Tag: Autorité de la Concurrence
France: Regulator plans cartel fine for meal voucher firms
French antitrust body Autorité de la Concurrence plans to fine the four main French meal voucher firms for cartel formation, French daily Le Figaro...
France: Antitrust regulator announces its priorities for 2019
The Autorité de la concurrence has defined several priority actions for 2019 and has committed to an extensive strategic review exercise of its legal...
Most Favored Nation Clauses: A French Perspective on the Booking.com Case
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Olivier Billard, Pierre Honore, May 15, 2015
As e-commerce is soaring, competition authorities across...
Resale Price Maintenance in France
Charles Saumon, Nov 14, 2013
On October 10, 2013, the Paris Court of Appeals confirmed a landmark decision of the French Competition Authority condemning three...
National Competition Authorities in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom: Resources,...
Pierre-Andr Buigues, Roderick Meiklejohn, Aug 26, 2013
Rather than adopting an econometric approach based on a large number of countries, what this paper proposes is...
EU Court Narrows Scope of the De Minimis Principle
Cormac Little, Jul 15, 2013
A recent court decision has significantly narrowed the application of the de minimis principle under EU competition rules.
In late 2012,...
Competition Advocacy in France: A Leverage for Compliance with EU Law?
Liza Bellulo, Jun 28, 2013
The Autorité de la concurrence has been entrusted with an advisory role for 26 years, but since 2008 this function...
Framework-Document of 10 February 2012 on Antitrust Compliance Programmes
Feb 22, 2012
On February 10, the Autorité de la Concurrence in France issued its framework document on compliance programs; we've attched a link to...
Enforcers Consideration of Compliance Programs in Europe: Are 2011 Initiatives Raising...
Nathalie Jalabert-Doury, Gillian Sproul, Feb 14, 2012
In Europe, compliance programs have been implemented by companies for many years. However, few competition authorities had clarified...