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Article R420-1 of the French Commercial code

Agreements submitted to the Minister responsible for the economy, pursuant to II of Article L. 420-4, are accompanied by the following information:

<1° Detailed identification of the undertakings party to the agreement;

2° The objectives set by the agreement;

3° The delimitation of the market concerned by the agreement;

4° The products, goods or services concerned;

5° The substitutable products, goods or services;

6° The market shares held by each party to the agreement (in volume and turnover);

7° The impact on competition.

If the companies consider that some of the documents included in this file are of a confidential nature, they may mark the document: “business secret”. In this case, the minister in charge of the economy will ask them to indicate the information they wish not to be mentioned in the decree and in the opinion of the Competition Authority.

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Article R420-1

Les accords présentés au ministre chargé de l’économie, en application du II de l’article L. 420-4, sont accompagnés des informations suivantes :

1° L’identification détaillée des entreprises parties à l’accord ;

2° Les objectifs fixés par l’accord ;

3° La délimitation du marché concerné par l’accord ;

4° Les produits, biens ou services concernés ;

5° Les produits, biens ou services substituables ;

6° Les parts de marché détenues par chaque partie à l’accord (en volume et en chiffre d’affaires) ;

7° L’impact sur la concurrence.

Si les entreprises estiment que certains des documents inclus dans ce dossier présentent un caractère confidentiel, elles peuvent porter sur ce document la mention : ” secret des affaires “. Dans ce cas, le ministre chargé de l’économie leur demande de lui indiquer les informations dont elles souhaitent qu’il ne soit pas fait mention dans le décret et dans l’avis de l’Autorité de la concurrence.

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