


Lauriane Lépine
Lauriane Lépine is Deputy General Rapporteur at the French competition authority (“Autorité de la Concurrence”). She heads Antitrust Unit 4, in charge of antitrust cases in Medias, Financial Services, and Agriculture. Prior to her current position, she was Deputy Head of Mergers Unit (2017-2019). Before that, she was a case-handler in antitrust and mergers (2011-2016). Lauriane began her career as a lawyer in private practice specialized in French and EU competition law (2005-2010).
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Background The Competition Authority (thereafter “Authority”) dismisses alleged practices of predatory pricing and discriminatory practices in the market for renting of plastic bins and pallets in France implemented by the leader in the French market, Chep France (hereafter “Chep”), a subsidiary (...)
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In its decision dated 11 June 2008, the French Competition Council sanctioned four companies that tendered to a servicing of premises bid launched by a Public Office for moderate-rent housing, for violating Articles 81 of the EC Treaty and its French equivalent, article L. 420-1 of the (...)
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In a case dated 28 August 2007, the Court of Appeal of the city of Pau confirmed a judgment by the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Mont de Marsan in which the first judge annulled a Commissioning contract for violation of Article L. 420-1 of the French Commercial Code, the French equivalent of (...)
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Background On 29 June the French Commercial Supreme Court (“the Supreme Court”) ruled on a noteworthy case relating to anticompetitive agreements and exchange of information in the mobile telephony market. The case was decided on the basis of Article L. 420-1 of the French Commercial Code and (...)
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French Competition Council (Conseil de la Concurrence), 24 January 2007, Decision n° 07-D-04, rregarding practices implemented by the Jeff de Bruges franchise network (“relative à des pratiques mises en œuvre par le réseau de franchise Jeff de Bruges”) In a decision dated 24 January 2007, the (...)
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In its decision issued on 21 July 2006, the French Competition Council fined NGK Spark Plugs France (hereinafter “NGK France”), a French subsidiary of NGK Japan, active in the French market for spark plugs for two-wheel vehicles, for breach of both article 81 of the EC treaty and its French (...)
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The French Competition Council issued on the 14 April 2006 an opinion regarding the application of French and EC antitrust rules (Articles L. 420-1 and L. 420-2 of the French Commercial Code and Articles 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty) regarding the fruit and vegetables sector in the French region (...)
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In a decision dated 17 November 2005 (Decision n° 05-D-63), the French Competition Council sanctioned La Poste, the French postal service, for abusing its dominant position and imposed €1 million fine based on both Article L. 420-2 of the French Commercial Code and Article 82 of the EC Treaty. (...)
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In a recent decision, dated 12 October 2005 (Decision n° 05-D-55), the French Competition Council sanctioned the Comité Interprofessionnel des huiles essentielles françaises (“CIHEF”), a trade association composed of both producers and buyers of essential oils, for fixing minimum wholesale prices (...)