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- The European Union, Emerging Global Business and Human Rights
- Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy
- The European Union, Emerging Global Business and Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Foreword
- Series Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Tables of Treaties and Cases
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- Part I International Perspective
- Part II Perspective of the European Union and Its Member States
- 3 The European Union
- 4 European Union Member State
- 5 European Union Member State
- Part III Perspective of Developing and Emerging States
- Select Bibliography
- Index
4 - European Union Member State
France
from Part II - Perspective of the European Union and Its Member States
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2022
- The European Union, Emerging Global Business and Human Rights
- Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy
- The European Union, Emerging Global Business and Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Foreword
- Series Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Tables of Treaties and Cases
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- Part I International Perspective
- Part II Perspective of the European Union and Its Member States
- 3 The European Union
- 4 European Union Member State
- 5 European Union Member State
- Part III Perspective of Developing and Emerging States
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter aims to investigate the extent to which France has attempted to rein in transnational corporations from developing and emerging states by imposing requirements as a matter of regulatory compliance, either directly as an obligation formulated in a rule, or indirectly by offering corporations the opportunity to defend against civil violations. In 2017, France became the first state in the world to adopt a value chain responsibility law for all corporate risks, including human rights-related ones. Section 1 of this chapter analyses the parliamentary debates preceding this Law in order to increase our understanding of the impact that competition in the global marketplace – and, in particular, transnational corporations from developing and emerging states – had on the genesis and the stringency of the Law. Section 2 discusses the avenues available to bring claims against transnational corporations from developing and emerging states in France. Interestingly, several civil liability claims have been brought against the South Korean corporation Samsung and its French subsidiary in criminal proceedings.
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- The European Union, Emerging Global Business and Human Rights , pp. 155 - 186Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022