TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

The Competition Authority may be consulted by parliamentary committees on draft legislation and on any matter concerning competition. It gives its opinion on any competition issue at the request of the Government. It may also give its opinion on the same issues at the request of local and regional authorities, professional and trade union organisations, approved consumer organisations, chambers of agriculture, chambers of trade or local and regional chambers of…

The Authority must be consulted by the Government on any draft regulatory text instituting a new regime that has the direct effect of: 1° Subjecting the exercise of a profession or access to a market to quantitative restrictions; 2° Establishing exclusive rights in certain areas; 3° Imposing uniform practices with regard to prices or conditions of sale. .

At the request of the Government, the Competition Authority shall give its opinion on the regulated prices and tariffs referred to, respectively, in the second paragraph of article L. 410-2 and in l’article L. 444-1. This opinion is made public. The Competition Authority may also take the initiative of issuing an opinion on the regulated prices and tariffs mentioned in the first paragraph of this article. This opinion shall be…

The Authority may be consulted by the courts on anti-competitive practices defined in Articles L. 420-1 to L. 420-2-2 and L. 420-5 as well as Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and identified in the cases referred to them. It can only give an opinion after an adversarial procedure. However, if it has information already gathered in the course of a previous…

The Competition Authority may issue an opinion on any matter concerning competition. This opinion is made public. It may also recommend to the Minister responsible for the economy or the Minister responsible for the sector concerned to implement the measures necessary to improve the competitive operation of markets.