Competition Authority capacity in its advisory function: The French Competition Authority considers that it cannot pronounce on a general agreement in its advisory capacity, but agrees to reply to the general questions on competition (Agricultural raw material)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Aut. conc. opinion No. 11-A-11 of July 12, 2011 on contract negotiation methods in the livestock sector in a context of volatile agricultural commodity prices. (See also, infra, "Procedures" column, obs. C. Lemaire and S. Naudin) Opinion after opinion, the Competition Authority is continuing and deepening its work to explain and educate on competition law in the agricultural sector, particularly following the development of the contractualisation mechanisms introduced into the Rural and Maritime Fisheries Code ("CPMR") by the Law on the Modernisation of Agriculture and Fisheries ("LMAP") of 27 July 2010 (for an overview, see Mr Debroux, "Agriculture and