by Tessa de Mönnink | 30 November 2023 | Franchise, Commercial contracts, Distribution & Agency
From 1 January 2024, the Dutch statutory interest and statutory commercial interest rates may be adjusted again. What are the consequences under Dutch law, should your contracting party fail to pay, or pay late?
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by Tessa de Mönnink & Annelies van Zoest | 30 January 2023 | Franchise, Commercial contracts
In our previous newsletters, we discussed the introduction of the Dutch Franchise Act (the “Act” or “Franchise Act”). This Act is effective as of 1 January 2021 and is of mandatory law. Some legal obligations were subject to an implementation deadline until 31 December 2022. This deadline has now expired.
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by Silvie Wertwijn & Micheline Don | 20 September 2022 | Commercial contracts
The new Enforcement and Modernisation Directive 2019/2161, also known as the Omnibus Directive, aims to update consumer protection rules and to improve legal protection of consumers
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by Tessa de Mönnink & Annelies van Zoest | 20 September 2022 | Franchise, Commercial contracts
The Dutch Franchise Act went into effect on January 1, 2021. The Act is mandatory law and franchisors and franchisees were required to conduct themselves in accordance with the Act as of that date. Specific contractual adjustments also had to be implemented immediately in new franchise agreements and renewal agreements. A two-year transition period applies to current franchise agreements. This expires on January 1, 2023. Franchise organizations still have three months to comply with the implementation obligation.
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by Tessa de Mönnink | 7 June 2022 | Franchise, Commercial contracts, Distribution & Agency
On 1 July 2017, the Act to amend Book 6 of the Dutch Civil Code in connection with combating unreasonably long payment terms entered into force. This was a private member’s bill regulating that large companies cannot agree on a payment term of more than 60 days in their commercial relationship with SMEs in situations where the large company acts as debtor and the SME acts as creditor
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by Tessa de Mönnink & Annelies van Zoest | 16 May 2022 | Franchise, Commercial contracts, Distribution & Agency
After a thorough review of the rules from 2010, the European Commission approved the new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and the accompanying new Vertical Guidelines on 10 May 2022. The revised VBER and vertical guidelines will enter into force on 1 June 2022.
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