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Article R462-5 of the French Commercial code

I.-The Competition Authority shall be informed in advance of the group purchasing agreements referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 462-10 when the following two conditions are met:

a) The total worldwide turnover excluding tax of all the undertakings or groups of natural or legal persons party to such agreements exceeds 10 billion euros;

b) The total turnover excluding tax achieved on purchases in France under such agreements by all the undertakings or groups of natural or legal persons party to such agreements exceeds 3 billion euros.

II.-For the purposes of assessing the threshold referred to in b of I, two or more agreements within the meaning of Article L. 462-10 concluded within a period of two years between the same undertakings or groups of natural or legal persons shall be considered as a single agreement occurring on the date of the first.

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Article R462-5

I.-L’Autorité de la concurrence est informée de façon préalable des accords d’achats groupés mentionnés au premier alinéa de l’article L. 462-10 lorsque les deux conditions suivantes sont réunies :

a) Le chiffre d’affaires total mondial hors taxes de l’ensemble des entreprises ou des groupes de personnes physiques ou morales parties à de tels accords est supérieur à 10 milliards d’euros ;

b) Le chiffre d’affaires total hors taxes réalisé à l’achat en France dans le cadre de ces accords par l’ensemble des entreprises ou des groupes de personnes physiques ou morales parties à de tels accords est supérieur à 3 milliards d’euros.

II.-Pour l’appréciation du seuil mentionné au b du I, deux ou plusieurs accords au sens de l’article L. 462-10 conclus au cours d’une période de deux années entre les mêmes entreprises ou groupes de personnes physiques ou morales sont considérés comme un seul accord intervenant à la date du premier.

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