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His practice focuses on the antitrust aspects of large M&A transactions and has worked on a number of matters for Rhodia, Virbac, Lacoste and Areva, among many other clients. As antitrust/competition counsel, he works regularly with French and EU authorities on antitrust and competition issues and regularly litigates before the French Competition Council and the Paris Court of Appeals. Mathieu Cot is one of three non-governmental advisers to the French antitrust agencies as members of the International Competition Network – the international body devoted exclusively to competition law enforcement – whose members comprise national and multinational competition authorities.</p></div> <div class="p"> <a href="//en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot#contact" class="btn btn-contact btn-contact-rwd btn-primary-border popin pull-left" data-href-popin="#contact">Contact</a> <div class="social-links social-links-rwd pull-right"> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-mathieu-cot-1478501/"> Linkedin</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-3 col-aside"> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section section_primary section_events"> <div class="section__container"> <div class="section__content"> <h2 class="content-inner-title"><span> <span class="small visites"><i class="picto picto-eye"></i> 3694</span> <span class="sep">|</span> Events</span></h2> 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class="m">Oct</span></span><span class="y"> 2022</span></span> </time> <meta itemprop="startDate" value="2022-10-18T16:00:00Z"> <meta itemprop="endDate" value="2022-10-19T20:00:00Z"> <span class="preview__meta preview__meta_location" itemprop="location">Paris</span> </div> <div class="preview__content"> <div class="introduction crayon article-descriptif-109156 "><p>Drinks & reception hosted by Concurrences to present the <a href="https://www.concurrences.com/en/all-books/">new book collection</a>. Authors, editors and contributors of Concurrences publications joined to share drinks with team members and notable guests from the competition community. The event was also an opportunity to discover the wines of <a href="https://www.concurrences.com/fr/auteurs/aymeric-discours">Aymeric Discours</a>, a former competition lawyer turned winemaker, with a tasting selection from his label "<a href="https://lesrobesnoires.com/" class="spip_out" rel="external">Les Robes Noires</a>".</p></div> <a href="en/events/concurrences-annual-book-party" class="view-more view-more_doc"><i class="idc-icon idc-icon_file"></i> See documents</a> </div> <div class="preview__extra"> <ul class="authors"> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/aurore-laget-annamayer" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Aurore Laget-Annamayer<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/auteurs/raphaelle-arino-127847" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Raphaëlle Arino<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/auteurs/jeremy-bernard" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Jérémy Bernard<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/auteur/adriano-capuocciolo" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Adriano Capuocciolo<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/muriel-chagny" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Muriel Chagny<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/carole-champalaune-27459" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Carole Champalaune<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/etienne-chantrel" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Étienne Chantrel<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/alexis-galataud-coskun" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Alexis Galataud-Coskun<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Jean-Mathieu Cot<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/auteurs/dominique-dedieu" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Dominique Dedieu<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/auteurs/jean-gabriel-despeyroux" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Jean-Gabriel Despeyroux<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/auteurs/aymeric-discours" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Aymeric Discours<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/auteur/jerome-fabre" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Jérôme Fabre<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/laurent-eymard" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Laurent Eymard<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/auteurs/esther-kelly" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Esther Kelly<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/erwann-kerguelen" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Erwann Kerguelen<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/alexandre-lacresse" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Alexandre Lacresse<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/tristan-lecuyer" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Tristan Lécuyer<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/lionel-lesur" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Lionel Lesur<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/auteur/marc-levy" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Marc Levy<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/andre-marie" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">André Marie<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/stanislas-martin" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Stanislas Martin<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/francesco-martucci" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Francesco Martucci<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/constance-monnier-schlumberger" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Constance Monnier-Schlumberger<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/alessandra-laudante" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Gabriella Muscolo<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/guillaume-pezzali" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Guillaume Pezzali<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li 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Concurrences books signature and opening of the "Law and Antitrust" photo exhibition.</p></div> <a href="en/events/concurrences-paris-new-office-inauguration-books-signature-en" class="view-more view-more_doc"><i class="idc-icon idc-icon_file"></i> See documents</a> </div> <div class="preview__extra"> <ul class="authors"> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/nicolas-charbit" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Nicolas Charbit<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/laurence-idot" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Laurence Idot<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/frederic-jenny" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Frédéric Jenny<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/nathalie-jalabert-doury" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Nathalie Jalabert-Doury<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/catriona-hatton" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Catriona Hatton<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/auteurs/yves-comtois" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Yves Comtois<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/emmanuel-combe" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Emmanuel Combe<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/walid-chaiehloudj" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Walid Chaiehloudj<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/erwann-kerguelen" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Erwann Kerguelen<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/francesco-martucci" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Francesco Martucci<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/auteurs/konstantina-bania" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Konstantina Bania<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/rafael-amaro" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Rafael Amaro<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/frederic-buy" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Frédéric Buy<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/andrea-l-hamilton" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Andrea L. 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Photos <a href="http://www.leoridet.fr" class="spip_out" rel="external">© Léo-Paul Ridet</a>.