French Distribution Law
Auteurs : Louis Vogel, Joseph Vogel
Sommaire de l’ouvrage
Introduction
Part 1: Exclusive purchase/Exclusive supply
Part 2: Exclusive distribution
Part 3: Selective distribution
Title 1: Lawfulness of network
Title 2: Formation of the contract
Chapter 1: Rights and obligations of supplier
Section 1: Non-compete clause
Section 2: Ban on sale to third parties outside the network
Section 3: Ban on active sales
Section 4: Obligation to pay for vehicles
Section 5: Right to a bonus
Chapter 3: Rights and obligations of the motor vehicle agent
Chapter 4: Rights and obligations of the authorized repairer
Title 4: Termination of contract
Part 5: Franchises
Part 6: Commercial agents
Part 7: Managers
Part 8: Sales representatives (VRP - Voyageurs Représentants Placiers)
281. Ownership of goodwill.
1 minute de lecture
As an independent trader, the motor vehicle dealer has in principle a right of ownership of its customer-base. However, for a long time integration of the distributor into a network raised doubts as to the connection of the goodwill to the distributor. For many years the courts did not accept that the dealer had any commercial ownership on the grounds that the power of attraction of the customer-b …
