Agriculture - Professional associations: The French Competition Council regards favorably the setting up of associations of producers, subject to conditions, but opposes any mechanism of price fixing and suggests alternative means to reduce price volatility (Opinion)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – Conc. conc. opinion n° 08-A-07 of 7 May 2008 on the economic organisation of the fruit and vegetable sector Opinion after opinion, the Council is continuing its educational work in the agricultural sector, which is slowly opening up to the lessons of competition law. In this case, it is the economic organisation of the fruit and vegetable sector which, on referral from the Ministry of Agriculture, is the subject of the Council's examination. In the context of the entry into force on 1 January 2008 of a new common market organisation (CMO), the Minister had requested the Council's opinion on the validity, with regard to competition