Retail distribution - Overseas territories : The French Competition Authority calls for enhanced competition in the DOM (Import and distribution of convenience goods in DOM)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Aut. conc. opinion No. 09-A-45 of 8 September 2009 on the mechanisms for importing and distributing consumer products in the overseas departments. Following the demonstrations and general strikes against the "high cost of living" that paralysed Guadeloupe, Martinique and Reunion Island in January and February, the Secretary of State for Overseas France referred the matter to the Competition Council, now the Competition Authority, on 18 February 2009 for an opinion on the competition situation in the overseas departments and regions, more specifically in the fuel sector and the import and distribution of consumer goods. The Authority, which gave its