Margaux Serra

Minimum price fixing scheme does not automatically constitute a restriction of competition "by object".

Review of the changes made to the regulations applicable to supplier-distributor relations by the "Egalim 3" or "Descrozaille" law Law No. 2023-221 of March 30, 2023, designed to strengthen the balance in commercial relations between suppliers and distributors ("Egalim 3 Law") aims, in view of the high inflationary context, to rebalance commercial relations, particularly at the annual negotiation stage, which takes place from December 1st to March 1st of the following year.

On 10 July 2023, the European Commission (“EC”) published the final rules for implementing the Foreign Subsidies Regulation EU 2022/256 (“FSR”). The FSR empowers the EC to investigate and, if necessary, remedy the distortive effects of financial contributions granted by third countries to companies operating in the European Union (“EU”) single market. It entered into force on 12 January 2023 and took effect on 12 July 2023.