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Cosmetic company’s indirect ban on online selling ruled illegal
- Nabarro LLP
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- European Union, France
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- December 1 2011
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has confirmed that a contractual ban on internet sales in a selective distribution arrangement will generally infringe EU law in the absence of good objective justification
General Court dismisses appeal against dawn raid of French pharmacy associations
- Nabarro LLP
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- European Union, France
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- November 16 2010
The General Court has dismissed an appeal by two French Pharmacy associations (the 'CONP' and the 'CCG') against a decision by the European Commission ordering them to submit to an unannounced competition inspection
General Court confirms that government statements of support do not constitute State aid
- Nabarro LLP
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- European Union, France
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- June 7 2010
On 21 May 2010, the General Court annulled a decision of the European Commission which had earlier concluded that certain statements, made by the French Minister of the Economy in 2002 indicating that the Government was considering making a shareholder loan to France Telecom (FT), constituted illegal State aid
ECJ rules on the recovery of aid from Scott and Kimberly Clark where there was a procedural defect
- Nabarro LLP
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- European Union, France
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- June 7 2010
On 20 May 2010, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down a ruling on a reference from a French court concerning the recovery of state aid granted to Scott SA and Kimberly Clark SAS in the form of a preferential land price and preferential rate of water treatment levy
National court obliged to recover illegal state aid
- Nabarro LLP
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- European Union, France
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- March 22 2010
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in case C-109, re-emphasised the obligation upon national courts to recover unlawful State aid in its ruling on a French referral concerning aid granted to the Centre d'exportation du livre français (CELF
Advocate General gives opinion on the latest Scott SA appeal
- Nabarro LLP
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- European Union, France
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- March 4 2010
Advocate General Mengozzi's Opinion (in case C-29007 P) of 23 February 2010, generally supports the European Commission's findings regarding State aid to Scott SA
Ebay fined in Paris, vindicated in NY what now for "genuine fakes"?
- Nabarro LLP
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- France, USA
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- August 20 2008
On 1 July 2008, a judge in Paris handed down the most significant judgment to date in the ongoing battle between Ebay and some of the world's most famous luxury brands
Clampdown on violations of data protection laws
- Nabarro LLP
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- European Union, France
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- April 10 2008
Last year, in a decision not widely reported in the UK, the French data protection authority, CNIL, fined a French subsidiary of the American based multinational organisation, Tyco Healthcare France, 30,000 for breaches of the EU Data Protection Directive
Liability for hosting content
- Nabarro LLP
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- France
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- April 10 2008
Recent decisions regarding the liability of companies hosting content reflect the strict position adopted by the French courts with respect to the enforcement of the provisions in the Trust in the Digital Economy Act (French acronym: LCEN) of June 21, 2004 on reporting manifestly unlawful content to the host
Infringement proceedings initiated against France
- Nabarro LLP
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- European Union, France
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- March 31 2008
The European Commission (Commission) has referred France’s public procurement code to the European Court of Justice (ECJ
