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
Chapter 1: Rules common to all investigations
Chapter 2: Basic investigation (Enquête simple)
Section 1: Application for judicial authorization
I: Merits of application
II: Conditions of validity
IV: Scope of warrant
V: Execution of search warrant
Section 3: Search and seizures
Title 3: Competition Authority Procedure
Title 4: Appeals
Title 5: Civil sanctions
Part 6: Merger Control
415. Purpose of investigation
1 minute de lecture
The purpose of the investigation should be clearly indicated in the order granting the search warrant. To satisfy this requirement, the judge must define the relevant market and identify the alleged anticompetitive practices . The purpose cannot be general in terms of market definition or undetermined as regards the targeted conduct . However, the fact that the sector to be investigated is not sp …
