Category: VOGEL NEWS
The specific characteristics of distribution in the overseas departments with regard to import exclusivities
The distribution of products and services in the French overseas departments (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Reunion, Martinique and Mayotte) has many particularities. Different payment terms, a separate tax regime – including dock dues, which make imports more expensive – and the individual characteristics of each department make these markets distinct from metropolitan France with specific sales
The firm has submitted observations to the Commission on the proposed Motor Vehicle block Exemption regulation and guidelines
The firm has submitted observations to the Commission on the proposed Motor Vehicle block Exemption regulation and guidelines Vogel & Vogel have submitted to the Commission their comments on the draft Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation and the draft Guidelines , while emphasizing the positive and negative elements of the texts submitted to consultation. CONSULT
The Competition Authority has cleared the acquisition of Caroll by the Beaumanoir Group without conditions!
The Competition Authority has cleared the acquisition of Caroll by the Beaumanoir Group without conditions! Vogel & Vogel assists Beaumanoir in its acquisition of Caroll. PRESS RELEASE
The French Competition Authority’s new Notice on Fines of 30 July 2021
The French Competition Authority’s new Notice on Fines of 30 July 2021: what will change for undertakings and associations of undertakings The Competition Authority undertakes to state the reasons for its decision not to follow the methodology of its notice, in particular when the characteristics of the alleged offenses, the activity of the parties concerned,
The reaction by the law firm ‘Vogel’ to the measures to restrict the protection of visible spare parts in the automotive sector
In a press release published on 25 August 2021 the Autorité de la Concurrence welcomed the adoption of the law n° 2021-1104 of 24 August 2021 leading to the gradual opening to competition of visible spare parts in the automotive sector. The Autorité de la concurrence expressed its satisfaction, after having advocated this measure since 2012.
Vogel & Vogel assisting Beaumanoir for the acquisition of Caroll
Paris, 17 June 2021 Vogel & Vogel is currently assisting Beaumanoir in its acquisition of Caroll. Vogel & Vogel’s team consisting of Joseph Vogel, Laurence Boudailliez and Charles Héran is acting as advisor to Beaumanoir in the Caroll takeover process.
FinTech sector in the firing line
Mindful of the significant changes that have impacted payment activities in recent years, the French Competition Authority, which had taken up the case of its own initiative in January 2020, has issued its opinion on the competitive situation in the sector of new technologies applied to financial activities. In it, it points to several anticompetitive