Abuse of economic dependence: The French Competition Authority rejects complaint against unfair and discriminatory trading conditions for lack of evidence (Canal Plus / Ligue de Football Professionnel)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. In a decision dated June 11, 2021, the French Competition Authority ("the Authority") rejected the complaint filed by Canal Plus Group ("GCP") for lack of evidence. ("GCP"), which alleged that the French Professional Football League ("LFP") had abused its dominant position by imposing unfair and discriminatory trading conditions in the context of the terms and conditions for the remarketing of football broadcasting rights returned by Mediapro. In this case, it should be recalled that the LFP has an exclusive mandate from the professional football clubs based in France to market the television broadcasting rights for League 1 and League 2 matches. It had