I.-The Competition Authority may be seized by the Minister responsible for the economy of any practice referred to in Articles L. 420-1 to L. 420-2-2 and L. 420-5 or contrary to measures taken pursuant to l’article L. 410-3, or facts likely to constitute such a practice, as well as breaches of commitments made pursuant to Article L. 430-7-1 or made pursuant to merger decisions made before the entry into force of Order no. 2008-1161 of 13 November 2008 modernising the regulation of competition.
II.-For all practices mentioned in Articles L. 420-1 to L. 420-2-2 and L. 420-5 or contrary to the measures taken pursuant to Article L. 410-3, the matter may be referred to the Competition Authority by the undertakings or, for any matter concerning the interests for which they are responsible, by the bodies mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 462-1.
III.The General Rapporteur may propose that the Autorité de la Concurrence initiate an investigation of its own motion into the practices referred to in I and II and in Article L. 430-8 as well as breaches of commitments made pursuant to decisions authorising mergers that took place before the entry into force of Order No. 2008-1161 of 13 November 2008 modernising the regulation of competition.
IV.-The Competition Authority may be seized by the overseas regions, the Department of Mayotte, the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy, the collectivity of Saint-Martin and the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon of any practice mentioned in Articles L. 420-1 to L. 420-2-2 and L. 420-5 or contrary to the measures taken pursuant to Article L. 410-3, or of facts likely to constitute such a practice, concerning their respective territories.