French Competition Law Newsletter

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


2025

March - April

Highlights

  • France Set to Increase Merger Control Notification Thresholds
  • French Competition Authority Fines Apple €150 Million for Abusive Implementation of Privacy Framework
  • The French Competition Authority conditionally clears Auchan’s acquisition of 98 food retail Casino stores

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December 2024 - February 2025


2024

December

The French Competition Authority Fines 12 Manufacturers and Distributors €611 Million for Vertical Price-Fixing in the Household Appliances Sector

Paris Court of Appeals clarifies the scope of its referral of the TDF/Itas merger back to the FCA

The French Competition Authority Imposes a €14 Million Fine in the Inter-Island Air Transport Sector

November

The FCA 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 Recommends Ending Regulated Electricity Tariffs

October

The French Competition Authority Fines Electrical Equipment Manufacturers and Distributors for Resale Price Fixing

September

French Competition Law Newsletter September 2024

August

The French Competition Authority Clears the Takeover of la Poste Telecom by Bouygues Telecom Unconditionally

July

The Paris Court of Appeals states that granting a stay of execution involves analyzing only the “manifestly excessive consequences” of a sanction imposed, and not its merits in Bisphenol A case

The DGCCRF publishes its annual report for 2023

June

Jérôme Vidal is the new Head of the Mergers Unit at the French Competition Authority

May

The French Competition Authority fines 11 companies involved in four infringements revealed by criminal searches in the pre-cast concrete sector

March

The Paris Court of Appeal sharply reduces the fines imposed by the FCA on members of a cartel in the ham and cold meat sector

February

The French Competition Authority publishes its roadmap for 2024-2025

The French Competition Authority fines Chocolats De Neuville for hindering its franchisees’ commercial freedom

January

French Competition Law Newsletter January 2024


2023

December

The French Competition Authority fines 15 industry players €20 million for having coordinated their strategy regarding the presence or absence of Bisphenol A in food containers

The French Competition Authority fines Sony for abusing its dominant position in the market for the supply of PS4 video game controllers

The French Conseil d’État refers a case to the Tribunal des Conflits to determine which court has jurisdiction to hear a claim relative to the protection of business secrets

French Competition Authority Sanctions Rolex With a Record Fine for Prohibiting Online Sales

The French Competition Authority publishes its revised leniency guidelines

The French Competition Authority Fines Mariage Frères for Anticompetitively Restricting its Distributors’ Commercial Freedom

October

The French Cour de cassation dismisses L’Oréal’s action against the 189 million euro fine imposed by the French Competition Authority in 2014 for alleged price fixing

The French Competition Authority Issues its Opinion to the Government on Meal Vouchers

France Prohibits Acquisition of Nuclear Reactor Parts Suppliers by U.S. Firm Under FDI Rules

September

The French Competition Authority fines French tobacco shops trade union for boycotting practices in the distribution of gambling games

The French Competition Authority fines companies for colluding to fix nuclear dismantling tenders

The French Cour de cassation dismisses Carrefour’s appeal in relation to its follow-on damage claim against Vania

Summer

French Competition Law Newsletter Summer 2023

May

The French Conseil d’Etat clarifies the start date of the limitation period applicable to a public entity claiming damages for anticompetitive practices and whose management bodies took part in such practices

The French Competition Authority orders interim measures against Meta regarding practices implemented in the online ad verification sector

April

French Competition Law Newsletter April 2023

March

French Competition Law Newsletter March 2023

February

French Competition Law Newsletter February 2023

January

French Competition Law Newsletter January 2023


2022

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2021

December

November

October

September

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June

May

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March

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2020

December

November

October

July – August 

June

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April

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2019

December

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April