French Antitrust Fines Mariage Frères €4M on Distribution Limits

December 11, 2023, 10:46 AM UTC

France’s antitrust authority fines Mariage Frères €4 million for undermining distributors’ commercial freedom for about 15 years, according to statement from Autorité de la Concurrence.

  • The company banned distributors from selling its teas online and from reselling them to other distributors
  • Mariages Frères prevented consumers from benefiting from competitive prices, antitrust says

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