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ECJ rules that a development agreement between two contracting authorities is a works contract that must be tendered

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, France
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  • January 31 2007

The ECJ handed down judgment in Case C-22005, Auroux, on 18 January 2007 following a referral from the Tribunal administratif de Lyon (Tribunal

Commission authorises a further 2.45 billion capital injection for Caisse d’Épargne and Banque Populaire

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • May 11 2009

The European Commission has authorised, under the EC Treaty rules on State aid, a further 2.45 billion capital injection into the institution to be created by the merger between the Caisse d’Épargne and Banque Populaire groups

French Supreme Court gives guidance on post-termination restrictions

  • Squire Sanders
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  • France
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  • June 29 2007

French employers should be more than usually careful when drafting restrictive covenants in light of a recent decision of the French Supreme Court

France fines Glaxosmithkline for predatory pricing

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • April 19 2007

France’s competition agency, Conseil de la Concurrence, has fined GlaxoSmithKline PLC 10 million in the country’s first-ever prosecution for predatory pricing

France adopts decrees on immigration

  • Squire Sanders
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  • France
  • -
  • February 14 2008

The French Government recently adopted various decrees to provide details as to how, in practice, some of the provisions of the existing statute on immigration will be applied

Commission authorises French aid worth 46.3 million for the BioIntelligence R&D programme

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • May 19 2009

The European Commission has decided not to raise any objections under the EC Treaty state aid rules to the financial support of 46.3 million granted by France to the BioIntelligence research and development programme

Covert recordings can count as evidence in French proceedings

  • Squire Sanders
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  • France
  • -
  • June 3 2009

On 29 April 2009, the Paris Court of Appeal dismissed for the second time the appeal of Philips and Sony against a decision of the Competition Council in 2005 condemning an agreement between the two companies and their respective distributors

Brand owners can prohibit sales to discount stores

  • Squire Sanders
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  • European Union, France
  • -
  • June 10 2009

In the case of Copad SA v Christian Dior SA, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has confirmed that, in certain circumstances, a brand owner may prohibit the sale of its luxury goods in discount stores

L’Oreal’s claim against eBay in France fails

  • Squire Sanders
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  • France
  • -
  • June 10 2009

The cosmetics giant L’Oreal has failed in its trade mark infringement action against eBay in France in respect of the sale on eBay of counterfeit L’Oreal products

Minimum service bill adopted in France

  • Squire Sanders
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  • France
  • -
  • September 28 2007

On 2 August 2007 the French Parliament adopted a Bill relating to minimum public transport services