In the latest issue of the Revue Lamy de la concurrence (No 164, October 2026), Louis Vogel and Joseph Vogel analyze how French law has evolved in response to price fluctuations, ten years after the reform of contract law. They highlight a paradox: while contract law allows prices to evolve while penalizing abuses, competition law
Vogel & Vogel advised BKW Group, a long-established energy supplier in Switzerland, on the competition law aspects of its acquisition of sole control over Volterres, a company specializing in the supply of green electricity. The transaction was cleared by the Competition Authority in a decision dated 11 May 2026. The Vogel & Vogel team was
Can arbitration clauses prevent a professional association from bringing an independent action to defend the collective interests of its members? The judgment handed down by the Paris Court of Appeal on 13 May 2026 in the dispute between the Carrefour Group Franchisees Association and several companies within the group raises this fundamental question. Beyond the
In a press release dated 14 January 2025, the Competition Authority announced the launch of a public consultation on the introduction of a merger control system for transactions below the notification thresholds provided for in Article L. 430-2 of the Commercial Code. READ MORE
The Ordinance of 1 December 1986 had overhauled and thoroughly reformed French competition law by decriminalizing it to a large extent. In a coherent and logical manner, it had entrusted the repression of anti-competitive practices by undertakings to an administrative authority (Competition Council, now Competition Authority) with the power to impose administrative penalties. READ MORE
In a bill dated 31 October 2024, the Barnier government decided to abandon the proposed law aimed at reforming the class action regime in France. Initiated by members of the French parliament in 2023, the bill was intended to strengthen and broaden the existing framework for class actions, first introduced into French law in 2014
Should the exclusive distributor be protected from active sales in its territory by the supplier’s other buyers, as part of the so-called ‘parallel’ imposition requirement? Find out what our experts have to say on this fundamental question addressed by Advocate General Leila Medina in her conclusions of 9 January 2025 in CJEU Case C-581/23 Beevers
In a press release published on 29 October 2024, the Competition Authority announced that it had unconditionally authorized the acquisition of Bio Habitat by the Trigano group. This authorization follows an examination of the transaction’s effects on the relevant market, namely the French mobile-home market. According to the Trigano group, the operation should be completed
In its ruling of 24 October 2024, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) confirmed the General Court’s annulment of the Commission decision of 13 May 2009, which had fined Intel EUR 1.06 billion for abuse of a dominant position on the x86 microprocessor market. The infringement in question essentially concerned the granting of exclusive rebates
Class actions have existed in French law since the Hamon Law of 2014 (Law No. 2014-344 of 17 March 2014). They were originally limited to consumer and competition law. As such, a nationally representative and approved consumer protection association may bring an action before a civil court in order to obtain compensation for individual losses
