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Who was sanctioned, and for what?
Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 718 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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Where?
by authority- Autorité de la concurrence €212.4m 100 % · 4 cases
What for?
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When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
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| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2025 | 3 | €199.8m |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2026 | 1 | €12.7m |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — |
4 cases
16 Apr 2026 Synadis Bio, Greenweez (mit Carrefour SA), ITM Entreprises (mit Les Mousquetaires), Les Comptoirs de la BioFrance: 12.67 million EUR over allocation of distribution channels for organic food €12.7m
Through the association Synadis Bio, market participants ensured for more than seven years that organic brands were not sold simultaneously in specialist organic shops and in conventional supermarkets, in order to prevent price comparisons (decision 26-D-05). Fines: Synadis Bio 10 million EUR, Greenweez/Carrefour 1.85 million EUR, ITM 740,000 EUR, Les Comptoirs de la Bio 80,000 EUR.
Association decisions that tie members to particular distribution channels amount to market sharing – even if they are justified as a quality or positioning policy.
Association rules to foreclose distribution channels
- Authority / court
- Autorité de la concurrence
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Art. L.420-1 Code de commerce, Art. 101 Abs. 1 AEUV; Bußgeldbemessung nach Art. L.464-2 Code de commerce
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Published
- 16 Apr 2026
- L'Autorité de la concurrence sanctionne à hauteur de 12,67 millions d'euros (Entscheidung 26-D-05) Press release of an authority
- Décision 26-D-05 (version publique) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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17 Nov 2025 TotalEnergies Marketing France, Rubis Énergie, Rubis Terminal, EG RetailFrance: 187.5 million EUR against fuel suppliers over depot agreement in Corsica €187.5m
Between 2016 and 2023, the shareholders of the Corsican fuel storage company DPLC made the use of the depots conditional on a shareholding by means of a contractual clause; non-shareholders had to buy their fuel from their competitors, which could push up pump prices in Corsica (decision 25-D-07). Fines: TotalEnergies Marketing France 115.82 million EUR, Rubis 64.67 million EUR, EG Retail 7 million EUR.
Shared infrastructure of competitors must be open to third parties on fair terms – shareholder agreements should be reviewed under competition law.
Joint ventures of competitors and access conditions for third parties
- Authority / court
- Autorité de la concurrence
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Art. L.420-1 Code de commerce, Art. 101 AEUV
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 17 Nov 2025
- Carburants en Corse : l'Autorité de la concurrence inflige une sanction de 187,5 millions d'euros Press release of an authority
- Décision 25-D-07 relative à des pratiques mises en œuvre dans le secteur de l'approvisionnement, du stockage et de la distribution des carburants en Corse Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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6 Nov 2025 DoctolibFrance: 4.665 million EUR against Doctolib for abuse in doctor appointment booking €4.67m
Doctolib tied doctors with exclusivity clauses, bundled telemedicine with the appointment booking subscription and in 2018 acquired its main competitor MonDocteur in order to eliminate it (decision 25-D-06). Fines: 4.615 million EUR for exclusivity and tying, 50,000 EUR for the acquisition.
Platforms with high market shares should have exclusivity clauses, bundled offers and acquisitions of rivals reviewed under competition law.
- Authority / court
- Autorité de la concurrence
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. 102 AEUV, Art. L.420-2 Code de commerce
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Culpability
- intentional
- Published
- 6 Nov 2025
- L'Autorité de la concurrence sanctionne Doctolib à hauteur de 4 665 000 euros Press release of an authority
- Décision 25-D-06 relative à des pratiques mises en œuvre dans le secteur de la prise de rendez-vous médicaux en ligne Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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3 Nov 2025 Groupe ParfaitFrance: 7.6 million EUR against Groupe Parfait for failing to meet merger remedies (Martinique) €7.6m
In 2022, clearance of an acquisition in food retail in Martinique was made conditional on the divestiture of a Géant Casino hypermarket by September 2023; Parfait only sold it in September 2025, allowed the value of the assets to deteriorate and obstructed the trustee (decision 25-D-05). Fines: 4.5 million EUR (divestiture), 2.5 million EUR (preservation of value), 600,000 EUR (cooperation).
Merger control commitments are binding – missed deadlines and a lack of cooperation with the trustee are sanctioned separately.
Compliance with merger remedies and cooperation with trustees
- Authority / court
- Autorité de la concurrence
- Area of law
- Competition law · Merger control
- Legal basis
- Verstoß gegen Zusagen aus Freigabeentscheidung 22-DCC-254 (Fusionskontrolle, Code de commerce)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Published
- 3 Nov 2025
- Distribution alimentaire à la Martinique : l'Autorité inflige au groupe Parfait des sanctions (25-D-05) Press release of an authority
- Décision 25-D-05 relative au respect des engagements annexés à la décision n° 22-DCC-254 Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link