Tag: France
France Fines LVMH Eyewear Makers For Imposing Selling Prices
France's antitrust body on Thursday fined several eyewear makers for imposing selling prices on opticians and preventing them from selling online.
The Autorite de la...
The French Dilemma: Preserving FDI in France While Exercising Greater Control
While boasting of its (renewed) first place at the top of the ranking of attractive European countries from the point of view of foreign...
France Fines Google €500M Over Copyright Battle
Google was fined €500 million (US$593 million) Tuesday, July 13, by French competition regulators for failing to comply with an order to negotiate fair...
HSBC Loses $2.3 Billion On French Bank Sale
The British bank HSBC said Friday it has agreed to sell its French retail bank to the Cerebus-backed My Money Group at a loss...
France Fines Google $267M For Abusing Dominant Position In Ads
On Monday, June 7, France’s competition regulator fined Google €220 million (US$268 million) for abusing its market power in the online advertising industry, reported Bloomberg.
The...
French Antitrust Regulator To Decide On Google Ads On June 7
France's antitrust authority will issue a decision following an investigation into Google's advertising business on June 7, a spokesman for the watchdog announced on...
French Broadcasters Merge to Compete With US Netflix
France's two biggest private broadcasters are closing ranks to fend off the meteoric rise of US streaming platforms, hoping the desire for a national...
EU Approves French Support Measures For Fisheries
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, three French schemes worth €100 million (US$121.12 million) in total, to support the fisheries...
French Veolia In $15.5B Deal To Create Waste-Management Giant
France’s Veolia reached a $15.5 billion deal to acquire Suez, creating a water and waste-management giant that aims to soak up a global surge...
French Regulator Is Examining Sale Of Bertelsmann’s Stake In M6
France’s antitrust watchdog is closely examining the sale of Bertelsmann’s controlling stake in French broadcasting group M6, said the head of the French watchdog body on...
