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Commission confirms inspections were carried out in the French electricity sector

  • Squire Sanders
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  • European Union, France
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  • March 16 2009

The European Commission has confirmed that on 10 March 2009 Commission officials carried out unannounced inspections at the premises of the electricity company EDF in France

Commission extends investigation into regulated electricity tariffs in France

  • Squire Sanders
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  • European Union, France
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  • March 16 2009

The European Commission has extended the in-depth investigation it began in 2007 under EC Treaty State aid rules into the regulated electricity tariffs enjoyed by certain large and medium-sized companies in France

National authorities fine two gas companies

  • Squire Sanders
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  • France, Spain
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  • March 31 2009

Two gas companies, one French and the other Spanish, have been fined by national authorities for engaging in anticompetitive practices

Commission approves commitments offered by GDF Suez to increase competition in French gas market

  • Squire Sanders
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  • European Union, France
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  • December 31 2009

The Commission has declared the commitments offered by GDF Suez (a French energy company) to increase competition in the French gas market, legally binding under Article 9 of Regulation 12003 on the implementation of the EU Treaty’s competition rules

Electrabel appeals 20 million fine imposed for implementing its acquisition of CNR without approval

  • Squire Sanders
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  • European Union, France
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  • December 31 2009

Electrabel has appealed the Commission’s decision to fine it 20 million for acquiring Compagnie Nationale du Rhône ("CNR"), prior to receiving approval by the Commission under the EC Merger Regulation

General Court annuls Commission decision declaring measures implemented by France for EDF to be incompatible with the common market

  • Squire Sanders
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  • European Union, France
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  • December 31 2009

On the 15 December 2009, the General Court of the European Union annulled a Commission decision against EDF which declared aid it had received from the French State as incompatible with the common market

Commission market tests proposed commitments of EDF in the French electricity retail market

  • Squire Sanders
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  • European Union, France
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  • December 31 2009

The Commission has announced that it is undertaking a formal consultation with market operators and interested parties, on the commitments offered by EDF to improve the level of competition in the French energy market