</p></div> <a href="en/events/concurrences-10th-anniversary" class="view-more view-more_doc"><i class="idc-icon idc-icon_file"></i> See documents</a> </div> <div class="preview__extra"> <ul class="authors"> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/jean-marc-sauve" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Jean-Marc Sauvé<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/daniel-fasquelle" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Daniel Fasquelle<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/guy-canivet" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Guy Canivet<span class="sep">, 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class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/rafael-amaro" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Rafael Amaro<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/catherine-prieto-62" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Catherine Prieto<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/auteurs/isabelle-adenot" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Isabelle Adenot<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/isabelle-falque-pierrotin" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/auteurs/haim-korsia" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Haïm Korsia<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/philippe-coen" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Philippe Coen<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/thierry-dahan" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Thierry Dahan<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/fabien-curto-millet" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Fabien Curto Millet<span class="sep">, </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/authors/gaspard-koenig" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Gaspard Koenig<span class="sep"> & </span></span> </a> </li> <li class="authors__item" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="en/auteurs/loraine-donnedieu-de-vabre-tranie" itemprop="url" class="authors__link"> <span itemprop="name" class="authors__name">Loraine Donnedieu de Vabres-Tranié</span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section section_primary section_articles"> <div class="section__container"> <h2 class="content-inner-title"><span>Articles</span></h2> <div class="row articles colonnes_1"> <div class="col-xs-5 "> <div class="liste articles secteur_22"> <h3 class="h1"><span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye"></i> 172800</span> <span class="sep"></span> Review</h3> <div class="liste-items"> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-4-2020/chroniques/prohibition-the-french-competition-authority-blocks-a-merger-for-the-first-time" rel="bookmark"><strong>Prohibition:</strong> The French Competition Authority blocks a merger for the first time ever (<em>Soditroy / Association des Centres Distributeurs E. Leclerc</em>)</a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2020-08-27T22:00:00Z">28 August 2020</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 309</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-97599 introduction entry-content"> <p>The Competition Authority prohibited a merger for the first time on 28 August this year. A first, that counts. We would like it to be exemplary. Sometimes you’re disappointed. <br class='autobr' /> The sector concerned is that of the food-dominated retail trade. The city concerned is Troyes. Troyes has no shortage (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2020/chroniques/structuring-companies-the-french-senate-adopts-a-bill-now-pending-before-the" rel="bookmark"><strong>Structuring companies:</strong> The French Senate adopts a bill, now pending before the French National Assembly, aiming at enabling a systematic control of mergers raising competition issues when involving structuring companies in the digital industry</a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2020-02-19T23:00:00Z">20 February 2020</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 279</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-94887 introduction entry-content"> <p>The story’s accelerating. After a long period of stability, the very approach to concentration control is being overturned by the challenges of the digital age. We presented our reservations about the prospects for "ex-post" merger control in the last issue of this review ("Contrôle des (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/etienne-chantrel">Étienne Chantrel</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/etienne-pfister">Etienne Pfister</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteurs/severine-schrameck">Séverine Schrameck</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-1-2020/on-topic/should-ex-post-evaluations-be-generalized" rel="bookmark">Should <em>ex post</em> merger reviews be more widespread?</a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2020-01-31T23:00:00Z">February 2020</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 1105</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-92660 introduction entry-content"> <p>This series of articles analyses French competition policy in the field of merger control; in particular it addresses the issue of the implementation of the ex post evaluation mechanism. This set is introduced by Jean-Mathieu Cot (COT LAW), and gathers contributions from Séverine Schrameck (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-4-2019/chroniques/prohibition-the-european-competition-prohibits-a-merger-between-the-two-main" rel="bookmark"><strong>Prohibition:</strong> The European Competition prohibits a merger between the two main European players in the railway signalling systems and very high-speed train industries (<em>Siemens / Alstom</em>)</a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2019-02-05T23:00:00Z">6 February 2019</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 431</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-92344 introduction entry-content"> <p>So much has been said, so much has been written about the ban on the planned merger between Alstom and Siemens. Do we need to go over it again? <br class='autobr' /> This is not to resume the fervent and exciting discussions generated by this case on the relationship between competition law and industrial policy (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2018/chroniques/joint-venture-the-french-competition-authority-clears-a-joint-venture-for" rel="bookmark"><strong>Joint venture:</strong> The French Competition Authority clears a joint venture for valorisation and collection of office wastes (<em>La Poste / Suez RV France</em>)</a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2017-12-20T23:00:00Z">21 December 2017</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 252</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-86927 introduction entry-content"> <p>As a hybrid form, at the same time a structural operation and cooperation between companies, the joint venture is still torn between the category of anti-competitive practices and that of merger control. <br class='autobr' /> This transgender status is highlighted here by the Competition Authority which, on the (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2017/chroniques/gun-jumping-the-french-competition-authority-imposes-a-eur80-million-fine-for" rel="bookmark"><strong>Gun Jumping :</strong> The French Competition Authority imposes a €80 million fine for gun jumping <em>(Altice)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2016-11-07T23:00:00Z">8 November 2016</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 430</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-83946 introduction entry-content"> <p>This is the kind of case that makes an impression and is epoch-making. The spirits and the economic press were marked by the importance of a penalty of EUR 80 million for gun jumping’, which is both a first in France and a form of world record in the matter. Competition law specialists, for (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="content-inner-more"> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-4-2016/chroniques/vertical-merger-the-french-competition-authority-clears-the-acquisition-of-the" rel="bookmark"><strong>Vertical merger:</strong> The French Competition Authority clears the acquisition of the leader of the music streaming market in France by one of the global major record companies <em>(Deezer / The Access Industries)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2016-06-23T22:00:00Z">24 June 2016</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 272</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-82077 introduction entry-content"> <p>Use your imagination. You are young, you don’t buy your music, but you listen to it "streaming" on Deezer. You thought you were dancing the jerk on the Arctic Monkees, and now you’re offered Serge Lama or Gilbert Becaud, well-known Warner artists. The situation would be no less upsetting for a (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2016/case-comments/Phase-II-The-European-Commission-79451" rel="bookmark"><strong> Phase II :</strong> The European Commission approves a merger subject to the divestment assets to an up-front buyer offsetting the market concentration that would have arisen <em>(Ball / Rexam)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2016-01-15T17:52:00Z">15 January 2016</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 512</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-79451 introduction entry-content"> <p>The project was ambitious, since the world’s number one can maker, and Europe’s number two, wanted to take control of the European number one, itself the world’s number two. Add to this the fact that the parties’ combined market shares were very substantial, that they were increasing (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-4-2015/chroniques/Law-on-growth-The-French" rel="bookmark"><strong>Law on growth</strong> : The French Parliament adopts the Macron Law which modifies the Title III of the Book IV of the Commercial Code related to mergers and adjusts the limits in the French DOM-COM and certain procedural aspects</a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2015-08-06T17:15:00Z">6 August 2015</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 233</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-76285 introduction entry-content"> <p>Viewed through the prism of merger control, the Law of 6 August 2015 for growth, activity and equal economic opportunities, or "Loi Macron", focuses on certain aspects of the notification and merger control procedure and clarifies a point concerning thresholds in the overseas departments and (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-4-2015/chroniques/Conditional-clearance-The-French-76287" rel="bookmark"><strong>Conditional clearance</strong> : The French Competition Authority clears, subject to conditions, the acquisition of a sole control by a parent company which previously controlled jointly a joint venture active in the gas industry <em>(Rubis)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2015-05-13T17:41:00Z">13 May 2015</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 208</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-76287 introduction entry-content"> <p>This is a remarkable case in more ways than one. Firstly, it is remarkable because, while the change from joint to sole control is clearly a merger control issue, this type of transaction does not normally raise competition concerns (for a rare example of a detailed examination of a change from (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Alice-Blanchet">Alice Blanchet</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-4-2014/case-comments/Priority-ruling-on" rel="bookmark"><strong>Priority ruling on constitutionality</strong> : The French Supreme Administrative Court dismisses a priority preliminary ruling on constitutionality raised in the appeal against the French Competition Authority’s decision fining an undertaking for having omitted to file a merger before its implementation <em>(Copagef)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2014-07-16T14:58:00Z">16 July 2014</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 209</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-69967 introduction entry-content"> <p>The acquisition by the Castel group of six subsidiaries of the Patriarche group had especially marked the briefs because it was the first decision in which the Competition Authority had used the UPP test (V. la déc. 12-DCC-92, v. égal. D. Tayar and M. de l’Estang "The Competition Authority (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Alice-Blanchet">Alice Blanchet</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-4-2014/case-comments/Conditional-clearance-The-European" rel="bookmark"><strong>Conditional clearance</strong>: The European Commission approves a merger, subject to conditions, while non-coordinated effects are not well defined <em>(Kuraray / GLSV Business)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2014-04-29T14:33:00Z">29 April 2014</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 307</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-69961 introduction entry-content"> <p>Faced with a reduction from four to three competitors or, worse, from three to two competitors, a competition authority must be vigilant. These market developments, more often referred to in English as "four to three" or "three to two" - more rarely referred to in French as "quatre-à-trois" or (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Alice-Blanchet">Alice Blanchet</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2014/case-comments/XX-Report-The-French-Competition" rel="bookmark"><strong>Report</strong>: The French Competition Authority suggests to simplify merger control and to prevent the national competition authorities from adopting contradictory decisions </a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2014-03-14T18:00:00Z">14 March 2014</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 212</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-65809 introduction entry-content"> <p>"For simpler, more coherent and strategic merger control in Europe". How can one not subscribe to such a programme? The report of the French Competition Authority of 16 December 2013 to the Minister for the Economy and Finance of which this is the title is already better known under the name of (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Alice-Blanchet">Alice Blanchet</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2014/case-comments/XX-Television-The-French-Supreme" rel="bookmark"><strong>Television</strong>: The French Supreme Administrative Court annuls the decision 12-DCC-01 by which the French Competition Authority approved the acquisition of two free TV channels by a group active in the pay TV sector, subject to conditions <em>(M6, TF1)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2013-12-21T18:06:00Z">21 December 2013</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 216</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-65811 introduction entry-content"> <p>When the French Competition Authority authorized, on July 23, 2012, Canal Plus to acquire from the Bolloré group exclusive control of the Direct 8 and Direct Star channels, this decision was partially overshadowed by another decision issued the same day by the Authority, which again authorized (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Alice-Blanchet">Alice Blanchet</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-4-2013/case-comments/e5-Clerance-The-French-NCA-clears" rel="bookmark"><strong>Clerance</strong>: The French Competition Authority clears, after an in-depth review and subject to conditions, the acquisition of a sole control by a parent company which previously controlled jointly a joint venture active in the food retail market <em> (Monoprix ; Casino Guichard-Perrachon)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2013-07-11T20:51:00Z">11 July 2013</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 309</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-59301 introduction entry-content"> <p>Food distribution is still by far the sector of activity that gives rise to the greatest number of concentration operations in France. It accounted for 34% of decisions in 2012. Most often, these are cases that have a happy ending. Commitments are rare. Phases 2 are exceptional. <br class='autobr' /> Casino’s (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Alice-Blanchet">Alice Blanchet</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2013/case-comments/Merger-control-The-European-52345" rel="bookmark"><strong>Merger control</strong>: The European Commission rejects a referral request made by the Portuguese, Spanish and French NCA pursuant to Article 22(3) of the Merger Control Regulation <em>(London Stock Exchange)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2013-04-30T22:00:00Z">May 2013</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 243</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-52345 introduction entry-content"> <p>Eur. com. dec. art. 22, § 3 R. 139/2004 of 4 July 2012, London Stock Exchange / LCH Clearnet, aff. COMP/M.6502 <br class='autobr' /> This is a concentration that did not have a Community dimension within the meaning of Regulation 139/2004. However, the acquisition of LCH Clearnet by the London Stock Exchange (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Alice-Blanchet">Alice Blanchet</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2013/case-comments/Reject-of-appeal-The-French-52349" rel="bookmark"><strong>Reject of appeal</strong>: The Council of State upholds largely the decision 11-D-12 and totally the decision 12-DCC-100 of the French Competition Authority <em>(Canal