1. What is competition law?

Competition law encompasses all laws and regulations designed to ensure respect for the principle of free competition and to combat anti-competitive practices.

The Treaty of Rome of March 25 1957 establishing the European Economic Community declared certain anti-competitive practices incompatible with the common market.

In France, provisions concerning anti-competitive practices are codified at Code de commerce , and are enforced by the Autorité de la Concurrence and the courts.

Most of them can be found at dispositions du traité de Rome du 25 mars...