French Competition Law
Auteur : Louis Vogel
Sommaire de l’ouvrage
Introduction
Part 1: General Introduction
Part 2: Unfair Competition
Part 3: Commercial negotiation
Title 1: Introduction
Title 2: Scope of application
Chapter 1: Principle
Section 1: Horizontal restraints
I: General terms of sale and commercial cooperation agreements
III: Exclusive purchase
IV: Exclusive distribution
Title 4: Abuse of Dominance
Title 5: Exclusive overseas import rights
Part 5: Competition procedure
Part 6: Merger Control
314. Conditions for prohibition
1 minute de lecture
Exclusivity obligations are anticompetitive as they favor one competitor to the detriment of various others. There may however be economic justification for exclusivity. The lawfulness thereof depends on retaining a certain level of market accessibility, be it with regard to the duration of the exclusive agreement, which must be reasonable, or to the choice of candidate or the renewal of contracts …