Plus)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2013-04-30T22:00:00Z">May 2013</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 246</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-52349 introduction entry-content"> <p>EC, Dec. 21, 2012, Canal Plus, No. 353856 <br class='autobr' /> EC, Dec. 21, 2012, Canal Plus, No. 362347 <br class='autobr' /> One of the qualities generally recognized at Canal Plus is its talent for producing successful series with large audiences. The interest generated by the story of its acquisition of TPS was certainly neither (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Alice-Blanchet">Alice Blanchet</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2013/case-comments/Change-from-joint-to-sole-control" rel="bookmark"><strong>Change from joint to sole control</strong>: The French Competition Authority clears, subject to conditions, the acquisition of an exclusive control by a parent company which previously controlled jointly a joint venture active in the transportation sector <em>(Keolis - SNCF)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2013-04-30T22:00:00Z">May 2013</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 588</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-52351 introduction entry-content"> <p>Aut. conc. dec. no. 12-DCC-129 of 5 September 2012 relating to the acquisition of exclusive control of the Keolis group by SNCF Participations. <br class='autobr' /> While the change from joint to sole control undoubtedly constitutes a change in the quality of control exercised by the shareholders and thus a (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Alice-Blanchet">Alice Blanchet</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-4-2012/case-comments/Breach-of-the-commitments-French" rel="bookmark"><strong>Breach of the commitments</strong>: The French Competition Authority fines a group because of a breach of the commitments this latter submitted to the French Competition Authority in order to obtain the clearance of its acquisition of Socopa <em>(Socopa Viandes, Groupe Bigar)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2012-07-08T22:00:00Z">9 July 2012</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 429</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-49551 introduction entry-content"> <p>Aut. Concord, decree n° 12-D-15 of 9 July 2012 relating to compliance with the commitments contained in the decision authorising the acquisition of Socopa Viandes by Groupe Bigard. <br class='autobr' /> After Canal+’s conviction in 2011 for failure to comply with the commitments that had conditioned the (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Alice-Blanchet">Alice Blanchet</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2012/case-comments/Market-definition-Horizontal" rel="bookmark"><strong>Market definition – Horizontal effects</strong>: The French Competition Authority cleared in phase II an acquisition in the alcoholic beverage sector subject to conditions <em>(Quartier Français Spiritueux, Compagnie Financière Européenne de Prise de Participation)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2011-12-12T23:00:00Z">13 December 2011</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 349</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-45766 introduction entry-content"> <p>Aut. conc. dec. no. 11-DCC-187 of December 13, 2011 relating to the acquisition of exclusive control of Quartier Français Spiritueux by Compagnie Financière Européenne de Prise de Participation <br class='autobr' /> Rum in non-negligible quantities, a few other alcohols and spirits, in varying proportions, barriers (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Alice-Blanchet">Alice Blanchet</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-4-2011/case-comments/Revocation-of-clearance-The-French" rel="bookmark"><strong>Revocation of clearance</strong>: The French Competition Authority revokes, for the first time, the clearance of a concentration because of a breach of commitment <em>(CanalSatellite/TPS)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2011-09-19T22:00:00Z">20 September 2011</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 910</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-39889 introduction entry-content"> <p>That first time, Canal Plus would have been fine! On September 21, 2011, the Competition Authority withdrew for the first time a merger authorization for non-compliance with the commitments. It also imposed a significant sanction, amounting to €30 million, for the same reason. <br class='autobr' /> How did it come (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Alice-Blanchet">Alice Blanchet</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2011/Case-Comments-1154/Referral-to-the-Commission-The" rel="bookmark"><strong>Referral to the Commission</strong>: The European Commission dismisses the request of the Cypriot Competition Authority pursuant to Art. 22.1 EC Merger Reg. <em>(Coca-Cola/Lanitis Bros)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2011-05-14T13:02:59Z">14 May 2011</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 755</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-36087 introduction entry-content"> <p>Eur. comm. 24 February 2006, Coca Cola Hellenic Bottling Company/Lanitis Bros. case COMP/M.4124, published 31 March 2011 <br class='autobr' /> It took particular patience to read the decision in Case M. 4124 - Coca Cola Hellenic Bottling Company/Lanitis Bros, where the Commission rejected the request for referral (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Alice-Blanchet">Alice Blanchet</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2011/Case-Comments-1154/Conglomerate-effects-Commitments-36076" rel="bookmark"><strong>Conglomerate effects – Commitments</strong>: The European Commission clears an acquisition in the ICT sector subject to commitments <em>(Intel/McAfee)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2011-01-26T14:06:00Z">26 January 2011</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 1106</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-36076 introduction entry-content"> <p>Comm. eur., dec. art. 6, §2 R.139/2004 of 26 January 2011, Intel/McAfee, case COMP/M.5984 <br class='autobr' /> "Intel inside": even in a Commission decision, this arouses the curiosity and interest of the competition law specialist. Taking an interest because Intel is known as much for its chips as for its (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Alice-Blanchet">Alice Blanchet</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-1-2011/Articles-1132/Mergers-control-Overview-of-the" rel="bookmark">Mergers control : Overview of the 2010 decisions of the Competition Authority</a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2011-01-31T23:00:00Z">February 2011</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 1806</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-33857 introduction entry-content"> <p>The Competition Authority reached full speed with its merger control practice in 2010, clearing 198 mergers, including two cases in phase 2 decisions. Merger control regulations which were transferred from the DGCCRF to the Competition Authority only recently, in 2009 have been well integrated (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/mathilde-saltiel">Mathilde Saltiel</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2011/Case-Comments-1154/Referral-to-a-National-Competition" rel="bookmark"><strong>Referral to a National Competition Authority</strong>: The European Commission opposes the Italian NCA’s request to assess a concentration in the banking sector <em>(Crédit Agricole/Casa di Risparmio della Spezia/Agences Intesa Sanpaolo)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2010-11-10T14:04:00Z">10 November 2010</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 930</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-36085 introduction entry-content"> <p>Eur. comm. 10 November 2010, Crédit Agricole/Casa di Risparmio della Spezia/Agences Intesa Sanpaolo, case COMP/M.5960 <br class='autobr' /> On 20 September 2010, Crédit Agricole notified the European Commission of the acquisition of an Italian retail bank, Cassa di Risparmio della Spezia S.p.A., and of around 100 (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Alice-Blanchet">Alice Blanchet</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-4-2010/case-comments/Concept-of-concentration-EU" rel="bookmark"><strong>Concept of concentration - EU Commission’s jurisdiction</strong>: The General Court rules that the Commission has no jurisdiction to order the divestment of all the shares acquired by a public bid which has been interrupted before being implemented <em>(Aer Lingus)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2010-07-06T14:41:00Z">6 July 2010</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 1718</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-32935 