Individualisation of sanctions: The Paris Court of Appeals reduces the fines imposed by the French Competition Authority in the Brittany growing-finishing pigs case (Groupe Bigard et al.)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. By way of a ruling https://groupes.renater.fr/sympa/d_... delivered on 25 September 2014 following appeals lodged against Decision No 13-D-03 of 13 February 2013 by four companies sanctioned by the Competition Authority in the "Breton pork butcher" case, the Paris Court of Appeal essentially confirms the methods used to calculate the penalties imposed (basis of assessment, seriousness of the facts, damage to the economy, proportion of the value used as the basis of assessment for determining the basic amount of the penalty, impact of the duration of the practices), with the notable exception of the individualisation of the penalty. However, this single