Case record · Core: antitrust / funding · France (FR)
France's Autorité de la concurrence fines Nel group companies €2.16m over abuse of dominance at Mayotte's Port of Longoni
On 15 October 2026 the Autorité de la concurrence announced decision 26-D-09 fining several companies in the Mayotte-based Nel group a total of €2,162,599 for two abuses of a dominant position in the port handling sector at Mayotte's Port of Longoni.
Proceedings
France — Authority proceeding
- Jurisdiction
- France
- Case number
- unknown
- Posture
- Decided; appeal status unknown (as of 16 October 2026)
- Finality
- Unknown
- ID
- CASE-FR-4-P1
Timeline
- (decision date · day precision)
Authority decision: France's Autorité de la concurrence fines Nel group companies €2.16m over abuse of dominance at Mayotte's Port of Longoni
Actor: Autorité de la concurrence · Posture after: Decided; appeal status unknown · latest recorded event
EUR 2,162,599 (aggregate fines as reported)
- Port of Longoni in Mayotte: the Autorité de la concurrence fines several companies in the Mayotte-based Nel group a total of €2.1 million for abuse of a dominant position in the port handling sector | Autorité de la concurrence
France · Official / primary · AuthorityPressRelease · published 15 October 2026 · en · checked 16 October 2026Cited at: Heading 'Decision 26-D-09 of 15 October 2026' / 'regarding practices implemented in the port handling sector in Mayotte'; Section 'Amount of the fines' and sentence 'imposed a total fine of €2,162,599 on several companies in the Nel group'; Section 'Exclusionary abuse in the port handling markets' (first paragraph); Section 'Exploitative abuse in the imposition of unfair trading conditions'; Sentence 'the Autorité considers MCG's status as a public service concessionaire to be an aggravating circumstance'; Sentence 'the Autorité has ordered MCG to publish a summary of the decision on the website and in the print edition of Mayotte Hebdo'; Sentence 'The full text of the decision (in French) will be available soon'; Table 'Amount of the fines (in €)' — 'Objection 1' and 'Objection 2' rows; Section 'Background' (first paragraph)
- Port of Longoni in Mayotte: the Autorité de la concurrence fines several companies in the Mayotte-based Nel group a total of €2.1 million for abuse of a dominant position in the port handling sector | Autorité de la concurrence