By decree of the President of the French Republic of 4 January 2024 , Gaëlle Dumortier, senior judge at the French Administrative Supreme Court (Conseil d’État), has been appointed to the Board of the Autorité de la concurrence, as one of its appointees drawn from current or former members of the French Administrative Supreme Court
The Autorité submits for public consultation a draft notice aimed at providing undertakings with informal guidance on the compatibility of their projects with competition rules Sustainability is a key priority for the Autorité de la concurrence and part of its 2023-2024 roadmap. The Autorité wants to support undertakings that wish to pursue projects in the
Following a referral from Subsonic, a French manufacturer of video game controllers, the Autorité has fined Sony (four group companies, including the Japanese parent company) for abusing its dominant position in the market for the supply of video game controllers for PlayStation 4 (PS4) consoles for more than four years. The Autorité has sanctioned two
Following referrals from the Union de la Bijouterie Horlogerie and Pellegrin & Fils, as well as dawn raids, the Autorité de la concurrence has fined Rolex France (jointly and severally with Rolex Holding SA, the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation and Rolex SA) for prohibiting its retailers from selling Rolex watches online for more than ten years.
The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) and the Autorité de la concurrence publish a joint declaration, “Data protection and competition: a common ambition”, wherein they confirm their will to deepen their cooperation and explain how data protection and competition can be taken into account in their actions. Press release of 12 December 2023 Data protection
