Chapter II: Responsibilities.

The Competition Authority may declare, in a reasoned decision, that the referral is inadmissible for lack of interest or standing on the part of the referrer, or if the facts are time-barred within the meaning of Article L. 462-7, or if it considers that the facts invoked do not fall within its jurisdiction. It may also reject the referral by reasoned decision if it considers that the facts invoked are…

I. – The Autorité de la concurrence may, in respect of matters falling within its remit and after prior information of the Minister responsible for the economy, communicate the information or documents that it holds or that it collects, at their request, to the European Commission or to the authorities of other States exercising similar powers, at their request, subject to reciprocity, and provided that the competent foreign authority is…

I.-For proceedings which have been the subject of information by the Competition Authority pursuant to Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003, the Competition Authority shall inform the European Commission and the national competition authorities of the other Member States of the European Union when it decides that there are no grounds for continuing the proceedings initiated and terminates them. The Autorité de la concurrence informs the European Commission and…

I.-The Autorité de la concurrence must be notified, for information purposes, at least four months before its implementation, of any agreement between undertakings or groups of natural or legal persons operating, directly or indirectly, one or more retail shops for mass-market products, or operating in the distribution sector as a central referencing or purchasing body for retail undertakings, aimed at negotiating the purchase or referencing of products or the sale…