Clifford Chance

Selective distribution systems: CJEU judgment in the Coty case

14 December 2017

The Court of Justice of the EU has ruled, in its judgment in the Coty case, that suppliers of luxury goods can prohibit the members of their selective distribution system from making online sales through discernible third party platforms. However, such platform bans will continue to give rise to risks under EU competition law for suppliers of nonluxury products with high market shares and for suppliers of any product for which sales over third party platforms account for a large proportion of internet sales.

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