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Following a request for leniency from seven wallpaper producers for engaging in anticompetitive conduct, the French Competition Authority (FCA) recently sanctioned them in the amount of 5.27 million euros (US$6.6 million).

The FCA found that these manufacturers had, for each of these markets, coordinated their commercial policy towards large retail chains as well as coordinated their price increases from 2003 to 2006.

The French Competition Authority has opened a public consultation to evaluate its two-year-old informal guidance framework that helps organizations determine whether their sustainability initiatives comply with competition law. Since its introduction in May 2024, the framework has issued five guidance letters covering diverse environmental projects, from carbon footprint platforms to retail sector sustainability commitments.

The FCA is currently considering a further revision of the 2001 French leniency program, which has already been the subject of two procedural notices.

On September 24, 2024, the Criminal Division of the Cour de Cassation ("Court of Cassation") issued a noteworthy ruling on the enforceability of attorney-client privilege in the event...

The French Supreme Court has recently ruled that national competition authorities are allowed to take enforcement actions against companies found to be in breach of Article 101 TFEU.

On 31 August 2012, the Paris Court of Appeal handed down two orders confirming the legality of a search warrant and antitrust inspections carried out in 2009 by the French competition authority at the premises of Amaury, a publisher of daily newspapers (including the sports daily L’Equipe).

The new law makes certain substantial adaptations to the procedures before the French Competition Authority.

BPIfrance a lancé en janvier un nouvel appel à projet « Concours d'innovation i-Nov », ouvert jusqu'au 11 avril 2023. Il s'agit du onzième appel à projet de ce type pour la banque publique...

The FCA considered that the improved commitments offered by Nespresso adequately lifted the technical, legal and commercial barriers to entry for other manufacturers.

The French competition and consumer authority (the DGCCRF) imposed a €1.1 fine on Google for using its algorithm to rate hotels in a way that had misled consumers.

BPIfrance a lancé le 31 juillet un nouvel appel à projets « Concours d'innovation i-Nov », ouvert jusqu'au 27 septembre 2023. Il s'agit du douzième appel à projets de ce type pour la banque...

The Court of Justice of the European Union introduces, for the first time, the concept of a supplier's parallel obligation in the context of exclusive distribution agreements.