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Competition Law - Chapter 7 - French Business Law in Translation - 2nd Edition

 
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Author: George A. Bermann & Pierre Kirch
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Competition Law

This chapter sets out the most important substantive provisions regulating competition in France.


Historically, the Ordinance (ordonnance) of June 30, 1945 established price control regulations during the period immediately following World War II. In 1986, the Government launched a new program of economic liberalization, issuing the Ordinance of December 1, 1986, which laid down the general principle of freedom in pricing and competition. Finally, the Law on New Economic Regulations (“Loi NRE”) of May 15, 2001 codified the original 1986 Ordinance as part of the Commercial Code (code de commerce), but substantially
amended its rules, including the introduction of mandatory merger control notification procedures to replace the voluntary notification procedures of the previous twenty-five years. (The new merger control rules actually entered into effect one year later, upon promulgation of an implementing decree.)


Fundamental principles of competition law


Book IV of the Commercial Code, relating to freedom in pricing and competition, is the main source of competition law in France. Substantive provisions of French law prohibit anticompetitive agreements, the abuse of dominant market position and predatory pricing. In many cases, the underlying concepts of French law are identical or similar to concepts under European Union law. Indeed, there is a certain, ever-increasing convergence between the two, with, however, some notable differences. Thus for instance, whereas the
application of French rules on abuse of dominant market position is substantially similar to the EU rules, in practice French law has certain concepts which do not exist under EU law, such as the principle of abuse of a situation of economic dependence, as set out in Article 420-2 (2) of the Commercial Code.


The Loi NRE of May 15, 2001 marks a new page in French competition law in that it reflects the Government’s will to maintain the French rules in step with EC competition law. The codification of the competition statutes in the Commercial Code (Article L. 420-1 et seq.) has rendered the French rules set out in various pieces of legislation over the years easier to deal with. Since the promulgation of the Loi NRE in 2001, the French Government has continued to introduce new

Table of Contents

Full Table of Contents from "French Business Law in Translation - 2nd Edition"

CHAPTER I - CONSTITUTION OF FRANCE AND THE EUROPEAN TREATIES
A.        INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH CONSTITUTIONAL SOURCES AND FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS 
           OF EUROPEAN LAW
B.         OUTLINE
C.         BASIC GLOSSARY
D.        TRANSLATIONS
             -  THE DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND OF THE CITIZEN OF  AUGUST 26, 1789
             -  PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF OCTOBER 27, 1946
             -  THE ENVIRONMENT CHARTER 2004
             -  THE CONSTITUTION OF OCTOBER 4, 1958 (AS AMENDED)
             -  CONSOLIDATED VERSION OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY 
                (TREATY OF NICE VERSION,  AS ENTERED INTO FORCE ON FEBRUARY 1, 2003)

CHAPTER II - LEGAL PROFESSIONS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
A.        INTRODUCTION TO THE LEGAL PROFESSIONS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
B.         OUTLINE
C.         BASIC GLOSSARY
D.        TRANSLATIONS
            -  ATTORNEYS
            -  NOTAIRES
            -  THE COURT SYSTEM
            -  CIVIL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER III - GENERAL PRIVATE LAW PRINCIPLES
A.        INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL PRIVATE LAW PRINCIPLES
B.         OUTLINE
C.         BASIC GLOSSARY
D.        TRANSLATIONS
            -  CIVIL CODE
            -  UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS OF APRIL 11, 1980
             -  CONVENTION ON THE LAW APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS OPENED FOR SIGNATURE IN ROME ON JUNE 19, 1980

CHAPTER IV - GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND  COMPANY LAW
A.        INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND COMPANY LAW
B.         OUTLINE
C.         BASIC GLOSSARY
D.        TRANSLATIONS
            -  CIVIL CODE
            -  COMMERCIAL CODE

CHAPTER V - SECURITIES LAW AND FINANCIAL MARKETS
A.        INTRODUCTION TO SECURITIES LAW AND FINANCIAL MARKETS
B.         OUTLINE
C.         BASIC GLOSSARY
D.        TRANSLATIONS
            -  THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY
            -  PUBLIC OFFERINGS

CHAPTER VI - MONEY AND BANKING REGULATIONS
A.        INTRODUCTION TO MONEY AND BANKING REGULATIONS
B.         OUTLINE
C.         BASIC GLOSSARY
D.        TRANSLATIONS
            -  MONETARY AND FINANCIAL CODE

CHAPTER VII  - COMPETITION LAW
A.        INTRODUCTION TO COMPETITION LAW
B.         OUTLINE
C.         BASIC GLOSSARY
D.        TRANSLATIONS
            -  COMMERCIAL CODE

CHAPTER VIII - CONSUMER LAW
A.        INTRODUCTION TO CONSUMER LAW
B.         OUTLINE
C.         BASIC GLOSSARY
D.        TRANSLATIONS
            -  CONSUMER CODE
            -  LAW N°94-665 OF AUGUST 4, 1994 RELATING TO THE USE OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE.

CHAPTER IX - LABOR LAW
A.        INTRODUCTION TO LABOR LAW
B.         OUTLINE
C.         BASIC GLOSSARY
D.        TRANSLATIONS
            -  LABOR CODE

CHAPTER X - TAX LAW
A.        INTRODUCTION TO TAX LAW
B.         OUTLINE
C.         BASIC GLOSSARY
D.        TRANSLATIONS
            -  TAX CODE
            -  TAXATION OF UNDERTAKINGS
            -  ANNUAL TAX ON REAL PROPERTY
            -  VALUE ADDED TAX
            -  OTHER BUSINESS-RELATED TAXES
            -  REGISTRATION DUTIES

CHAPTER XI - INSURANCE LAW
A.        INTRODUCTION TO INSURANCE LAW
B.         OUTLINE
C.         BASIC GLOSSARY
D.        TRANSLATIONS
            -  INSURANCE CODE

CHAPTER XII - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
A.        INTRODUCTION TO INTELLECTUAL
            PROPERTY
B.         OUTLINE
C.         BASIC GLOSSARY
D.        TRANSLATIONS
            -  INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE

CHAPTER XIII - ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
A.        INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
B.         OUTLINE
C.         BASIC GLOSSARY
D.        TRANSLATIONS
            -  ENVIRONMENTAL CODE

CHAPTER XIV - PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
A.        INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
B.         OUTLINE
C.         BASIC GLOSSARY
D.        TRANSLATIONS
            -  PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE (2006)

CHAPTER XV - REAL ESTATE LAW
A.        INTRODUCTION TO REAL ESTATE LAW
B.         OUTLINE
C.         BASIC GLOSSARY
D.        TRANSLATIONS
            -  CIVIL CODE
            -  ZONING CODE
            -  COMMERCIAL CODE

Author Detail

George A. Bermann is the Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law and Walter Gellhorn Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, where he also directs the European Legal Studies Center. 

Pierre Kirch, a graduate of Dartmouth and the University of Paris Law School (Paris I and Paris II), a past president of the Dartmouth Club of France, immediate past chair of the EU law section of the Union Internationale des Avocats, currently serves as the rapporteur of AmCham EU's working group on State aid in Brussels. He is also a founding member of the Editorial Board of the French language quarterly review of competition law, Concurrences (Thomson/Transactive).