Margin squeeze: The Paris Court of Appeal confirms the sanction of margin squeeze practices in the fixed telephony sector (France Télécom / SFR)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. In a ruling handed down on 2 April 2008 on referral after cassation in the case of of "fixed-to-mobile" pricing for incoming calls, the Court of Appeals of Paris, otherwise composed, confirmed the decision in all respects. Council Decision No 04-D-48 of 14 October 2004. Discussions focused on two points: a procedural point concerning the admissibility of new pleas before the referring court and a question of the need to demonstrate the existence of an object or a substance that is of an anti-competitive effect. It will be remembered that, seized by an association of telecoms sector complaining about the pricing conditions practiced by the three integrated