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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9384
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice

Surprise inspections carried out at France Télécom in 2004 were not illegal

Luxembourg, 12/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - France Télécom is currently going through a bad spell with the Court of Justice. After its appeal against a fine for “predatory” pricing was rejected by the Court in January (see EUROPE 9355), on 8 March the Court of First Instance ruled that a surprise inspection carried out in 2004 was legal (T-339/04 and T-340/04).

In July 2003, the Commission imposed a fine of €10.35 billion on France Télécom for the activities of its subsidiary Wanadoo...

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