to the tune of EUR 242.4 million provides a good illustration of the cooperation mechanisms existing within the European Competition Network and the challenges to which they may give rise. Following visits and seizures carried out in Germany by the Bundeskartellamt, a German miller applied for leniency to the Bundeskartellamt and, at the same time, to the Competition Authority. The latter in turn carried out