Private enforcement : The Senate passes the bill of a new law on consumption that significantly extends the powers of the Minister of Economy regarding local anticompetitive practices

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. The Senate adopted the bill on consumption during the night of Friday 13 to Saturday 14 September 2013 (at 00:32). Among the amendments adopted which relate directly or indirectly to the competition rules are the following: – Amendment No. 699 is designed to enable the staff of the Competition Authority's investigation services to use simple investigative powers for all of their tasks, in particular to carry out sectoral investigations, if necessary at the request of the Minister of the Economy, or to verify, before any litigation is initiated, the execution of