French Distribution Law
Auteurs : Louis Vogel, Joseph Vogel
Sommaire de l’ouvrage
Introduction
Part 1: Exclusive purchase/Exclusive supply
Part 2: Exclusive distribution
Title 1: Lawfulness of network
Chapter 1: Lawfulness of resale outside network
Section 1: Parasitism (free-riding)
Section 2: Loss-leaders
Section 3: Manufacturer's warranty
Section 5: Unlawful use of the trademark
Section 6: Exhaustion of trademark rights
Section 7: Liability of website publisher or host.
Title 3: Relations between the parties
Part 4: Motor vehicle distribution
Part 5: Franchises
Part 6: Commercial agents
Part 7: Managers
Part 8: Sales representatives (VRP - Voyageurs Représentants Placiers)
224. Unfair commercial practices.
1 minute de lecture
In order to discourage unfair competition, manufacturers affix notices to their products stating that the products can be sold only by authorized distributors. This strategy is sometimes challenged by courts in favor of the parallel selling of brand products as a factor of the encouragement of competition and the opening-up of markets.
Article L. 121-2 (former Article L. 121-1-I) of the Consumer C …