18 The Autorité’s values • We attach great importance to dialogue, and do our utmost to ensure that it is open and constructive with Parliament, the government and public stakeholders (including INDEPENDENCE the DGCCRF), companies, associations and other • We are committed to ensuring stakeholders as well as the protection of economic public our European and international order, consumer protection and partners. free competition, regardless of • We are particularly attentive to EXTERNAL political or private interests. respecting the principle of fairness • Our decisions are based on inter and the inter partes nature of partes debate, the consideration the procedure. of legal and economic arguments and the sole merit of the case. DIALOGUE INTERNAL • We seek to provide a work environment that fosters team spirit, well-being at work and • We conduct our engagements the constructive exchange of with integrity and probity, and ideas. On a daily basis, we work each case receives a rigorous in a spirit of trust which values and unbiased review. mutual assistance, benevolence • We call into question and mutual respect among our certainties and know agents. to be bold in formulating our assessments and proposals. TROPER LAUNNA 0202 – erutuf evitisop erom a gniretsoF