Mitigation of the fine: The Paris Court of Appeal reduces the fines amount of three firms in the plywood sector (Ets A. Mathé)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. CA Paris, ch. 5-7, 29 September 2009, Ets A. Mathematics a.o.v. Council of State, Dec. 08-D-12 relating to practices implemented in the plywood production sector. Following an application for leniency, six plywood companies were sanctioned on May 21, 2008 by the Competition Council for illegal price fixing. The sanctioned companies appealed to the Paris Court of Appeal, which, in addition to procedural issues (see Procedural Chronicle), had to examine the reform allegations. Four companies contested the fact that there had been a cartel; two others contested only the amount of the sanction.