Paris Competition Newsletter

Competition Newsletter - February 2022

February 2022

France: On January 20, 2022, the European Commission published the results of its consumer Internet of Things sector inquiry (IoT), which it launched on July 16, 2020. The purpose of this inquiry was to better understand the IoT sector and to identify potential competition concerns.

Competition Newsletter - January 2022

January 2022

France: On December 2, 2021, the French Directorate General for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) published guidelines on the determination of penalties for late payments between professionals.

Competition Newsletter - December 2021

December 2021

France: On November 22, 2021, the Commission published the results of its public consultation on the draft revised rules for the vertical block exemption regulation (VBER) and guidelines on vertical restraints, launched on July 9, 2021.The comments received by the Commission mainly concern dual distribution, parity obligations, active sales restrictions and indirect measures restricting online sales.

Competition Newsletter – October 2021

October 2021

France: We focus this month on Hungary, where the Competition Authority encourages firms to compensate victims of anti-competitive practices to obtain a reduced fine.

Competition Newsletter – September 2021

September 2021

France: We start the autumn with a visit to Romania where our colleagues tell us about the heated debates around 5G and the restriction of authorized operators.

Competition Newsletter – July/August 2021

July/August 2021

France: This summer we are going to the Czech Republic where pharmaceutical companies have to prepare for the sector inquiry announced by the Czech competition authority.

Competition Newsletter - June 2021

June 2021

France: This month we invite you to Italy, where the competition authority proposed a settlement regime in antitrust proceedings.

Competition Newsletter - May 2021

May 26, 2021

France: This month we invite you to Russia, where the competition authority is announcing a new competition law compliance system that may result in less fines.

Competition Newsletter - April

April 2021

France: This month we invite you to Poland, where the competition authority has announced a definite tightening of its fines, a tightening that should particularly affect the Polish subsidiaries of foreign groups.

Competition Newsletter - March 2021

March 2021

France: Winston Churchill once said “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often”. Being a year of change, 2020 featured a substantive makeover of the Turkish Competition Act (“Act”), which has been in discussion since 2008 and accepted as of June 16, 2020.