Breach of commitments : The French Competition Authority imposes a fine and a periodic penalty payments to an economic interest group for failure to comply with commitments undertaken under Article L.464-2 I of the French commercial code (Les Indépendants)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Aut. conc., Dec. no. 15-D-02 of 26 Feb. 2015 relating to compliance by the EIG "Les Indépendants" with the commitments made in Competition Council Decision no. 06-D-29 of 6 Oct. 2006. The decision handed down by the Competition Authority on 26 February 2015 against the EIG "Les Indépendants" is a second example, after the case of the commitments made by the City of Marseille (Aut. conc., dec. no. 11-D-10 of 6 July 2011), of sanctions for non-compliance with commitments entered into pursuant to Article L. 464-2 I of the French Commercial Code. While the Authority's previous decisions on compliance with commitments or injunctions have sometimes hesitated