A subsequent appeal by Janssen-Cilag was dismissed by the French Supreme Court.

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Finally, the ULD appealed to the Court which then decided to stay the proceedings and refer a number of questions to the ECJ for a preliminary ruling.

On 15 January 2013, the Cour de Cassation, France’s highest court, ruled that Jaguar Land Rover France has the right to limit the number of dealers appointed to its selective distribution network in France.

On 19 December 2013, the French Competition Authority (FCA) imposed a fine of € 15.3 million on pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough for defaming a generic drug that competes with its brand name Subutex drug and for granting unjustified price cuts to pharmacies in breach of Article 102 TFEU.

The Court of Appeal confirmed the decision of the French Competition Authority finding that Bang & Olufsen had breached Article 101 TFEU.

On 24 April 2013, the French Supreme Court ruled that the powers of inspectors to globally seize electronic mailboxes are limited by the rights of the defence and, more specifically, the legal professional privilege.

The Paris Court of Appeal has recently upheld the fine of € 17,000 imposed by the French Competition Authority on Pierre Fabre for banning online sales of its cosmetics, following guidance provided by the Court of Justice of the European Union in a preliminary reference ruling handed down on 13 October 2011.

On 30 October 2014, the FCA granted its approval for Altice to take sole control of mobile-telephone operator SFR, subject to certain commitments.

In 2012 and 2013, the German Federal Cartel Office ("FCO") had imposed a total fine of € 191 million on ThyssenKrupp for its participation in a cartel on the market for the sale of rail tracks and rail equipment.

On 21 December 2011, the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court (the Court), sitting as the court of last instance, decided an important case concerning the right of a manufacturer of passenger vehicles to refuse to appoint a repairer applying to be admitted to its authorised repair network.

In 2006, the FCO had previously found that SodaStream (then known as Soda Club) had abused its dominant position on the German market for the refilling of gas cylinders.

By decision of 15 May 2012, recently published, the German Federal Court of Justice ("the Court") annulled a decision of the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart ("HRCS"), by which the latter had annulled a decision of the federal cartel office ("FCO") finding that a dominant water supplier had imposed excessive prices on its retail customers.

In a decision of 26 February 2013, the German Federal Court of Justice has confirmed the constitutionality of Section 81(4), 2nd sentence, of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition.

On 30 June 2013, the Eighth Amendment to the German Act Against Restraints of Competition has entered into force.

In 2008, the European Commission found that several undertakings, including ABB, had participated in a cartel in the gas-insulated switchgear market.

The ruling resulted from a civil claim for damages brought by the electricity company TenneT against the gas-insulated switchgear ("GIS") manufacturer ABB.

On 18 January 2015, a major reform of Polish competition law entered into force.

On 7 November 2018, the Spanish Competition authority ("CNMC") published a set of provisional guidelines on the calculation of fines for infringements of competition law.

On 22 December 2017, the Spanish High Court (Audiencia Nacional) delivered a judgment annulling a 2015 decision adopted by the Spanish Competition Authori ...