The Autorité de la concurrence publishes its opinion of 27 July 2023

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The Autorité de la concurrence publishes its opinion of 27 July 2023 on a draft decree on various services provided in connection with the register of security interests over movable property and amending certain provisions of the French Commercial Code (code de commerce). Having been referred to by the Government, the Autorité issued an opinion

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The Autorité de la concurrence rejects Mediapro’s complaint due to lack of priority

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Since Ordinance 2021-649 of 26 May 2021, which transposes a 2019 European Directive (“ECN+ Directive”) into French law, the Autorité may, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 462-8 of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce), "reject the complaint by reasoned decision [...] for complaints received pursuant to II and IV of Article

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The General Rapporteur of the Autorité de la concurrence indicates that an unannounced inspection was carried out in the graphics cards sector

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Following authorisation from a liberty and custody judge, the investigation services of the Autorité de la concurrence carried out a dawn raid at the premises of a company suspected of having implemented anticompetitive practices in the graphics cards sector. Press release of 27 September 2023 The General Rapporteur of the Autorité de la concurrence indicates

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The Autorité sanctions the French National Confederation of Tobacconists (Confédération nationale des buralistes de France)

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Following the transmission by the Directorate General for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control of a report prepared by the local network of the Minister of the Economy, the Autorité de la Concurrence has imposed a penalty of 750,000 euros on the French National Confederation of Tobacconists (CNBF) for cartel practices in the games

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