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
II: Request for investigation
III: Discretionary nature of investigations
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
385. General or special powers of investigation
1 minute de lecture
Investigations on matters of competition law are carried out by agents of the investigation department of the Competition Authority authorized for that purpose by the “rapporteur général” (chief case-handler), or by the civil servants of the DGCCRF (General Directorate for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control) duly authorized by the Minister of the Economy (Article L. 450-1 Commercial C …