BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

When the rapporteur general proposes that the Autorité de la concurrence apply the provisions of III of Article L. 464-2, the parties and the Government Commissioner are informed either by a letter from the General Rapporteur, or via a secure electronic document exchange platform, at least three weeks before the day of the hearing.

The procedure referred to in IV of Article L. 464-2 is carried out by means of a request addressed either to the Director General of Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control or to the General Rapporteur of the Competition Authority. The request must be sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, via a secure electronic document exchange platform, orally or by any other appropriate means provided for by the…

I.-The total exemption from financial penalties provided for in IV of article L. 464-2 is granted when the following conditions are met: 1° The applicant satisfies the conditions laid down in article R. 464-5-4; > 2° It discloses its participation in a practice prohibited by Article L. 420-1; 3° He is the first to provide information which: either a) at the time the request is received by the Directorate-General for…

I.-The partial exemption from financial penalties provided for in IV of Article L. 464-2 is granted when the following conditions are met: 1° The applicant satisfies the conditions laid down in article R. 464-5-4; 2° It discloses its participation in a practice prohibited by Article L. 420-1; 3° It provides information that has significant added value in terms of establishing the existence of the practice in question, compared with the…

I.-The applicant may apply to the Director General of Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control or the General Rapporteur of the Competition Authority for a place in the order of arrival with a view to benefiting from the total or partial exemption from financial penalties referred to in IV of Article L. 464-2. The authorities to which the application is made will set a deadline to allow the applicant to…

In order to be granted total or partial exemption from pecuniary penalties, the applicant must meet all of the following conditions: 1° The applicant must end its involvement in the prohibited practice without delay and at the latest immediately after submitting its application, except for what would be, in the opinion of the general rapporteur of the Autorité de la concurrence, reasonably necessary to preserve the integrity of the investigation;…

I.-An applicant who has applied to the European Commission for total or partial exemption from financial penalties, either by allocating a place in the order of arrival with a view to benefiting from such an exemption, or by filing a full application, may, if this application refers to a prohibited practice covering the territories of more than three Member States, submit to the Autorité de la concurrence a summary application…

Notifications of meetings of the Competition Authority shall be sent at least three weeks before the day of the meeting, either by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or via a secure electronic document exchange platform. This time limit may be reduced by the general rapporteur when the Competition Authority convenes to rule pursuant to Article L. 464-1. The rapporteur who has investigated a case may present oral observations at…

For the application of article L. 464-6, the referrer and the Government Commissioner have two months to submit their written observations. They may present oral observations at the meeting.

I. – The Competition Authority’s decisions shall be notified either by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or via a secure electronic document exchange platform: 1° For the decisions referred to in Article L. 464-1, to the author of the request for precautionary measures, to the persons against whom the request is directed and to the Government Commissioner; 2° For the decisions mentioned in Article L. 462-8, to the author…