France: Cartels, Monopolies

Le gouvernement américain veut forcer Google à céder Chrome, citant des pratiques anticoncurrentielles. Cette décision pourrait profondément transformer la recherche en ligne et l'industrie technologique.

Read the interview given by Paris Antitrust & Competition Partner Nathalie Jalabert-Doury to ActuEL Direction Juridique,

Tree Roots was painted by Van Gogh on the same day of his suicide attempt in Auvers-sur-Oise, July 27, 1890. On the canvas, an interlacing of trunks, stumps and roots crawling towards the ground...

In a decision dated 5 December 2018, the French Competition Authority severely fined six household appliance manufacturers – all among the largest in the sector – for having agreed on price increases ...

On December 5, 2018, the French Competition Authority (FCA) fined six large household appliance manufacturers a total of €189 million

The FCA said the significant fine reflected the gravity of the offence and the long duration of the anticompetitive behavior, which for one company lasted 23 years.

On December 16, 2008, the French Competition Council imposed fines of €575 million on 11 steel products traders for colluding to fix prices and to share the market in violation of the antitrust laws of the EC and France. This is the highest total fine ever imposed on a cartel by the Council. The fine shows that the Council is moving in the same direction as the European Commission in fighting and "cracking down" on hard-core cartels.