Interim measures : The French Competition Authority holds that the interim measures are not aimed at preventing a potential risk of anticompetitive practices (SFR)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. French Competition Authority, Decision No. 09-D-15 of April 2, 2009 relating to a request for precautionary measures filed by SFR concerning various practices implemented by the France Telecom Group in the mobile telephony and broadband Internet markets. Facts In the mobile telephony market, one operator had launched a promotional offer for the Christmas 2008 period, consisting of unlimited calls to metropolitan fixed lines and the only mobiles on its network for one year at 1 euro. Taking the view that such an offer was contrary to Articles L. 420-2 of the Commercial Code and 82 of the EC Treaty, a competitor