Stanislas Martin (French Competition Authority): Which balance between the effectiveness of competition procedures and the rights of defense?

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. A graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and ENA, you have held several positions within the DGCCRF, worked for the Permanent Representation of France to the European Union and, less conventionally, practiced for four years as a lawyer specializing in competition law within an international law firm. It is now a little over a year since you were appointed general rapporteur at the French Competition Authority. What distinguishes your approach from that of your predecessors, particularly with regard to respect for the rights of the defence at all stages of the procedure, in the context of competition investigations and then during the