The Autorité hands out fines to Essilor International SAS and its parent company EssilorLuxottica SA for discriminatory trade practices

Following dawn raids, interviews and discussions with the main stakeholders in the optical lens industry, the Autorité de la concurrence handed out fines worth 81 067 400 euros to Essilor International SAS for having, over 11 years and 7 months, engaged in discriminatory trade practices aimed at hindering the development of the electronic commerce of corrective lenses in France. EssilorLuxottica SA, as the parent company, was fined 15 400 000 euros jointly and severally with Essilor International SAS.