By Yasmine EDDAM
23 April 2025
Companies are constantly entering into agreements to organise their activities: supply contracts, distribution agreements, technological partnerships, etc. These practices, which are at the heart of free competition, can nevertheless, even if most of these collaborations are beneficial and legitimate, cross the yellow line and fall under the ban on anti-competitive agreements. With the Internet facilitating the exchange of information and coordination between economic players, the risks of cartels may be increased, while new forms of restrictions are appearing in commercial relations, all of which present major challenges for competition law on the Internet. Understanding where the boundary lies between a legitimate commercial agreement and a prohibited practice is fundamental for any business operating online. The rules, stemming from European law (Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) and French law (Article L. 420-1 of the French Commercial Code),...
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