Notion of abuse of dominance: The French Competition Authority rejects the request for provisional measures and for violation of competition law formulated by a incumbent tugboat operator which complained about the pratices in terms of working organisation implemented by its new entrant competitor (Port autonome du Havre)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Decision No. 08-D-18 of 30 July 2008 on the towing activities by the autonomous port of Le Havre and the new company (SNRH), which, although also concerning the Le Havre towing business, also of the port of Le Havre, is, it seems, unrelated to the previous one. The Council was seized in this case by the incumbent towing operator in this port, in a monopoly situation until the arrival of a new operator, in the late '90s. Having a hard time dealing with this new competition, the incumbent