Supermarket letter – 24
Draft Bill Law Franchise
Draft Bill Law Franchise
Know-how is one of the most essential parts of a franchise formula.
At the end of 2018, a draft of the “Freedom of Choice for Retailers (Opening Hours) Act” was presented.
A law is being drafted for the franchising industry to improve relations between franchisors and franchisees.
Not everything is what it looks like. Even if the franchisor and franchisee believe that there is a franchise agreement, the legal situation may be different.
A developer of a digital platform for a franchisor had provided a platform that any third party could access.
Franchisees who are unwilling or unable to continue with the franchise company experience whether or not the non-competition clause is valid or not.
Forms of franchising that do not involve a vertical relationship between the franchisor on the one hand and the franchisees on the other may be prohibited.
Formula change not justified
Mergers between franchise organizations are no longer an exception. Multivlaai/Limburgia, DA/DIO, Emté/Jumbo are recent examples of this.