Clifford Chance
The French Competition Authority launches a wide public consultation on new antitrust fining notice
25 January 2011
On 17 January 2011, the French Competition Authority ("FCA") unveiled its draft notice on antitrust fines. Companies are invited to comment on this draft until 11 March.
On 17 January 2011, the FCA issued a draft notice on antitrust fines, setting out for the first time in France a framework for the determination of fines to be imposed on companies that may infringe antitrust rules. This draft notice indeed provide guidance on the method that the FCA will apply in order to determine the level of fines.
