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by company- Schneider Electric; Legrand; Rexel; Sonepar €470m 68 % · 1 case
- ELKOND HHK, VUKI, Prysmian, NKT, KABEX u. a. (Kabelkartell, 9 Unternehmen und ein Verband) €97.4m 14 % · 1 case
- CNH Industrial Polska sp. z o.o., Raitech sp. z o.o., PHU Perkoz sp. z o.o. u. a. (8 Unternehmen) €80.1m 12 % · 1 case
- Anonymised companies €19.6m 3 % · 6 cases
- IDEMIA France (vormals Oberthur Technologies) €15.5m 2 % · 1 case
- Nexans France, Nexans SA; Sonepar-Gruppe (Sonepar France Distribution u. a.) €6.5m 1 % · 1 case
- Sennheiser electronic SE & Co KG, Sonova AG €634,000 0 % · 1 case
- VARTA AG €620,000 0 % · 1 case
- KLUBB France SAS €558,024 0 % · 1 case
- CalPlus GmbH, Elektronik-Kontor Messtechnik GmbH, TVW Meßtechnik GmbH €453,000 0 % · 1 case
- 3 more€950,000
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| Q1 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2026 | 1 | €6.5m |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2026 | 0 | – |
1 case
2 Apr 2026 Nexans France, Nexans SA; Sonepar-Gruppe (Sonepar France Distribution u. a.)Nexans and Sonepar: EUR 6.5 million for exclusive import rights in overseas territories €6.5m
From 13 May 2015 to 20 November 2023, Nexans granted companies of the Sonepar group exclusive rights to import Nexans cables into La Réunion, Mayotte, French Guiana, Martinique and Guadeloupe, which Art. L. 420-2-1 of the Code de commerce (French Commercial Code) prohibits for the overseas territories. In a settlement procedure the Autorité de la concurrence (French Competition Authority) imposed EUR 3 million on Nexans France (jointly with Nexans SA) and EUR 3.5 million on the Sonepar companies involved, EUR 6.5 million in total. It is the authority’s first decision based on a report by a person with protected whistleblower status.
Exclusive import or distribution rights for the French overseas territories are prohibited in principle and should be reviewed before any contract is signed.
Exclusive distribution and import rights; whistleblowers as a source of detection
- Authority / court
- Autorité de la concurrence
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Art. L. 420-2-1 Code de commerce; Vergleichsverfahren nach Art. L. 464-2 III Code de commerce
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Mitigating circumstances
- Settlement procedure (transaction): the companies did not contest the objections.
- Published
- 2 Apr 2026
- Autorité de la concurrence, Décision 26-D-04 du 2 avril 2026 (Entscheidungsseite) Decision of an authority
- Autorité de la concurrence, Décision 26-D-04 (Volltext, PDF) Decision of an authority
- Autorité de la concurrence, Communiqué de presse zu 26-D-04 Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link