In This Issue:
- Regulatory Authorities
- Energy
- Public Economy Law
- State Aid
- Contract
- Public Health
- In Brief
- Excerpt from Regulatory Authorities:
French Competition Authority – Conseil d’État refuses to refer to the Constitutional Council a Priority Preliminary Ruling on Constitutionality concerning the power of the Competition Authority to fine a company that did not give prior notice of a merger.
The applicant claimed that the provisions of I, Article L. 430-8 of the French Commercial Code, which allows the Competition Authority to fine companies that fail to give prior notice of a merger, infringed a number of constitutional principles. The applicant argued that failure to give prior notice constitutes no more than a simple omission of declaration, rendering the imposed fine disproportionate.
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