Defending against competitors
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Distribution Networks, Competition
Restrictive competition practices
The penalty incurred for a restrictive practice can be up to 5 million euros or 5% of your CAHT France.
GOUACHE Avocats ensures the validity of your purchase and distribution agreements with regard to the law of restrictive practices. Contact us to have your supplier and distributor agreements audited.
Are you subject to a control by the DGCCRF, a subpoena based on the criminalization of a restrictive practice of competition?
GOUACHE Avocats assists you in the context of these controls or litigation (subject to a significant imbalance, obtaining an advantage without compensation, sudden termination of established commercial relations, prohibition of off-grid resale, imposed prices, etc.).
The penalty incurred for a restrictive practice can be up to 5 million euros or 5% of your CAHT France.
GOUACHE Avocats ensures the validity of your purchase and distribution agreements with regard to the law of restrictive practices. Contact us to have your supplier and distributor agreements audited.
Are you subject to a control by the DGCCRF, a subpoena based on the criminalization of a restrictive practice of competition?
GOUACHE Avocats assists you in the context of these controls or litigation (subject to a significant imbalance, obtaining an advantage without compensation, sudden termination of established commercial relations, prohibition of off-grid resale, imposed prices, etc.).
Distribution Networks, Competition
Competitive Compliance Programs
The right to anti-competitive practices is a major issue for companies.
The control of competition and the prerogatives of the Community authorities of the Competition Authority have increased.
The amount of sanctions has increased, and the risk is major, alternative solutions to litigation (leniency, transaction, commitments) having however developed by offering additional risk management tools.
The right to anti-competitive practices is a major issue for companies.
The control of competition and the prerogatives of the Community authorities of the Competition Authority have increased.
The amount of sanctions has increased, and the risk is major, alternative solutions to litigation (leniency, transaction, commitments) having however developed by offering additional risk management tools.
Distribution Networks, Competition
Competition monitoring and litigation
Do you have to face a dispute before the DGCCRF, the Competition Authority or the European Commission for a problem relating to competition law?
Gouache Avocats assists its clients from the visit and seizure operation to any litigation before the French or Community courts.
Do you have to face a dispute before the DGCCRF, the Competition Authority or the European Commission for a problem relating to competition law?
Gouache Avocats assists its clients from the visit and seizure operation to any litigation before the French or Community courts.
Distribution Networks, Competition
Agreements
Gouache Avocats advises you on the legality of your agreements and practices with regard to French and Community competition regulations and in the implementation of compliance programs within your company.
Gouache Avocats also assists companies in proceedings initiated by the Competition Authority or the European Commission (request for information, visits and seizures, leniency proceedings, settlement, commitments), litigation before national and Community courts and assists companies wishing to complain of possible anti-competitive agreements in their sector of activity.
Gouache Avocats accompanies you to assess your risk and defend yourself.
Gouache Avocats advises you on the legality of your agreements and practices with regard to French and Community competition regulations and in the implementation of compliance programs within your company.
Gouache Avocats also assists companies in proceedings initiated by the Competition Authority or the European Commission (request for information, visits and seizures, leniency proceedings, settlement, commitments), litigation before national and Community courts and assists companies wishing to complain of possible anti-competitive agreements in their sector of activity.
Gouache Avocats accompanies you to assess your risk and defend yourself.
Products, Consumer, Advertising
Unfair and parasitic competition
If any professional can harm his competitor, it is provided that he does not use unfair processes, that is to say, contrary to professional practices, in order to divert customers from his competitor. Fault in the exercise of competition obliges its author to pay damages if damage has been suffered.
If any professional can harm his competitor, it is provided that he does not use unfair processes, that is to say, contrary to professional practices, in order to divert customers from his competitor. Fault in the exercise of competition obliges its author to pay damages if damage has been suffered.
Distribution Networks, Competition
Disparagement, Defamation
Disparagement is defined as the discrediting of a product or service. It is a form of unfair competition. It differs from defamation, which requires that the attack, damaging honor or reputation, be directed against a natural or legal person.
Disparagement is defined as the discrediting of a product or service. It is a form of unfair competition. It differs from defamation, which requires that the attack, damaging honor or reputation, be directed against a natural or legal person.