After a long run-up, the Franchise Act is expected to become reality within soon. Franchisors are well advized to anticipate this upcoming law which will most likely have a very brief transitory period.
Content and Introduction of Act:
The Franchise Act has been adopted by the Dutch Parliament on 16th of June.
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Summary:
with this Act a “COVID-19 Defense” is introduced for companies having liquidity issues as a result of the Corona measures taken by the government.
Suppliers and buyers constantly make agreements on purchase, sale and resale of products and services, within the context inter alia of distribution, dealer and franchise agreements. The Autoriteit Consument en Markt (Authority Consumers and Market – ACM) will supervize whether these agreements are not disadvantageous to competition and consumers. In that case, the agreements are prohibited.
read moreThere are a number of interesting recent developments in the field of franchise and distribution:
Franchise bill ‘on hold’
First of all, the franchise bill, on which an internet consultation was held in 2017, has been put ‘on hold’ in October 2017. In the coalition agreement Rutte III[1], which the new Dutch government presented on 10 October 2017, says about franchise: