Key figures
How many employees do we have? What is our budget? What impact does our work have on the economy? What is the total amount of fines handed out? How many mergers and acquisitions are reviewed each year? Do we often apply EU law?
Find out more about the Autorité through a selection of figures and indicators.
Top fines handed out since 2011
Amount of fines since 2014
While its fines policy is designed to have a deterrent effect, the Autorité nevertheless ensures that fines remain proportionate to the size of the market affected and the ability of the companies or bodies concerned to pay.
The graph below presents the amount of fines handed out each year. Amounts are shown in millions of euros.
Interactive mapping of the companies fined by the Autorité
Implemented by the Digital Economy Unit, the map aims to present - in an innovative and interactive way - the work carried out by the Autorité. It builds on the resources available via Etalab regarding French companies.
The tool was developed thanks to open and free solutions. Furthermore, the data is made available on Data.gouv.fr, so that it can be reused in the framework of new projects.
Interactive network graph tool
Interactive network graph tool for merger decisions
The tool has been replicated for the 3,275 merger decisions published by the Autorité de la concurrence up to 1 January 2024. The code is now available on its Github.
A high-resolution image of the corresponding graph is also available here, pending the interactive tool being made available online.
Impact on the economy
In order to assess the impact of its work on the economy, the Autorité decided to include an overall evaluation in its annual report in 2018.
Based on methods recommended by the OECD, the evaluation takes into account not only the amount of fines imposed on companies but also the gains to the economy resulting from the cessation of anticompetitive behaviour and the implementation of remedies as part of mergers (see the appendix to the 2023 annual report/page 32 [in French]).
Review of mergers and acquisitions
Since 2013, the Autorité de la concurrence has issued more than 2,500 decisions on mergers and acquisitions. In 96% of cases, the Autorité cleared the transaction unconditionally.
A leading role in Europe
The French authority, the most active national authority
The ECN represents the 28 national competition authorities and the Commission. Through the encrypted network, the members can share information and communicate on cases under investigation. The aim is to foster convergence and greater effectiveness in the application of competition rules.
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