On February 6, 2024, the French Competition Authority ("l'Autorité") fined chocolate producer De Neuville 4 million euros for vertical agreements. This decision is interesting in several respects...more
5/23/2024
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) ,
Corporate Branding ,
Corporate Fines ,
Distributors ,
France ,
Franchises ,
Franchisors ,
French Competition Authority ,
Operating Agreements ,
Vertical Agreement
On May 10 2022, the EU Commission adopted the new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and Vertical Guidelines. The regulation includes several significant new developments including readjusting the safe harbour and providing...more
5/13/2022
/ Competition ,
Contract Terms ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Exclusivity ,
Exclusivity Clauses ,
Member State ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Safe Harbors ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) ,
V-BER (Vertical Block Exemption Regulation) ,
Vertical Agreement
The Competition and Distribution team of BCLP's Paris office reviews some key news from the end of 2020, in particular:
..The “Dammann Frères” decision of 3 December 2020 concerning the tea manufacturer's online sales...more
2/2/2021
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Competition Authorities ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Distributors ,
EU ,
France ,
French Competition Authority ,
French Supreme Court ,
Online Marketplace ,
Price-Fixing ,
Vertical Agreement