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443. Definition of agent, efficiency of function and inconsistencies under current French law.

Article L. 134-1 of the Commercial Code defines commercial agents as “agents who, as independent professionals not bound by a contract for services, shall be permanently entrusted with negotiating and possibly concluding sale, purchase, rental or …

444. Applicable provisions.

Decree No 58-1345 of 23 December 1958 as amended by Decree No 92-506 of 10 June 1992 on commercial agents was the first to organize the status of agents in order to compensate for the inappropriateness of the rules on mandates, which were only …

445. True and false agents under competition law and commercial law.

The classification as an agent results in the application of an advantageous set of legal rules and is therefore a much debated topic. Under competition law, the contract of an agent who does not bear the commercial and financial risk in relation …