Public intervention: The French Competition Authority issues an opinion on potential effects on the competition of public sector entities proposals for healthcare laundry facilities markets

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. The opinion delivered by the Competition Authority following the referral of the Groupement des Entreprises Industrielles de Services Textiles (GEIST) on 31 July 2014 largely echoes the opinion delivered the same day on the competition situation in the business accommodation sector. In both cases, the question concerns the compatibility with the competition rules of intervention by public entities on markets where they compete with companies. In the present case, it concerns competition with industrial laundry (and/or linen hire and maintenance) undertakings on the hospital markets by entities emanating from public hospitals. The hospital laundry market