French Competition Authority Updates

Mar 13, 2024

The Autorité held a webinar discussing the impact of its opinion on land passenger transport, focusing on rail and contracted transport sectors.

Mar 4, 2024

The Autorité de la concurrence provided recommendations on two draft decrees concerning the codes of professional conduct for commissioners of justice and notaries in France.

Feb 27, 2024

A company in the port services sector in Mayotte is under scrutiny for allegedly abusing its dominant position by monopolizing cargo handling markets and imposing unfair trading conditions on importers.

Feb 26, 2024

The Autorité de la concurrence outlines its strategic plan for 2024-2025 to tackle challenges in the French and European economies, focusing on growth, reindustrialization, energy transition, and sovereignty.

Feb 21, 2024

The Autorité de la concurrence is conducting inquiries into the product rating systems sector to analyze its competitive functioning and impact on consumer purchasing decisions.

Feb 14, 2024

The Autorité de la concurrence has fined Chocolats De Neuville for restricting online sales by franchisees and hindering their commercial freedom.

Feb 7, 2024

The European Commission has adopted a revised version of its Market Definition Notice, which clarifies its methodology for defining the market under EU competition law and takes into account changes in the economy, including the development of digital markets.

Feb 7, 2024

The French Competition Authority has initiated an investigation into the generative artificial intelligence sector, focusing on the strategies employed by major digital players to consolidate their market power and expand in this growing industry.

Feb 6, 2024

Join the live Mobility webinar discussing the Autorité's opinion on land passenger transport, with a focus on rail and contracted transport sectors.

Feb 6, 2024

The Autorité de la Concurrence is hosting a webinar to gather feedback from industry players on competition in the rail and contracted transport sectors, focusing on the challenges faced by new entrants and ways to stimulate competition in transport markets.

Jan 30, 2024

The Autorité de la concurrence has conducted surprise inspections at companies suspected of anticompetitive practices in the energy cable distribution sector in French overseas territories.

Jan 24, 2024

The Autorité de la concurrence has joined the #StOpE initiative in 2024, as part of its commitment to fighting everyday sexism in the workplace.

Jan 17, 2024

The Autorité de la concurrence has published a new procedural notice on its leniency programme, providing greater clarity and predictability for undertakings seeking immunity from fines for anticompetitive practices.

Jan 15, 2024

The French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) and the Autorité de la concurrence have sent a letter to the French government with proposals to create a level playing field in the electricity market reform and protect consumers from sharp rises in wholesale prices.

Jan 11, 2024

The Autorité de la concurrence has approved Canal Plus Group's acquisition of OCS and Orange Studio, but with certain conditions to protect competition and the diversity of the French cinema offering.

Jan 10, 2024

The French competition authority has fined three professional canning associations and a can manufacturers' trade union, along with 11 member companies, for implementing practices that prevented competition on the presence or absence of Bisphenol A (BPA) in food containers.

Dec 25, 2023

The Autorité de la concurrence is seeking public consultation on a draft notice that aims to provide informal guidance to undertakings on the compatibility of their sustainable development projects with competition rules.

Dec 20, 2023

Benoît Cœuré, President of the Autorité de la concurrence, and Mattias Guyomar, senior judge at the Conseil d’Etat and the European Court of Human Rights, discussed the impact of European Court of Human Rights case law on the application of competition law in a recent @Echelle webinar.

Dec 19, 2023

The French Competition Authority has imposed a €13.5 million fine on Sony for abusing its dominant position in the PS4 video game controller market, following a complaint from Subsonic.

Dec 18, 2023

The French Competition Authority has imposed a €91.6 million fine on Rolex for preventing its authorized retailers from selling watches online, deeming it a violation of competition law.