Olivier Beddeleem is a research lecturer at EDHEC Business School (France). His primary teaching and research interest is European legal strategy. The main focus of this research project is to study how companies and institutions can use the European Union and the EU legislation as a strategic tool. Olivier Beddeleem is an active member of the European Movement and was the president of the Young Europeans-Lille from 2007 to 2010. Since 2008, he published more than 150 articles on his blog (http://legalstrategy.canalblog.com) which focuses on the analysis of successful and unsuccessful European legal strategies. He was also involved in the organization of numerous conferences about the European Union and participated in the writing of several books related to the European Union and legal strategy.
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Summary On appeal of a decision by the Autorité de la concurrence, the Conseil d’Etat decides that SALTO, a French video streaming developed by several TV actors in France, does not infringe competition law Facts The French TV companies France Télévisions, Métropole Télévision (M6) and Télévision (...)
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French train company SNCF forced to open online ticket selling to competition Summary SNCF, which has a monopoly on rail transport in France, had to agree to let distributors other than its affiliate Voyages-Sncf.com sell its train tickets in France. Facts SNCF operates trains in France, (...)
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Summary The French competition authority held Groupe Amaury responsible for illegally preventing a new competitor from entering the market. Facts Groupe Amaury is the leader in the sports news market in France. Groupe Amaury is the owner of l’Equipe, the daily newspaper devoted to sports with (...)
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Summary The French competition authority held EDF responsible for illegally favoring its subsidiary on the solar energy market and was sentenced to pay a 13.5 million euro fine. Facts EDF is the leading energy producer and provider in France. They own a 90 to 95% market share on the market of (...)
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Summary In a court decision following the launch of the new Free Mobile offer in 2012 in France, both Free Mobile and Bouygues Telecom were fined by the Paris Commercial court for disparagement. Facts Up to January 2012, the mobile phone sector in France was composed of three major actors, (...)
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The French Competition authority fines the four major laundry detergent manufacturers for violating cartel legislation. Summary The French competition authority has fined a cartel between Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Henkel and Colgate Palmolive for a total amount of €367.9 million euros. (...)
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Summary The merger between TPS and Canal Satellite, Vivendi Universal and Canal plus Group’s satellite television subsidiary, was cancelled and the companies had to pay a 30 million euro fine and re-submit their merger. Facts In 2006, Canal plus group and Vivendi Universal group decided to (...)
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Summary ACCENTIV’KADEOS had to accept to give up exclusive dealing agreements with its affiliated partners to comply with competition law. Facts On March 2, 2010, TITRES CADEAUX asked the French Competition authority to take interim measures against ACCENTIV’KADEOS to prevent them from dealing (...)
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Summary CLUB PRIVE was fined for illegally selling HUGO BOSS branded clothes online. Facts In 2009, CLUB PRIVE conducted a short time selling of HUGO BOSS branded clothes on their website www.club-prive.fr. HUGO BOSS sued CLUB PRIVE on several grounds. In the first place, HUGO BOSS sued CLUB (...)
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I. Summary FNAC was sentenced for illegally violating an exclusive agreement with Kadeos for the distribution of gift payment cards. II. Facts Up to 2007, FNAC and KADEOS were two banners of the PPR distribution group (among other brands such as CONFORAMA or REDCATS). PPR developed KADEOS (...)
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Summary 11 French banks were fined for agreeing on fixed fees to be paid by banks for each interbank check, thereby distorting competition on the bank market. Facts Before 2002, interbank checks were physically transported from a bank to another, entailing processing costs and implying an (...)
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Le droit de la concurrence vise à instaurer une concurrence efficace sur le marché. Or, s’il est adéquatement employé, ce droit peut offrir un avantage commercial non négligeable aux entreprises faisant face à un opérateur puissant. Le comportement de Bouygues Telecom en France lors de l’augmentation (...)
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