Directorate General for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control

1. Directorate General for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control

2. Directorate General for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairsand Fraud Control (DGCCRF) A mandate to work on behalf of consumers and enterprises Organisation and resources The DGCCRF and its environment DGCCRF - January 2014

3. A mandate with 3 vectors • Regulation of market competition • Economic protection of consumers • Consumer safety DGCCRF - January 2014

4. The main bases in law for DGCCRF interventions • Treaty on European Union and its implementing regulations • French Commercial Code section on competition law (Book IV) • French Consumer Code  • French Public Procurements Code • Provisions in other codes (e.g. Public Health, Social Security, Employment, Construction and Intellectual Property) DGCCRF - January 2014

5. Regulation of market competition Define and ensure compliance with competition rules that favour the development of an open and transparent market • Combat cartels and abuses of dominant position in liaison with the Competition Authority • Prevent and control unfair trade practices between professionals (in particular in trade and industry relations) • Detect and combat trademark infringements Goal DGCCRF - January 2014

6. Economic protection of consumers Inform and protect consumers against unfair or unlawful market practices on a daily basis Goal • Clear and honest information on products and servicesLabelling rules (price, ingredients and description) Quality indicators • Fair market practices for consumersEcommerce, real estate and housing, health and social services, banking and insurance, transport and tourism, environmental claims, metrology • Price monitoringMonthly online publication of the findings of the Prices and Margins Monitoring Centre DGCCRF - January 2014

7. Consumer safety Ensure the physical safety of consumers and protect consumer health…… as a market supervisory authority that has European obligations Goal • Safety of food products Ingredients, general and nutritional labelling, claims, hygiene and maintenance of a continuous cold chain • Safety of non-food productsComposition, labelling, "CE" marking, verification of product registration and test compliance • Action methods  Stronger action in high-risk sectors (toys, baby products, sports and leisure, individual protective equipment, cosmetics, chemical substances and products, etc.) Initial market release audits ("CPMM"): verification of an undertaking's capacity to market compliant products (risk analysis, quality policy and self-monitoring) Taking samples for analysis (laboratories) or risk assessment by national agencies (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) and French Agency for Drug and Healthcare Product Safety (ANSM)) Reporting of dangerous products as part of the RASFF (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) and RAPEX (rapid exchange of information on non-food products) procedures, which include consumer information initiatives DGCCRF - January 2014

8. Organisation and Resources • Organisation • Resources • Manpower 3,114 officers(at 31 December 2013) DGCCRF - January 2014

9. Organisation Central administration and local offices • A central administration in Paris • Within Unit C of the 22 DIRECCTE (regional directorates for enterprises, competition, consumer affairs, labour and employment),Unit C mandates: competition, consumer affairs, fraud control and metrology • In liaison with 96 inter-ministerial department directorates organised into: • DDPP, departmental directorates for the protection of populations (départements with more than 400,000 inhabitants) • DDCSPP, departmental directorates for social cohesion of the protection of populations (départements with less than 400,000 inhabitants) • + a DCSTEP, a directorate for social cohesion, labour, employmentand the population, on Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon • Outside metropolitan France, within the 5 DIECCTE (directorates for enterprises, competition, consumer affairs, labour and employment),a unit C with competition, consumer affairs and metrology mandates DGCCRF - January 2014

10. Central Administration in Paris DGCCRF - January 2014

11. Organisation Departments with national scope and networks • A Joint Laboratory Service (SCL) with the DGDDIin Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Rennes, Lille, Strasbourg, Lyon, Le Havre, Île-de-France, Les Antilles and La Réunion • A National Investigations Department (SNE)which includes an Electronic Commerce Surveillance Centre in Morlaix • A National Academy for competition, consumer affairs and fraud control (ENCCRF)in Montpellier with offices in Montreuil • An IT Department (SICCRF): 3 centres in Paris, Lyon and Montpellier • Institutional Networks: fruits and vegetables, wines, cross-border cooperation, etc. • Sectoral inspection networks: toys, seafood, fertilizer and crop-growing media, food supplements, animal feed, etc. DGCCRF - January 2014

12. Resources • The 3 national goals of the DNO (National Policy Directive) for 2013 • Comply with EU market surveillance requirements as stipulated in the EU regulations for food and non-food products • Help to guarantee well-functioning competitive markets and balanced commercial relations by detecting and dealing with restrictive or anti-competitive practices • Support consumer protection, in particular by monitoring transparency and compliance with practices affecting spending on basic necessities (such as healthcare, housing, banking, heating, etc.) and by checking the compliance and safety of products and services • Work organisation • National investigations • Regional investigations • Ad hoc investigations Target national objectives in the National Policy Directive (DNO) DGCCRF - January 2014

13. The DGCCRF and its environment • Partners • International presence • Relations with the public DGCCRF - January 2014

14. Partners • Competition Authority (ADLC) • Telecommunications and Postal Services Regulatory Authority (ARCEP) • Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES)1 • Agency for Drug and Healthcare Product Safety (ANSM) • Consumer associations • National Consumer Protection Institution (INC) • Consumer Safety Commission (CSC)2 • Unfair Terms Commission (CCA)2 • Consumer Mediation Commission (CMC)2 • National Consumer Council (CNC) • Trade federations • The administrations (customs, directorate general for food, directorate general for risk prevention, gendarmerie, etc.) • Audio-visual board (CSA) • Research Institute for the Study and Monitoring of Living Standards (CREDOC) 1. New establishment created by the merger of the AFSSA and the AFSSET on 1 July 2010. 2. Commissions that answer to the INC (Art. L. 534.1 et seq. of the Consumer Code introduced by Law No 2010-737 of 1 July 2010). DGCCRF - January 2014

15. International presence European • European negotiations  directives and regulations • Point of contact for European alert networks (RAPEX and RASFF) • Network of European competition authorities (ECN) • Administrative Cooperation Committee of Control Authorities for Consumer Protection International • Represented in numerous organisations  International Competition Authority Network (ICN)  Codex Alimentarius Commission  International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network (ICPEN), OECD, WTO, etc. • International technical cooperation  Agreements with Russia, Ukraine, Maghreb, China, etc. DGCCRF - January 2014

16. Relations with the public • The DGCCRF website  Practical advice on consumer affairs and forms  www.economie.gouv.fr/dgccrf • The Info Service Consommation call centre, telephone number 3939 Allô Service Public (around €0.06 min. on average) • Visitor facilities for consumers at DDPP and DDCSPP:duty staff process walk-in enquiries DGCCRF - January 2014

17. Key figures 2013 • Number of inspections:719,000 • Number of establishments inspected:137,000 • Number of analyses (samples taken by the DGCCRF): 268,000 • Claims registered in the barometer:85,961 (87,000 in 2012 and 90,125 in 2011) • DGCCRF website hits:3,501,038 DGCCRF - January 2014

18. Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control DGCCRF - January 2014