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In Decision No. 19-D-25 of 17 December 2019, the French Competition Authority condemned the four main companies issuing meal vouchers (Endered, Sodexo, Up and Natixis Intertitres) for anti-competitive agreements between 2002 and 2018.<\/p>\n
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According to article L420-1 of the French Commercial Code, a cartel is defined as the concerted action of several companies with the aim of distorting competition, preventing new players from entering the market and\/or hindering the free setting of prices.<\/p>\n
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The cartel was formed through the association Centrale de R\u00e8glement des Titres Traitement (CRT).<\/p>\n
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The CRT’s task was to transmit monthly information to the cartel’s member companies concerning the individual market shares of each member.<\/p>\n
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This led to an increase in commissions for retailers collecting meal vouchers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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In addition, a memorandum of understanding was signed by the cartel members via the CRT.<\/p>\n
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Under this agreement, each member of the cartel agreed not to develop a dematerialised meal voucher platform until 2012.<\/p>\n
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This was to give the CRT time to innovate in this area.<\/p>\n
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This inevitably slowed down innovation and the development of paperless meal vouchers.<\/p>\n
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The Autorit\u00e9 de la Concurrence has therefore imposed the following financial penalties:\u00a0<\/p>\n
– Edenred France: \u20ac72,290,000;<\/p>\n
– Edenred France jointly and severally with Edenred SA: \u20ac65,509,000;<\/p>\n
– Natixis Intertitres: \u20ac4,360,000;<\/p>\n
– Natixis Intertitres jointly and severally with Natixis: 69,902,000 euros;<\/p>\n
– Sodexo Pass France, jointly and severally with Sodexo SA: 110,983,000 euros;<\/p>\n
– Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Up: 34,703,000 euros;<\/p>\n
– Association Centrale de R\u00e8glement des Titres Traitement: 2,000,000 euros.<\/p>\n
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This decision was subsequently confirmed by the Paris Court of Appeal on 16 November 2023 (no. 20\/03434).<\/p>\n
On the basis of this ruling, retailers who are victims of this anti-competitive agreement are now entitled to seek compensation before the courts.<\/p>\n
So if you are a retailer and paid particularly high contributions on meal vouchers to one of these four companies between 2002 and 2018, you are certainly eligible to claim compensation.<\/p>\n
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Ma\u00eetre DAMY, a lawyer specialising in Competition Law in Nice, will work with you to help you obtain the best possible compensation.<\/p>\n
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AVOCAT NICE – CLAIM COMPENSATION FOR THE LUNCHEON VOUCHER SCANDAL In Decision No. 19-D-25 of 17 December 2019, the French Competition Authority condemned the four main companies issuing meal vouchers (Endered, Sodexo, Up and Natixis Intertitres) for anti-competitive agreements between 2002 and 2018. According to article L420-1 of the French Commercial Code, a cartel is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-987508537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n