The French Commercial Supreme Court rules that the Minister’s action is an independent right of action (Galec)

Before the NRE Law (Nouvelles régulations économiques) [1] the courts were divided over the question of whether the Minister for the Economy had jurisdiction to ask courts to order the annulment of contracts containing provisions to implement restrictive practices or to award damages to victims of such practices. In some cases, the courts rejected such actions on the grounds that nul ne plaide par procureur, principle according to which no one may claim in court by proxy (see Court of appeal of Paris, 9 June 1998, LawLex200200210JBJ, confirmed by the Commercial Supreme Court (Cour de

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  • Vogel & Vogel (Paris)

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Joseph Vogel, The French Commercial Supreme Court rules that the Minister’s action is an independent right of action (Galec), 8 juillet 2008, e-Competitions July 2008, Art. N° 22608

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