Press sector: The French Competition Authority declares itself incompetent to rule on decisions adopted by the regulator of the retail industry of the press (Messageries lyonnaises de presse)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. By a decision dated 6 May 2013, the Competition Authority declares itself incompetent to rule on decisions adopted by the regulator of the press distribution sector. The decision clarifies not only the extent to which regulation is not an economic activity, but also the division of roles between the Competition Authority and the press distribution regulator. In the present case, the Messageries lyonnaises de presse (MLP) referred to the Competition Authority practices implemented by Presstalis and the Conseil supérieur des messageries de presse (CSMP) in the press distribution sector. At issue were two decisions adopted by the CSMP relating, firstly, to the