Retailer group files official complaint to EU about French pricing law

Retail industry association EuroCommerce has lodged a formal complaint with the European Commission over a French law that limits supermarkets' ability to discount certain consumer products in France. EuroCommerce argues the law, dubbed "Descrozaille" after the French lawmaker who proposed it, infringes European Union rules on free movement of goods and services within the single market. In a statement on Thursday the group called on the European Commission to "urgently take action".