introduction entry-content"> <p>Trib. EU, 6 July 2010, Aer Lingus Group v. Commission, Case T-411/07 <br class='autobr' /> There’s passion, there’s passion in this Irish story. Three days after the Irish Stock Exchange floated the Irish national airline Aer Lingus on the Dublin Stock Exchange, its major low-cost competitor Ryanair launched a (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Alice-Blanchet">Alice Blanchet</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2010/Case-Comments-1065/Acquisition-by-competitor-The" rel="bookmark"><strong>Acquisition by competitor</strong>: The European Commission considers that an acquisition by an undertaking of its closest competitor raises competition concerns but clears the transaction subject to commitments <em>(Kraft Foods/Cadbury)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2010-01-06T11:25:00Z">6 January 2010</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 1906</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-31193 introduction entry-content"> <p>Eur. comm., 6 January 2010, Kraft Foods/Cadbury, Case COMP/M.5644 <br class='autobr' /> There are some products for which market tests can be more testing than others. In order to properly assess the competitive effects of the takeover of Cadbury by Kraft Foods, the European Commission has examined with the utmost (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Alice-Blanchet">Alice Blanchet</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-4-2009/case-comments/Merger-review-Breach-of-EC-law" rel="bookmark"><strong>Merger review - Breach of EC law - Compensation</strong>: The ECJ rules that a grave and manifest failure by the European Commission when reviewing a merger may constitutes a sufficiently serious breach of Community law to confer a right to compensation of the loss (<em>Schneider Electric</em>)</a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2009-07-19T06:38:00Z">19 July 2009</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 2433</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-29205 introduction entry-content"> <p>ECJ, 19 July 2009, Commission v Schneider Electric SA, Case C-440/07 P <br class='autobr' /> The Schneider/Legrand merger will have given the European Commission a lot of trouble. This time it’s over: the Court has whistled the end of the game. But there were so many twists and turns before it came to this! All in (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-3-2009/case-comments/Judicial-review-of-remedies-The" rel="bookmark"><strong>Judicial review of remedies</strong>: The CFI rules that commitments granting access to third parties to a traffic telematic system, which was awarded to a joint venture through a public tender, may be acceptable, even if the on board units provided to the market by the joint venture are supplied free of charge to the market <em>(Qualcomm)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2009-06-19T15:23:00Z">19 June 2009</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 1989</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-27820 introduction entry-content"> <p>CFI, 19 June 2009, Qualcomm v Commission, Case T-48/04 <br class='autobr' /> On my left is Daimler Chrysler, better known as Mercedes-Benz in the world of heavy goods vehicles in Germany, where it accounts for half of all registrations, and is, moreover, the main player in traffic telematics; on my right is (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Alice-Blanchet">Alice Blanchet</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2009/case-comments/Maverick-The-European-Commission" rel="bookmark"><strong>Maverick</strong>: The European Commission clears the acquisition of network of fuel stations in Scandinavia by a large integrated oil and gas company subject to the divestment of a large number of fuel stations, because of the risk of the disappearance of the most efficient low-cost operator <em>(StatoilHydro / ConocoPhillips)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2008-10-21T20:03:00Z">21 October 2008</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 3121</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-25942 introduction entry-content"> <p>EC Commission, 21 October 2008, StatoilHydro / ConocoPhillips, Case COMP/M.4919 <br class='autobr' /> In March 2007 the Commission had cleared the merger between Statoil and Norsk Hydro in the first phase and without conditions (Case COMP/M.4545), thus giving an easy blessing to this marriage between two oil and (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-1-2009/case-comments/Full-function-JV-The-EC-Commission" rel="bookmark"><strong>Full function JV</strong>: The European Commission holds that a concentration resulting from the change of the organization of a joint venture, making a non-full-function joint venture a full function joint venture, is subject to Regulation (EC) 139/2004 <em>(American Express/Fortis/Alpha Card)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2008-10-03T13:13:00Z">3 October 2008</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 4029</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-23442 introduction entry-content"> <p>EC. Comm, 3 October 2008, American Express / Fortis / Alpha Card, case. COMP/M.5241 <br class='autobr' /> For those who have rubbed shoulders with it, the distinction between full-function and non-full-function joint ventures is not always straightforward. Yet the issue is important: the former fall under Community (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-4-2008/Case-Comments-768/EC-non-contractual-liability-The" rel="bookmark"><strong>EC non-contractual liability</strong>: The CFI holds that non-contractual liability of the European Commission can only arise in case of a manifest and grave disregard by the institutions of the limits in their discretion <em>(MyTravel)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2008-09-09T18:48:00Z">9 September 2008</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 3580</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-22255 introduction entry-content"> <p>CFI, 9 September 2008, MyTravel v Commission, Case T-212/03 <br class='autobr' /> Some companies contribute more than others to the advancement of the law. Airtours’ reputation among competition lawyers is linked even more to the Tribunal’s criteria for defining a collective dominant position than to its qualities (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-3-2008/Case-Comments-702/Merger-s-mavericks-The-French" rel="bookmark"><strong>Merger’s mavericks</strong>: The French Minister sets up the mavericks’ competitive assessment <em>(Groupe Épis-Centre/Celbert)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2008-05-22T14:46:00Z">22 May 2008</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 3190</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-20210 introduction entry-content"> <p>Min. Eco, 22 May 2008, Groupe Epis-Centre/Celbert, aff. C2008-30, BOCCRF n° 5 bis of 19 June 2008 <br class='autobr' /> When a big guy eats a little one, he has to make sure it’s not a "maverick". This is what the Minister for the Economy reminds us in this case in which he authorised the takeover of miller Celbert (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-1-2008/articles-en/USA-Sanction-penale-des-pratiques" rel="bookmark"><em>USA:</em> Criminal and competition laws : The US case</a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2008-01-31T23:00:00Z">February 2008</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 10714</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-15429 introduction entry-content"> <p>1. I would like to begin by telling you about Mr. K. Wolfgang K., a German citizen, who visited San Francisco, California, in May 2005. This trip was not a business trip, since at that time Mr. K. was unemployed. It was also not a vacation. Wolfgang K. went to San Francisco to make an agreement, (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-1-2008/Cases-comments/Control-The-social-chamber-of-the" rel="bookmark"><strong>Control: </strong>The Court of Cassation considers that the seller turnover must be taken into account to establish if the merger control thresholds are met in order to trigger the application of article L432-1 bis of the French “Code du travail” <em>(Nestlé)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2008-01-30T18:15:56Z">30 January 2008</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 3483</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-15324 introduction entry-content"> <p>Cass. soc., 13 November 2007, Nestlé, No. 06-12.339 <br class='autobr' /> Our column rarely calls for us to take an interest in the rulings handed down by the Social Chamber of the Court of Cassation. The reported judgment is an exception. On November 13, 2007, the Social Chamber ruled for the first time on the (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-1-2008/Cases-comments/Proportionality-of-remedies-The" rel="bookmark"><strong>Proportionality