{"id":114387,"date":"2011-05-28T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T17:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mafr.fr\/actualites\/i-131-the-competition-authority-between-regulation-2\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T18:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:01:10","slug":"i-131-the-competition-authority-between-regulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mafr.fr\/en\/jorc\/jorc-review\/jorc-review-archives\/i-131-the-competition-authority-between-regulation\/","title":{"rendered":"I-1.31: The Competition Authority between \u201cregulation\u201d and competition policiy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two and a half years after having been established by the LME[1]<\/a>, the French Competition Authority has uncontestably acquired its \u201cplace in the sun\u201d amongst the competition authorities of other countries, as demonstrated by multiple indicators. Its (excellent) global ranking amongst competition authorities performed by Global Competition Review is the best illustration[2]<\/a> of this observation. But, we could also cite its international aura as demonstrated by the many invitations its President, Mr. Bruno Lasserre, has received to speak at the most prestigious international conferences, its leadership role in the European Competition Network and the International Competition Network[3]<\/a>, or the headlines economic and financial publications have devoted to this Authority\u2019s decisions.
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The establishment of such an important \u201cauthority\u201d with so many powers justifies that practitioners momentarily forget the \u201cheat of the action\u201d to think about its role in France\u2019s legal and institutional system, in terms of its goals and whether it has the appropriate means in order to fulfill its goals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The subject that will be discussed\u2014or even more modestly, will be initiated in this paper\u2014bears upon two points:<\/span><\/p>\n

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