Due Process and the Art of Fining : The French Example

In this presentation made for the XVIII th ICF St Gallen Conference in the roundtable on "Due process and the art of fining", the author examines the French system. Unlike the European Commission, there is a clear cut within the French Competition Authority between the Investigation Services which handle the case and the College which adopts the final decision. Furthermore, the Authority has just adopted its first notice on the method on the setting of financial penalties