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Paris court third ruling upholds perfume decision
Friday, 27 January 2012
The Paris Court of Appeal yesterday confirmed a decision by France’s former Competition Council to fine 15 perfume manufacturers and distributors for vertical price fixing, in the latest stage of a case that dates back to 1999.
France fines SRR for non-compliance
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
France’s Competition Authority has fined SRR, subsidiary of telecoms company SFR, €2 million for breaching emergency measures imposed on the company to address concerns of abuse of dominance.
Météo-France resolves predatory pricing issues
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
France’s Competition Authority has accepted remedies from weather forecast services provider Météo-France to address predatory pricing concerns.
France passes sugar merger
Monday, 23 January 2012
France’s Competition Authority has cleared a merger which will create the country’s second-largest sugar company.
France promotes competition in broadband roll-out
Friday, 20 January 2012
France’s Competition Authority has issued an opinion advising local government bodies on how to introduce a high speed internet network throughout the country while maintaining strong competition and without breaching state aid rules.
HP/Oracle dispute extends to France
Thursday, 12 January 2012
France’s Competition Authority has announced it will continue an abuse of dominance investigation of Oracle, but has rejected Hewlett-Packard’s (HP) demand for emergency measures against its rival.
Paris food retail market “highly concentrated”, says authority
Thursday, 12 January 2012
France’s Competition Authority has said the food retail market in Paris is “highly concentrated” and proposed structural commitments, prompting questions whether such remedies should become legally binding.
Willkie promotes in Paris
Thursday, 05 January 2012
Willkie Farr & Gallagher has promoted Faustine Viala to counsel in its Paris competition practice. She will become Willkie’s first antitrust counsel in Europe.
France punishes detergent cartelists
Thursday, 08 December 2011
France’s Competition Authority has today issued a record €361.3 million fine on the country’s largest laundry detergent producers for participating in a cartel, the highest ever in a case triggered by a leniency application.
French court overrules commercial code
Friday, 11 November 2011
Paris’s Commercial Court has judged that Orange Caraïbe and France Télécom may adduce documents drawn from a previous competition case to aid their defence in a follow-on claim brought by rival Outremer Télécom.
Gide promotes in Paris
Monday, 07 November 2011
Gide Loyrette Nouel LLP has announced the promotion of Emmanuel Reille to partner in its Paris competition practice. He will begin in his new role in the new year.
Canal Plus resubmits TPS merger to France
Friday, 28 October 2011
French TV broadcaster Canal Plus has resubmitted its application to merge with TPS after receiving a fine last month for failing to comply with commitments imposed in its 2006 merger with the same company.
Effective compliance programmes to earn reductions in fines
Friday, 14 October 2011
France’s Competition Authority looks set to become the first European agency to offer a guaranteed 10 per cent reduction in fines for companies that operate a meaningful compliance programme.
ECJ stands in support of online sales
Thursday, 13 October 2011
A decision by cosmetics company Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique to ban online sales of its products amounts to a restriction on competition by object, the European Court of Justice said today in a preliminary ruling.
OECD in push for engagement
Monday, 10 October 2011
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has today announced the creation of a new webpage that will publish up-to-date material on its discussions in a push to combat the time lag between its meetings and the production of its publications.
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