of remedies:</strong> The ECJ upholds the CFI judgment in the Cementbouw case <em>(Cementbouw Handel & Industrie BV/Commission)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2008-01-30T18:15:51Z">30 January 2008</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 4368</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-15328 introduction entry-content"> <p>ECJ, 18 December 2007, Cementbouw Handel & Industrie BV v. Commission, case C-202/06 <br class='autobr' /> By dismissing the appeal brought by Cementbouw on 18 December 2007, the Court of Justice has put an end to a judicial series which was not devoid of imagination in competition law. In this atypical case, (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-1-2008/Cases-comments/Creation-of-a-monopoly-Remedies" rel="bookmark"><strong>Creation of a monopoly - Remedies:</strong> The Minister of Economy clears, after having consulted the Competition Council, a merger which leads to the creation of a quasi-monopole after the parties submitted remedies <em>(CCIP/Unibail)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2008-01-30T18:15:47Z">30 January 2008</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 4006</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-15330 introduction entry-content"> <p>Conc. conc. opinion no. 07-A-10 of 26 September 2007 relating to the merger of the activities of the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Unibail Holding SA in the congress and exhibition site management and trade fair organisation sector. Min. Eco, 13 November 2007, CCIP/Unibail, Case (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-1-2008/Cases-comments/Control-shares-analysis-The-EC" rel="bookmark"><strong>Control shares analysis:</strong> The European Commission analyses the control shares of the new entity in the market for on-line music publishing rights <em>(Universal/BMG Music Publishing)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2008-01-30T18:15:43Z">30 January 2008</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 3391</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-15334 introduction entry-content"> <p>EC Comm, 22 May 2007, Universal/BMG Music Publishing, Case COMP/M. 4404 <br class='autobr' /> Popular music was again a major topic of discussion at the Board in 2007. On the one hand, the Universal/BMG Music Publishing decision was issued on May 22, 2007. On the other hand, the Commission simultaneously opened its (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Maxime-Schucht">Maxime Schucht</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2008/Case-comments-676/Disapperance-of-a-maverick-The" rel="bookmark"><strong>Disapperance of a maverick</strong>: The French Minister of Economy clears the acquisition of a leader in a connected market enjoying an exclusive distribution agreement for the acquiror’s products <em>(France Télécom/Compagnie européenne de téléphonie)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2008-01-03T23:10:00Z">4 January 2008</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 3989</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-16955 introduction entry-content"> <p>Min. Eco, January 4, 2008, France Telecom / Compagnie Européenne de Téléphonie SA, aff. C2007-144, BOCCRF n° 1 bis of January 25, 2008 <br class='autobr' /> France Telecom, the incumbent operator in the telephony sector in France, which is covered more in this review of anti-competitive practices than in the review (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Maxime-Schucht">Maxime Schucht</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2008/Case-comments-676/MVNO-The-French-Minister-of" rel="bookmark"><strong>MVNO</strong>: The French Minister of Economy clears the acquisition of a mobile virtual network operator by a mobile network operator <em>(SFR/Somart/Debitel)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2007-11-22T23:10:00Z">23 November 2007</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 4732</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-16959 introduction entry-content"> <p>Min. Eco, November 23, 2007, SFR / Somart / Debitel, aff. C2007-150, BOCCRF n° 1 bis of January 25, 2008 <br class='autobr' /> The minister was called upon to judge the takeover of the virtual mobile telephony operator Débitel by SFR and Somart and was faced with an unusual and delicate situation. <br class='autobr' /> It must be (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-4-2007/case-comments/Commission-s-liability-Grave-and" rel="bookmark"><strong>Commission’s liability</strong>: The CFI founds that grave and manifest failure by the Commission when reviewing a merger may constitutes a sufficiently serious breach of Community law to confer such a right to compensation of the loss <em>(Schneider Electric)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2007-07-10T23:03:00Z">11 July 2007</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 3531</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-14424 introduction entry-content"> <p>CFI, 11 July 2007, Schneider Electric SA v Commission, Case T-351/03 <br class='autobr' /> This time the Commission should have got the message: the decision to prohibit the Schneider Electric/Legrand merger of 10 October 2001 was not a good one. <br class='autobr' /> The message had already got through once, in the form of the (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-3-2007/case-comments/Asset-acquisition-The-French" rel="bookmark"><strong>Asset acquisition</strong>: The French Minister of Economy gives details on how to assess the turnover of an integrated target company <em>(Barry Callebaut/Nestlé’s assets)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2007-05-16T13:16:00Z">16 May 2007</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 4123</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-13821 introduction entry-content"> <p>Min. Eco, 16 May 2007, Barry Callebaut/Nestlé assets, aff. C2007-66, BOCCRF n° 5 bis of 31 May 2007 <br class='autobr' /> The notion of concentration does not bother too much with formal considerations, which are essential in other disciplines of law. A concentration can certainly take the form of the acquisition (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-3-2007/case-comments/Airplanes-engines-sector-The-EC" rel="bookmark"><strong>Airplanes engines sector</strong>: The European Commission clears without condition the acquisition by GE of Smiths Aerospace <em>(GE/Smiths Aerospace)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2007-04-23T13:16:00Z">23 April 2007</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 3779</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-13817 introduction entry-content"> <p>Comm EC, 23 April 2007, GE/Smiths Aerospace, Case Com/M.4561, OJEU No C. 133 of 15 June 2007. <br class='autobr' /> The European Commission prohibited General Electric’s acquisition of Honeywell in 2001. This decision was the starting point for particularly heated debates on the non-horizontal effects of mergers. (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-3-2007/case-comments/Plurality-of-transactions-A" rel="bookmark"><strong>Plurality of transactions</strong>: The European Commission decides that a plurality of transactions may constitute a sole merger with regard to Art. 3 Reg. 139/2004 <em>(LGI/Telenet)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2007-02-26T14:16:00Z">26 February 2007</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 3843</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-13819 introduction entry-content"> <p>EC Commission, 26 February 2007, LGI/Telenet, Case COMP/M.4521, OJ C. 99 of 3 May 2007, p. 3. <br class='autobr' /> Can the order in which complex transactions occur have an impact on the European Commission’s assessment of the effects of a merger? This was argued by the parties in the LGI/Telenet case, which (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2007/case-comments/Jurisdictional-review-The-French" rel="bookmark"><strong>Jurisdictional review</strong>: The French Council of State quashes a decision regarding exclusive control while the undertaking was jointly controlled <em>(France Antilles)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2007-01-31T22:34:00Z">31 January 2007</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 4352</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-13444 introduction entry-content"> <p>CE, Sect. 31 January 2007, France Antilles company, No. 294896 <br class='autobr' /> The issue may have been discussed, but there is no longer any room for doubt: French merger control fully applies to the daily news press. And rather twice than once in the case reported, since the Conseil d’Etat annulled the (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-1-2007/chroniques/Merger-review-Second-clearance-of" rel="bookmark"><strong> Merger review</strong>: