Fidelity rebates: The Paris Court of Appeal upholds qualification of collective entity of the duopoly Lafarge/Vicat and anticompetitive effect of fidelity rebates according to the quantities required but reduces fines (Corsican Cement)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – CA Paris, 1st ch. H, May 6, 2008, Lafarge Ciments SA and others.v. Council, Dec. No. 07-D-08 of 12 March 2007, "Ciment Corse". 25 million, the Competition Council had condemned the two cement manufacturers and their distributors for partitioning the supply market in Corsica to the detriment of foreign competitors, in particular Italian and Greek competitors (dec. no. 07-D-08 of 12 March 2007 relating to practices implemented in the cement supply and distribution sector in Corsica). It had adopted a twofold agreement: