ECJ JUDGE SAYS BANNING COSMETICS INTERNET SALES BREACHES EU LAW
April 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FRENCH cosmetics company Pierre Fabre has been warned its ban on distributors selling certain products via the Internet probably breaks European Union (EU) competition law.
European Court of Justice (ECJ) advocate general Jàn Mazák's formal opinion criticises this restriction as "disproportionate".
The company's distribution contracts for its Avène, Klorane, Galénic and Ducray brands insist all France sales be made in a physical space, with a qualified pharmacist present. Mazák dismissed Pierre Fabre claims the ban is justified on ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.