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CAMPUS PARIS 2019

As every year, the Paris Bar organizes at the beginning of the summer a week of training for Paris Bar’s lawyers. These trainings are provided by lawyers, law professors, in-house lawyers, …

Our firm was selected to provide on July 5, 2019 at 16:45 at the Maison de la Chimie in Paris a training course entitled “Unbalanced clauses in commercial contracts (Article L. 442-1, I, 2 ° of the Commercial Code): inventory of the situation and prospects after the reform of 24 April 2019 “. The following link allows to register.

https://evenium-site.com/site/campus-2019/793422;jsessionid=L62IuxRETSJk8WZwJsf0S56T.gl3?pg=793422

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Inventory of the administrative fines imposed in 2018 and at the beginning of 2019 in case of payments exceeding legal deadlines through an legal article of our firm published on the websites decision-achats.fr and chefdentreprise.com entitled: “payment exceeding deadlines: fines increase”.

https://www.chefdentreprise.com/Thematique/juridique-1055/Breves/Depassement-delais-paiement-amendes-augmentent-339734.htm#ecQ7kBpRZAtxgrcA.97

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Order n° 2018-359 dated 24 April 2019 amends the provisions of Title IV of Book IV of the French Commercial Code, particularly the provisions concerning transparency in commercial negotiation. Without revolutionizing the subject, the reform brings new provisions that it is important to know. Review of the “new” transparency resulting from the order n° 2018-359 dated 24 April 2019 in a legal article published on 21 May 2019 by our firm on the Village de la Justice website entitled “Reform of the rules of the transparency in the commercial relations: the revolution will wait”.

https://www.village-justice.com/articles/reforme-des-regles-transparence-dans-les-relations-commerciales-revolution,31552.html

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Publication of a legal article by Xavier Henry co-written with his Colleague Emmanuel Dieny in the Revue Lamy de la concurrence entitled “Refusal of approval of a selective distributor: the Court of Appeal of Paris in front of the limits of the antitrust law”(RLC 3572, No. 83 May 2019, p.13).

In a few months, the Court of Appeal of Paris has rendered several decisions about the refusal of approval by car manufacturers to candidates who wanted to become or remain authorized repairers (selective distribution). Under this astonishing concentration of decisions, the Court of Appeal had to rule on a question which had not been submitted to it for a long time, i.e. whether a refusal to contract was an agreement in the sense of Article 101 (1), TFEU and 420-1 of the French Commercial Code (antitrust law) or if it was an unilateral act. The Court replied that it was an agreement that could be an anti-competitive agreement in the event of an anti-competitive object or effect. This position, which applies to all selective distribution and not only to automobile distribution, is questionable regarding the principles.

Revue Lamy de la concurrence, Refus d’agrément d’un distributeur sélectif la cour d’appel en proie aux limites de l’application du droit des ententes n°83 mai 2019 p. 13

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Order No. 2018-359 dated 24 April 2019 amends the provisions of Title IV of Book IV of the French Commercial Code, and in particular the provisions concerning restrictive practices. These are largely rewritten. Presentation of these important changes in an article published on May 15, 2019 by our law firm on the website of the Village de la Justice entitled “A real reform of restrictive practices of competition”.

https://www.village-justice.com/articles/une-vraie-reforme-des-pratiques-restrictives-concurrence-par-xavier-henry-andre,31491.html

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The websites decision-achats.fr and chefdentreprise.com publish an legal article written by our firm entitled “Terminating a contract if the commercial targets are not met, is it possible?

https://www.chefdentreprise.com/Thematique/juridique-1055/Breves/Rompre-contrat-objectifs-commerciaux-sont-pas-realises-est-possible-339145.htm

https://www.decision-achats.fr/Thematique/fournisseurs-1235/Breves/Rompre-contrat-objectifs-commerciaux-sont-pas-realises-est-possible-339145.htm#WHW1meYKeG7Bv7wz.97

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The Franchise Magazine website publishes an legal article of our law firm: “Breach of a franchise agreement by the franchisee with the complicity of a franchisor’s competitor: damages due by everybody” (17 April 2019)  

https://www.franchise-magazine.com/expert-franchise/tribunes/avis-expert-contrat-franchise-concurrence-reaffiliation-juridique-avril-2019

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Our law firm is once again listed in 2019 in Best Law Firm ranking established by Décideurs Magazine in Antitrust and Anti-Competitive Practices as well as Distribution Law and Restrictive Practices. It is also this year in the commercial litigation ranking.

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