The Ministry of Economy clears for the second time the same transaction after a change in the scope of the joint venture <i>(TF1/France 24)</i></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2006-10-13T19:27:00Z">13 October 2006</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 3989</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-12872 introduction entry-content"> <p>Min. Éco, October 13, 2006, France Télévisions, TF1 / France 24, aff. C2006-83, BOCCRF n° 8 bis of October 26, 2006 <br class='autobr' /> Is the authorisation of a concentration final, or can the Minister for the Economy review the operation if the parties modify the activity originally envisaged? If you ask them, (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-1-2007/chroniques/Notion-of-merger-A-split-up" rel="bookmark"><strong> Notion of merger</strong>: The Ministry of Economy considers a split-up acquisition over three years as a single operation <i>(Sodiaal/Orlait)</i></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2006-08-24T19:27:00Z">24 August 2006</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 4152</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-12874 introduction entry-content"> <p>Min. Éco, August 24, 2006, Sodiaal / Orlait, aff. C2006-51, BOCCRF n° 8 bis of October 26, 2006 <br class='autobr' /> Advertising guarantees us pure sensations with dairy products. Let’s see what is happening with the decision of the Minister of Economy to authorise the acquisition of Orlait by Sodiaal. <br class='autobr' /> The first (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-3-2006/case-comments/Annulation-of-an-authorisation" rel="bookmark"><strong>Musical rights - Annulation of an authorisation merger decision</strong>: The CFI annuls the European decision authorising the merger between Sony and BMG <i>(Impala)</i></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2006-07-12T22:00:00Z">13 July 2006</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 4212</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-1746 introduction entry-content"> <p>CFI, 13 July 2006, Independent Music Publishers and Labels Association (Impala) v Commission, "Sony/BMG", Case T-464/04. <br class='autobr' /> On 13 July 2006, the Court of First Instance of the European Communities (CFI) annulled a Commission decision of 19 July 2004 authorising the proposed concentration between (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-4-2006/case-comments/Interdependent-transactions" rel="bookmark"><strong>Collective dominant position</strong>: The French Minister of Economy rules on interdependent transactions qualified as a single concentration <i>(Free Newspapers)</i></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2006-05-30T22:15:00Z">31 May 2006</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 4564</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-12572 introduction entry-content"> <p>Min. Eco, May 31, 2006, SPIR / S3G, Free Press Sector, Case C2006-11 <br class='autobr' /> French merger control applies fully to the press sector (Min. Éco, 28 October 2005, aff. C2005-18 and Cons. conc. opinion No. 05-A-18 of 11 October 2005, Ouest-France, BOCCRF No. 11 of 16 Dec. 2005; ConcurrencesNo. 1-2006, p. (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-3-2006/case-comments/High-market-shares-Absence-of" rel="bookmark"><strong>High market shares</strong>: The European Commission clears a merger due to the likely evolution of the relevant market <i>(Seagate/Maxtor)</i></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2006-04-26T22:00:00Z">27 April 2006</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 3965</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-1650 introduction entry-content"> <p>EC Comm, 27 April 2006, Seagate / Maxtor, Case COMP/M.4100 <br class='autobr' /> A merger creating or strengthening a leading position in a market does not always raise competition law concerns. The decision to clear the merger between Seagate and Maxtor, both manufacturers of hard disk drives, is a good example of (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2006/Case-comments-129/Notion-of-merger-The-EC-Commission" rel="bookmark"><strong>Notion of merger</strong>: The European Commission may have competence over a merger already cleared by a national authority by taking into account a set of transactions <em>(Cementbouw)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2006-02-22T23:00:00Z">23 February 2006</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 4947</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-716 introduction entry-content"> <p>CFI, 23 February 2006, Cementbouw Handel & Industrie v Commission, Case T-282/02, not yet published in the ECR. <br class='autobr' /> Conditional approval of a merger sometimes has even more far-reaching consequences than certain prohibitions. The Haniel/Cementbouw/CVK Commission Decision of 26 June 2002 was an (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2006/Case-comments-129/Foreclosure-effet-The-EC" rel="bookmark"><strong>Foreclosure effet</strong>: The European Commission cleares a merger and refers implicitily to an opinion of the French Competition Council <em>(Eiffage / Macquarie / APRR)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2006-02-14T23:00:00Z">15 February 2006</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 4622</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-720 introduction entry-content"> <p>EC Commission, 15 February 2006, Eiffage / Macquarie / APRR, Case COMP/M. 4087. <br class='autobr' /> The situation is rare enough to be reported. In its Eiffage /Macquarie/APRR decision, the Commission purely and simply authorises a merger on the basis mainly of the competitive analysis carried out a few months (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-1-2006/case-comments/CFI-confirms-the-Commission-s" rel="bookmark"><strong>Vertical merger</strong>: The CFI confirms the Commission’s decision prohibiting the proposed acquisition of Honeywell by General Electric Company <em>(General Electric)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2005-12-13T23:00:00Z">14 December 2005</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 4380</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-1013 introduction entry-content"> <p>CFI, 14 December 2005, General Electric v Commission, Case T-210/01. <br class='autobr' /> The European Commission’s ban on General Electric’s proposed acquisition of Honeywell on July 3, 2001, had struck a chord. Not only was the Commission prohibiting a major transaction that the US competition authorities had (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/auteur/Alice-Blanchet">Alice Blanchet</a></span>, <span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-4-2012/case-comments/Derogating-to-the-suspension-The" rel="bookmark"><strong>Derogating to the suspension</strong>: The European Commission authorizes an acquirer to implement the concentration before its clearance <em>(Carlyle/Otor)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2005-08-08T22:00:00Z">9 August 2005</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 235</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-49533 introduction entry-content"> <p>Eur. Com, 09.08.2005, Carlyle / Otor, case COMP/M.3870 <br class='autobr' /> The principle laid down in Article 7(1) of Regulation 139/2004 is unequivocal: a concentration notified to the Commission must not be put into effect until it has been cleared by the Commission. And forgetting the notification, and (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-4-2005/case-comments/Portfolio-Effect-The-EC-Commission" rel="bookmark"><strong> Portfolio Effect </strong>: The European Commission analyses category management services under conglomerate effects <em>(Procter & Gamble/Gillette)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2005-07-14T22:00:00Z">15 July 2005</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 5452</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-643 introduction entry-content"> <p>EC Comm, 15 July 2005, Procter & Gamble/Gillette, Case COMP/M.3732 <br class='autobr' /> Since the Tetra Laval/Sidel case, the Commission has been very cautious when examining the restrictions of competition that could result from a conglomerate effect (ECJ, 15 Feb. 2005, Case C-12/03). However, it continues to (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-3-2005/case-comments/Behavioural-remedies-Conditional" rel="bookmark"><strong>Behavioural remedies</strong>: The European Commission clears with conditions an acquisition in the financial market data sector <i>(Reuters/Telerate)</i></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2005-05-22T22:00:00Z">23 May 2005</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 4281</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-1106 introduction entry-content"> <p>EC Comm, 23 May 2005, Reuters/Telerate, Case