"An extract from The 2009 European Antitrust Review - a
Global Competition Review special report - www.globalcompetitionreview.com"
French cartel regulation is no longer only based on sanctions
but also on a dialogue that allows more pragmatism and weakens the
structure of anti-competitive practices. The successful
implementation of all the components of the French leniency
programme has made the French competition authority tend to become
a regulator and this role will be further enhanced by the creation
of the new competition authority.
Working In Tandem – The Enforcement Agencies
Regarding cartels, the principal competition authority with
responsibility for enforcement is the Conseil de la Concurrence
(the Conseil). Set up in 1986, the Conseil is an independent
authority responsible for the analysis and regulation of
competition in the French market under the relevant provisions of
French competition law. Investigations of cases referred to the
Conseil are
