Interim measures : The French Competition Authority finds that an application for interim measures lodged pursuant to the dismissal of a first application but supported by new elements is admissible (although unfounded in this case) (Secteur de distribution de produits bruns)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Does the rejection of a first request for provisional measures which is the subject of an appeal preclude the filing by the applicant of a second request for provisional measures based on additional elements? It is this original situation that the Competition Authority was confronted with in its decision of 24 June 2015 on practices implemented in the distribution sector of brown goods (Aut. conc., dec. no. 15-D-11 of 24 June 2015, p. 15).). Back to the procedure The case originates in two complaints lodged respectively with the European Commission and the Authority by Competition against its supplier Samsung Electronics France ("Samsung"), alleging a