Competition

Court of Cassation decision_Orange Caraïbes-Digicel

par dans Competition, Damages, News, Regulation

Orange was ordered to pay damages to Digicel for anti-competitive practices in the mobile telephony market in the Antilles-Guyana area. These practices included loyalty offers, price differentiation, exclusivity clauses, etc. Digicel suffered stagnating market shares and additional costs. Orange disputed Digicel’s arguments, but the Court upheld the sentences, concluding that the losses were indeed attributable […]

The “Excessive price control” workshop by DGCCRF held on Friday 28 October 2022

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Laurent Benzoni, President of Tera Consultants and Joseph Vogel, co-founder of law firm Vogel & Vogel,  co-chaired a workshop on competition about excessive price control, in coordination with the DGCCRF (Ministry of Economy and Finance). To access Mr. L. Benzoni’s presentation, write to info@tera.fr To watch the workshop: https://www.economie.gouv.fr/dgccrf/le-controle-des-prix-excessifs

AFEC (French Association of Competition Studies) Conference – An economist’s view on recent evolution in Competition Law

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At the general assembly of the French Association of Competition Studies (AFEC) held on July 7, 2022, Laurent Benzoni gave a conference entitled “An economist’s view on recent evolution in Competition law.” He covered recent developments on calculating damages in Private enforcement, the effectiveness of market share thresholds in Block Exemptions – Vertical Agreements (2022/720), […]

Tera Consultants successfully assisted the Grandir Group and its legal counsel, Darrois Villey, to acquire Crèche Attitude, from Sodexo

par dans Competition, Damages, Regulation

The French Competition Authority authorised the transaction, free from any commitments by the Grandir Group. In a sector with no previously established case law, Tera innovated by defining the relevant product markets by analysing the interactions between private (households, companies reserving cots in daycare centers) and public players. Tera built on the product dimension by […]

“Regulating wholesale market prices entails less regulation at the retail level”

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Fratel’s 18th Annual meeting held on December 3, 2020. At the 18th annual FRATEL meeting, and invited by Burkina Faso’s regulatory authority (ARCEP), Laurent Benzoni participated in the round table discussion on: “Regulating wholesale market prices entails less regulation at the retail level.” Link to L. Benzoni’s presentation

DIGICEL is awarded 181 million euros in damages with the help of TERA’s economic assistance

par dans Competition, Damages, News

DIGICEL (ex. BOUYGUES TELECOM CARAIBE) filed a claim for reparation of the prejudices endured, and was granted conservative measures in 2004, confirmation via decision handed down by the Competition Authority regarding the legal backdrop (n°09-D-36) in 2009, and further confirmed by a ruling of the Court of Cassation in 2015.

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