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The French personal-care price decision (14-D-19, 2014)

On 18 December 2014 the French competition authority fined makers of personal-care products for coordinating their policy towards supermarkets, and their price increases, between 2003 and 2006.

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2003 – 18 Dec 2014

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  • Autorité de la concurrence decided on 18 December 2014 Primary record 1
  • L'Oréal fined €189,494,000 on the personal-care market; it contested the decision, and the figure stood after the Paris Court of Appeal’s ruling of 18 June 2020 Primary record 12
  • Unilever fined €102,022,000 on the personal-care market and €70,522,000 on home care, under the negotiated settlement procedure Primary record 1
  • Procter & Gamble fined €39,109,000 on the personal-care market, €74,923,000 for Gillette and €39,830,000 on home care, under the negotiated settlement procedure Primary record 1
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  1. 2003 – 18 Dec 2014 The French personal-care price decision (14-D-19, 2014)
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  1. The Autorité de la concurrence fines concerted practices between manufacturers a total of 345,2 € millions and 605,9 € millions on each market concerned (decision 14-D-19), Autorité de la concurrence, 18 Dec 2014. Primary record
    Between 2003 and 2006, on both markets, they coordinated their commercial policy towards supermarkets, and in particular their price increases.
    Colgate-Palmolive, Henkel, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Reckitt Benckiser, Sara Lee, Laboratoires Vendôme, Gillette, L’Oréal, Beiersdorf and Vania participated at varying extents.
    Unilever 102 022 000 € - negotiated settlement procedure
    Procter & Gamble (Gillette) 74 923 000 € - negotiated settlement procedure
  2. Paris Court of Appeal, judgment of 18 June 2020, L’Oréal v. Autorité de la concurrence, on remand from the Cour de cassation (RG 19/08826), Paris Court of Appeal, 18 Jun 2020. Primary record
    INFLIGE, en conséquence, à la société L’Oréal S.A., à titre personnel et en sa qualité d’ayant droit de la société Lascad, une sanction pécuniaire de 189 494 000 euros
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