Proposal for a directive: The European Parliament and the Council adopt a proposal for a directive in business-to-business relationships in the food supply chain aiming to prohibit certain unfair practices and to create national public authorities to investigate complaints

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. French law on practices restricting competition is being emulated. France is often singled out for its abundant regulations designed to preserve the precarious balance between suppliers and distributors. This trend is not about to be reversed, particularly in the agricultural sector. The French government is presenting a bill for the balance of trade relations in the agricultural and food sector (Bill No. 627, February 1, 2018, Concurrences No. 2-2018, No. 86895, pp. 101 - 103) In the agri-food sector, the Commission has been reluctant to intervene in a binding manner