15 April 2019
Digital services taxation – French GAFA Tax
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/france/taxation-du-secteur-numerique-taxe-gafa-francaise

The French GAFA tax finally seems to be materialised after the adoption at first reading by the National Assembly of the bill "creating a tax on digital services and modifying the trajectory of corporate tax reduction".

07 February 2020
France launches public consultation on transposition of the EECC
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/france/france-launches-public-consultation-on-transposition-of-the-eecc

The French Government recently unveiled extracts of the draft text transposing the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) into French law. The transposition work is under the responsibility of the Ministry for ...

15 March 2021
French Supreme Court extends legal privilege to all attorney-client correspondence relating to rights of defence
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/france/french-supreme-court-extends-legal-privilege-to-all-attorney-client-correspondence

On 20 January 2021, the criminal chamber of the French Supreme Court held that in the context of a dawn raid carried out by a competition authority, all attorney-client correspondence relating to the right of defence is ...

15 September 2020
Merger control: first-ever FCA’s decision to block a transaction
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/france/merger-control-first-ever-fcas-decision-to-block-a-transaction

Nearly a month after issuing its new merger control guidelines, the French Competition Authority (FCA) broke new ground in merger control by issuing a blocking decision on 28 August 2020, against the joint takeover of a ...

25 February 2020
Apple’s software update branded as instance of unfair commercial practice by French regulator
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/france/apples-software-update-branded-as-instance-of-unfair-commercial-practice-by-french-regulator

An investigation by the French regulator for matters of competition and consumer rights, the Direction Générale de la Concurrence, de la Consommation et de la Répression des Fraudes (DGCCRF), has found the Apple ...

29 November 2018
CNIL'S decision on vectaury – focus on consent in the mobile app AdTech context
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/global/cnils-decision-on-vectaury-focus-on-consent-in-the-mobile-app-adtech-context

Vectaury is the fourth mobile centric AdTech company to be investigated by the CNIL (the French Data Protection Authority) this year. The decision (which can be found here) is an enforcement notice giving the company 3 ...

20 January 2021
The FCA publishes its roadmap for 2021
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/france/the-fca-publishes-its-roadmap-for-2021

After a year strongly marked by the unprecedented COVID-19 health and economic crisis, the French Competition Authority ("FCA") recently published its roadmap for 2021. Continuity and novelty are the two words that can ...

03 March 2021
The Council of State invalidates two measures of ARCEP’s National Numbering Plan
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/france/le-conseil-d-etat-invalide-deux-mesures-du-plan-national-de-numerotation-de-l-arcep

On February 12, 2021, the Council of State (« Conseil d'Etat ») – France’s highest administrative court - ordered ARCEP to repeal restrictions on international calls and communications via automated systems. We describe ...

16 February 2021
New FCA’s study on professional bodies in the run-up to ECN+ Directive transposition
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/france/new-fcas-study-on-professional-bodies-in-the-run-up-to-ecn-directive-transposition

While the ECN+ Directive is about to be transposed into French law, which will result in exposing professional bodies to potentially much heavier sanctions than under the current legal framework, the French Competition ...

26 August 2020
France - French Ministry of Economy launches digital transformation working group
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/france/france---mission-launch-about-digital-transformation-by-the-french-ministry-of-economy

On 5 August 2020, the French Ministry of Economy announced the launch of a mission on the digital transformation of the French Economy (in French “La mission numérique des grands groupes”). France aims to be one of the ...