Building digital capacity to strengthen the ability of competition authorities to act: the ICN adopts a joint statement

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On 25 and 26 March, representatives from digital markets and technologist teams from competition and consumer protection authorities participated in the Technologist Forum organised in Washington D.C. (United States) by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as part of the International Competition Network (ICN). More than 20 agencies convened with the goals of sharing experiences and

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Aeronautics sector: the Autorité clears the takeover of Cobham Aerospace by Thales

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Thales notified the Autorité de la concurrence of its plan to acquire sole control of Cobham Aerospace. Following a careful examination of the possible effects of the transaction, the Autorité has cleared the acquisition unconditionally. Press release of 25 March 2024 Aeronautics sector: the Autorité clears the takeover of Cobham Aerospace by Thales See the

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Related rights: the Autorité fines Google €250 million

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Related rights: the Autorité fines Google €250 million for non-compliance with some of its commitments made in June 2022 The Autorité de la concurrence has fined Alphabet Inc., Google LLC, Google Ireland Ltd and Google France (hereafter “Google”) €250 million for failing to comply with some of the commitments made binding by Decision 22-D-13 of

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Takeover of Casino stores by Intermarché, Auchan and Carrefour: the Autorité de la concurrence grants derogations from the suspensive effect of merger control

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Intermarché, Auchan and Carrefour respectively notified the Autorité de la concurrence on 8 February, 27 February and 7 March 2024 of plans to acquire a total of 323 food retail stores currently operated by the Casino group, and, at the same time, requested derogations from the suspensive effect of merger control. Press release of 19

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Unannounced inspections in the medical biology sector

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The General Rapporteur of the Autorité de la concurrence indicates that unannounced inspections were carried out in the medical biology sector Press release of 15 March 2024 The General Rapporteur of the Autorité de la concurrence indicates that unannounced inspections were carried out in the medical biology sector See the press release Print the page

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