COMP/M.3692 <br class='autobr' /> A structural problem, a structural solution: the European Commission in principle prefers structural commitments to behavioural commitments (see, notice on admissible remedies, OJ C. 68 of 2 March 2001, p. 3, spec. point 13 and the code (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-4-2005/case-comments/Notification-of-a-proposed-merger" rel="bookmark"><strong>Notification of a proposed merger</strong>: The Minister of Economy rules on the meaning of sufficiently concrete plan <em>(3I Groupe PLC/Zolpan)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2005-04-14T22:00:00Z">15 April 2005</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 4712</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-647 introduction entry-content"> <p>Min. Eco, April 15, 2005, 3I Groupe PLC/Groupe Zolpan, Case C2005-24 <br class='autobr' /> Since the entry into force of Law 2004-1343 of December 9, 2004, Article L.430-3 of the French Commercial Code provides that it is possible to notify a proposed concentration even before the signature of an irrevocable (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2005/case-comments/Meaning-of-concentration-First" rel="bookmark"><strong>Meaning of concentration</strong>: The French Minister of Economy applies for the first time the changing coalitions and common interests doctrine <i>(CFF Recycling/PPS)</i></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2005-03-29T17:17:00Z">29 March 2005</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 4919</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-1098 introduction entry-content"> <p>Min. Eco, 29 March 2005, SBB Recycling / PPS, Case C2005-9 <br class='autobr' /> The concept of a concentration is not only to be assessed on the basis of the rights of the parties to the transaction but also on the basis of the factual circumstances. The organisation, outside the board of directors, of a project (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-4-2005/case-comments/Competitive-assesment-Clearance-of" rel="bookmark"><strong>Competitive assessment</strong>: The Minister of Economy and the French Competition Council clear a merger resulting in a quasi-monopoly in a market with high barriers to entry in the pharmaceutical sector <em>(Boiron/Dolisos)</em></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2005-02-20T23:00:00Z">21 February 2005</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 4015</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-646 introduction entry-content"> <p>Min. Éco, February 21, 2005, Société Boiron/Laboratoires Dolisos, aff. C2004-114 Conc. conc. notice no. 05-A-01 of January 7, 2005, Société Boiron/Laboratoires Dolisos <br class='autobr' /> Can a merger allowing the creation of a quasi-monopoly in a market protected by high barriers to entry be allowed? In the (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-2-2005/case-comments/Remedies-The-implementation-of-a" rel="bookmark"><strong>Remedies</strong>: The French Minister of Economy postpones the implementation of a merger due to remedies agreed upon at the time of a previous transaction <i>(GDF/CGST)</i></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2005-02-04T18:12:00Z">4 February 2005</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 4149</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-1100 introduction entry-content"> <p>Min. Eco, 4 February 2005, GDF / CGST, aff. C2004-180 <br class='autobr' /> It is difficult for a competition authority to assess a transaction whose implementation is in practice delayed for several years. This is all the more true when the relevant market is in the process of liberalisation, such as the gas (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-1-2005/case-comments/Possibility-for-the-parties-to" rel="bookmark"><strong>Notification - National Authorities</strong>: The French legislator introduces the possibility for the parties to notify the authorities of their intention to enter into an agreement for a proposed concentration, provided their plan is sufficiently concrete (<i>Law, 9 December, 2004</i>)</a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2004-12-09T20:38:00Z">9 December 2004</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 3973</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-1450 introduction entry-content"> <p>Law No. 2004-1343 of 9 December 2004 on the simplification of law (notification of a proposed concentration: Article 83-II) <br class='autobr' /> The new Article L. 430-3 of the French Commercial Code makes it possible to notify a proposed concentration. It no longer makes the existence of an irrevocable commitment (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-1-2005/case-comments/Conditional-clearance-of-a" rel="bookmark"><strong>Television and radio sector</strong>: The Minister of Economy gives conditional clearance of a concentration in the television and radio sector (<i>TF1-AB/TMC</i>)</a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2004-10-27T19:28:00Z">27 October 2004</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 3803</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-1457 introduction entry-content"> <p>Min. Eco, October 27, 2004, TF1-AB/TMC, aff’d C2004-127 <br class='autobr' /> The joint acquisition by TF1 and AB of 80% of the share capital of Télé Monte Carlo ("TMC") was authorised on 27 October 2004 following an undertaking by the purchasers not to grant discounts coupled between the purchase of advertising (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-1-2005/case-comments/The-French-authorities-approve-for" rel="bookmark"><strong>Decision</strong>: The French Competition Council approves, for the second time, a merger <i>(Seb/Moulinex)</i></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2004-08-16T19:31:00Z">16 August 2004</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 4165</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-1455 introduction entry-content"> <p>Min. Éco, 16 August 2004, Seb/Moulinex, aff. C2004-40 Concordance No. 04-A-16 of 28 July 2004 concerning the acquisition of part of the assets of the Moulinex Group by Groupe SEB. <br class='autobr' /> The acquisition of Moulinex by SEB had been authorized by the Minister for the Economy on the basis of the (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-1-2004/chroniques/Referral-back-from-the-EC" rel="bookmark"><strong>Referral back from the EC Commission</strong>: A Member State requests a referral based on an existing distinct market, which does not form a substantial part of the Common Market <i>(Accor/Colony/Desseigne-Barrière)</i></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2004-06-03T23:08:00Z">4 June 2004</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 3969</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-12042 introduction entry-content"> <p>EC Commission, Art. 9(4) R. No. 4064/89, 4 June 2004, Accor/Colony/Desseigne-Barrière/JV, Case COMP/M.3373. <br class='autobr' /> The European Commission’s referral decision of 4 June 2004 in the case of Accor/Colony/Desseigne-Barrière/JV is a rare example of a referral to the competition authorities of a Member (…)</p> </div> </article></div> <div class="item cite"><article class="entry article hentry"> <span class="authors"><span class="vcard author"><a class="url fn spip_in" href="en/authors/jean-mathieu-cot">Jean-Mathieu Cot</a></span></span> <strong class="h3-like entry-title"><a href="en/review/issues/no-1-2004/chroniques/Failing-company-The-French-Conseil" rel="bookmark"><strong> Failing company </strong>: The French State Council quashes the decision <i>(SEB/Moulinex)</i></a></strong> <p class="publication"> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2004-02-06T00:00:00Z">6 February 2004</time> <span class="visites"><i class="picto picto-eye-red"></i> 5373</span> </p> <div class="crayon article-intro-12048 introduction entry-content"> <p>CE Sect, 6 February 2004, Royal Philips Electronic and others, No. 249267 <br class='autobr' /> The combination of SEB and Moulinex will certainly have contributed to the formation of competition law of a jurisprudential nature, which is not surprising, given the number of opinions, decisions and judgments since (…)</p> </div> </article></div> </div> </div> <div class="content-inner-actions"> <button class="btn-toggle" onclick="return toggle_content_inner.apply(this);"><b class="label_open">Read More </b><span><i class="picto picto-toggle"></i></span></button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section section_primary section_books"> <div class="section__container"> <h2 class="content-inner-title"><span>Books</span></h2> <div class="liste articles-livres sm"> <div class="liste-items"> <div class="row"> <a id='pagination_livres_auteur' class='pagination_ancre'></a> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="item"> <article class="entry 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