P&G, Coty and Chanel fined €85,000 for anti-competition violations

Published: 21-Oct-2019
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The companies have been caught making exclusive import agreements for perfumes and cosmetics in the French overseas territories

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France’s anti-competition authority has ordered P&G, Coty and Chanel to pay €85,000 for making exclusive import agreements for perfumes and cosmetics in the French overseas territories of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana and Réunion between March 2013 and February 2018.

“These practices hindered the development of

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