French Competition Law
Auteur : Louis Vogel
Sommaire de l’ouvrage
Introduction
Part 1: General Introduction
Part 2: Unfair Competition
Part 3: Commercial negotiation
Part 4: Restrictive Agreements and Abuse of Dominance
Title 1: Introduction
I: General or special powers of investigation
II: Request for investigation
IV: Authorized officials
V: Establishment of proof
Chapter 2: Basic investigation (Enquête simple)
Chapter 3: Court-ordered investigation (Enquête lourde)
Title 3: Competition Authority Procedure
Title 4: Appeals
Title 5: Civil sanctions
Part 6: Merger Control
387. Discretionary nature of investigations
1 minute de lecture
Both the Competition Authority's investigation departments and those of the Ministry of the Economy have the discretionary power to initiate an investigation. No legislative or regulatory provision requires them to justify their decision to open an investigation. The principle of investigative discretion, initially limited to investigations carried out under Article L. 450-3 , was subsequently ext …
