On Thursday evening 10 October, two Dutch winners received awards at the European Franchise Awards ceremony. Tessa de Mönnink of Parker Advocaten and hospitality franchise formula Verhage received European awards in their categories.
read morethe Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal mitigated the contractual fine of a former franchisee due to its breach of a non-compete and confidentiality clause
read moreFrom 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?
read moreIn 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.
read moreThe 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.
read moreOn 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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