Adopted on April 20, 2010, the EU Regulation n°330/2010, known as the vertical agreements Block Exemption Regulation (the “New Regulation”), shall enter into force on June 1, 2010. It shall apply to all agreements entered into after May 31, 2010 and shall remain effective up to May 31, 2022.
As a friend and counsel of the Mérieux Family, André Soulier, who sat at the Lyon municipal council with Jean and then Alain Mérieux, wanted to pay a tribute to this ingenious dynasty and authored an article published in the Official Municipal Bulletin of the City of Lyon.
There have always been close links between collective dominant market positions (Article L.420-2 of the French Commercial Code / Article 82 of the TEC[1]) and concerted practices (Article L.420-1 of the French Commercial Code / Article 81 of the TEC). Indeed, the existence of structural links between companies (notably in the form of concluded agreements) […]
In a decision dated December 15, 2009, the Commercial Chamber of the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) recalled the importance of the drafting of pre-emption clauses and ruled that such clauses would not apply in case of contribution of shares.
A parent company owning (directly or indirectly) 100% of its subsidiary’s capital is presumed to exercise a “decisive influence”
On December 11, Jean-Luc Soulier participated as a panelist to the “Associations of companies and consortiums: pooling your strengths to win tenders” conference organized by ERAI
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