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Two important information to remember from the Annual report on the control of foreign investments in France in 2022

Published on 9 May 2023, the Annual Report on the Control of Foreign Investments in France in 2022 mentions two important information. First, it presents the sanction procedure in the event of a breach of the rules on controlling foreign investments in France, which would suggest that the French Treasury could consider opening investigations in […]

  • By Jérémy BERNARD
  • On May 22, 2023
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Competition and distribution

The challenges of the new case law on anti-competitive practices in subcontracting and recovery of the CICE

Latest development in French case law on competition restrictive practices (pratiques restrictives de concurrence): the enforcement of the prohibition on obtaining an advantage without consideration or a disproportionate one to subcontracting relationships and to the claw back by the client of a part of the CICE French tax credit received by its subcontractors Decision of […]

  • By Jérémy BERNARD
  • On March 31, 2023
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Competition and distribution

Publishing of the first French Guidelines relating to the Control of Foreign Investments in France

Published on 8 September 2022, the French Guidelines on the Control of Foreign Investment in France sadly are an unfinished work

  • By Jérémy BERNARD
  • On September 15, 2022
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Competition and distribution

Criminal repression of competition law: establishing institutional links between the French National Financial Prosecutor’s Office and the French Competition Authority

New stage in the criminal repression of competition law: establishing institutional links between the French National Financial Prosecutor's Office and the French Competition Authority

  • By Jérémy BERNARD
  • On February 23, 2022
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Competition and distribution

French veto to the acquisition of Photonis par Teledyne

The European Court of Justice upheld the support schemes of the Member States of the European Union for cogeneration units being or not high-efficiency facilities

  • By Jérémy BERNARD
  • On December 23, 2020
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Competition and distribution

Strengthening the control of the European Commission on “killer acquisitions”

The European Court of Justice upheld the support schemes of the Member States of the European Union for cogeneration units being or not high-efficiency facilities

  • By Jérémy BERNARD
  • On October 2, 2020
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Competition and distribution

The European Court of Justice upheld the support schemes of the Member States of the European Union for cogeneration units being or not high-efficiency facilities

The European Court of Justice upheld the support schemes of the Member States of the European Union for cogeneration units being or not high-efficiency facilities

  • By Jérémy BERNARD
  • On September 24, 2020
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Competition and distribution

#COVID-19 : Confirmation by the Court of Appeals of Paris of the orders imposing on EDF to suspend the performance of the contracts for the sale of ARENH power due to force majeure

Confirmation by the Court of Appeals of Paris of the orders imposing on EDF to suspend the performance of the contracts for the sale of ARENH power due to force majeure

  • By Jérémy BERNARD
  • On August 24, 2020
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Competition and distribution

#COVID-19 : Adoption of the temporary reduction from 25% to 10% of the capital holding threshold, triggering the control of foreign investments

Adoption of the temporary reduction from 25% to 10% of the capital holding threshold, triggering the control of foreign investments

  • By Jérémy BERNARD
  • On July 29, 2020
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Competition and distribution

Draft Guidelines on agreements allowing to achieving sustainable objectives of the Dutch competition authority

On 9 July 2020, the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (Autoriteit Consument & Markt) released their draft Guidelines “Sustainability agreements” for a public consultation. As per this draft, the Dutch national competition authority aims at setting the criteria to authorize anticompetitive agreements which allow the achievement of sustainable objectives such as reducing carbon emissions.

  • By Jérémy BERNARD
  • On July 15, 2020
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Corporate law

France to expand the scope of its foreign investment control mechanism

France to expand the scope of its foreign investment control mechanism. During a hearing before the Economic Affairs Committee of the French National Assembly on 29 April 2020, Bruno Lemaire, French Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance, released a forthcoming modification of the rules governing the French foreign investment control mechanism.

  • By Jérémy BERNARD
  • On April 30, 2020
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