The Autorité de la concurrence fines Mariage Frères teas for hindering its distributors’ commercial freedom

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Following a report prepared by the local network of the Minister of the Economy and submitted by the Directorate General for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF), the Autorité de la concurrence has imposed a €4 million penalty on the Mariage Frères group – one of France’s leading producers of premium teas –

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Mobility: the Autorité publishes its opinion on the competitive functioning of the land passenger transport sector

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The diversity, efficiency and cost of land passenger transport are essential for the proper functioning of the French production system and employment market, for French citizens to access education, training and health, and for social and regional cohesion. In addition, French work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions relies critically on the transport sector, the main

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Production and marketing of food and non-food product sectors: unannounced inspections

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The General Rapporteur of the Autorité de la concurrence indicates that unannounced inspections were carried out in the production and marketing of food and non-food product sectors. Press release of 27 November 2023 The General Rapporteur of the Autorité de la concurrence indicates that unannounced inspections were carried out in the production and marketing of

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Engineering, technology consulting and IT services sectors: statements of objections

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The General Rapporteur of the Autorité de la concurrence announces that several companies from the engineering, technology consulting and IT services sectors were notified of statements of objections regarding anticompetitive agreements in job markets Press release of 23 November 2023 The General Rapporteur of the Autorité de la concurrence announces that several companies from the

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Participation of the Autorité de la concurrence in the work of the G7 led by the Japanese presidency on digital competition

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The Autorité de la concurrence participates in the work of the G7 on digital competition, chaired this year by Japan. The creation of this working group is the result of an initiative by the French presidency of the G7 in 2019 to bring together the G7 competition authorities around the issues raised by the application

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