The Autorité launches a public consultation on self-preferencing in connection with the SREN law

Following the publication of Opinion 23-A-08 of 29 June 2023 on competition in the cloud sector and the enactment on 22 May 2024 of the French law to secure and regulate the digital space (SREN), the Autorité de la concurrence is launching a public consultation on the practice of self-preferencing, as part of the preparation of the report to be submitted to the French parliament and government by 22 November 2025.

As required under the SREN law, the report will present – subject to the confidentiality of investigations – the work of the Autorité in the area of self-preferencing and any procedural or legislative improvements.

The contributions to the public consultation will not be published and the contributors will not be cited in the report. Stakeholders are invited to submit their responses to the public consultation by 30 June 2025 to the following address: RAPPORTAUTOPREFERENCE@autoritedelaconcurrence.fr.