The Competition Authority may, at the request of the Minister responsible for the economy, the persons mentioned in the last paragraph of Article L. 462-1 or companies, or on its own initiative and after hearing the parties involved and the Government Commissioner, take the protective measures it is asked to take or those it deems necessary.
These measures may only be taken if the practice in question causes serious and immediate harm to the general economy, to the economy of the sector concerned, to the interests of consumers or, where applicable, to the complaining undertaking.
They may include the suspension of the practice concerned and an injunction to the parties to return to the previous state. They must remain strictly limited to what is necessary to deal with the urgency pending a decision on the merits.