Following this ruling, SNCF Mobilités recorded a €5 million
provision in its financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 impacting the valuation of employee
commitments for personnel with qualifying status.Ongoing litigation
 —Investigation of the Competition Authority regarding
Fret SNCF
An investigation was conducted by the Competition Authority regarding Fret SNCF. In March 2012, the reporting judges transmitted a final report to the Competition Authority with
a certain number of grievances, all of which were challenged
by EPIC SNCF Mobilités (formerly EPIC SNCF) due to their unfounded nature and the lack of competition law infringement.
Following the Competition Authority’s decision (December
2012), EPIC SNCF Mobilités was ordered to pay a fine of €61 million for having conducted several practices that
hindered or delayed the entry of new operators into the rail freight transport market. This fine was expensed in 2012 under
“Purchases and external charges” within gross profit. The Authority also issued a judicial order regarding Fret SNCF’s pricing policy and imposed that certain measures, particularly
of an accounting and commercial nature, be implemented and
in effect at the end of a three-year period in order to render such policy more objective. In January 2013, EPIC SNCF
Mobilités appealed this decision before the Paris Appeal
Court, which rendered its decision on 6 November 2014, judging that the grievance concerning predatory pricing was unsubstantiated and the order to pay was no longer justified.
It also reduced the financial penalty that SNCF Mobilités was ordered to pay to €48 million. ECR and the Competition
Authority appealed in December 2014. Proceedings continued
in 2015, with further pleadings by ECR and the Competition Authority, and EPIC SNCF Mobilités’ observations in reply
(also applicable for the appeal).

### Language ###
English

### Assessment ###
The text contains a specific amount of a financial penalty after appeal, which could be the subject of a straightforward information request.

### Query ###
What was the final reduced fine that SNCF had to pay after their appeal in the freight transport competition case?
What was the final reduced fine that SNCF had to pay after their appeal in the freight transport competition case?