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DGCCRF

DGCCRF : Directorate-General for competition, consumption and the repression of fraud

Roles and missions

Under the organic law on finance laws (LOLF), la DGCCRF exerce ses missions autour de trois actions de programme “régulation et sécurisation des échanges de biens et de services” :

1) The competitive market regulation

The aim is to ensure the conditions for a balanced and transparent functioning of markets.

The DGCCRF is by :

. the fight against cartels and abuses of dominant position (DGCCRF may propose to the Minister to seize the Competition Authority),
. merger control in order to guarantee the existence of competitive structures in the economic fabric,
. the fight against unfair trade practices include ensuring fair relationships between suppliers and distributors,
. review of the situation of public procurement to ensure equitable and transparent access,
. the fight against counterfeiting.

2) The economic protection of consumers

review of the situation of public procurement to ensure equitable and transparent access.

review of the situation of public procurement to ensure equitable and transparent access (labelling rules, review of the situation of public procurement to ensure equitable and transparent access, review of the situation of public procurement to ensure equitable and transparent access).

review of the situation of public procurement to ensure equitable and transparent access (standards, labels, appellations d’origine contrôlée…) review of the situation of public procurement to ensure equitable and transparent access.

review of the situation of public procurement to ensure equitable and transparent access (misleading advertising, review of the situation of public procurement to ensure equitable and transparent access, abus de faiblesse…) and verifies the correct application of price advertising rules.

Other means are being implemented to strengthen the economic protection of consumers : the consultation (particularly within the National Consumer Council), information on the Internet, General Management publications, reception of the public in the territorial directorates.

It is also within the competence of the DGCCRF to exercise a monitoring role over prices when they experience or are likely to experience unusual variations., due to decisions by public authorities or events which may have repercussions on prices (establishment of price monitoring observatories).

3) The safety of consumers

The DGCCRF intervenes on all products, food and industrial and at all levels (production, import, distribution) as well as the services.

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The DGCCRF intervenes on all products, food and industrial and at all levels (production, import, distribution) as well as the services.

as well as the services.

as well as the services, as well as the services, as well as the services, as well as the services.

as well as the services (as well as the services).

Website of the DGCCRF : www.DGCCRF.Bercy.gouv.fr

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