French Competition Law Newsletter

Below are links to French Competition Law Newsletters that Cleary publishes regularly.


2025

December 2024 - February 2025

Highlights

  • The French Competition Authority recommends ending regulated electricity tariffs
  • The French Competition Authority conditionally clears Intermarché’s acquisition of 200 Casino stores after having granted a derogation from the suspensive effect of merger control
  • The French Competition Authority imposes a €14 million fine in the inter-island air transport sector
  • Paris Court of Appeals clarifies the scope of its referral of the TDF/Itas merger back to the French Competition Authority
  • The French Competition Authority fines 12 manufacturers and distributors €611 million for vertical price-fixing in the household appliances sector
  • The Paris Court of Appeal confirms that the limitation period applying to claims for damages starts from the French Competition Authority’s decision and is not interrupted by prior investigatory action
  • The French Competition Authority is contemplating introducing call-in powers to review below-threshold mergers

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2024

September

January


2023

Summer

April

March

February

January


2022

November – December

October

September

July – August

June

May

April

March

February

January


2021

December

November

October

September

July – August 

June

May

April

March

January – February 


2020

December

November

October

July – August 

June

May

April

March

February

January


2019

December

November

October 

September  

July – August

June 

May 

April