Mandatory (market-based) purchase prices for franchisees
To what extent can a franchisor change agreements about the (market) purchase prices of the goods that the franchisees are obliged to purchase?
Purchase obligation and competitive prices
On 9 September 2015, the District Court of the Northern Netherlands rendered a judgment on the question of whether a franchisor used market-based prices in the case of an exclusive purchase obligation.
Nightlife Franchise
Few nightclubs are affiliated with a chain. That is quite remarkable. We see that quite a lot in the general catering industry.
The exclusive purchase clause before the court, competition
By judgment in summary proceedings of 26 November 2013, the preliminary relief judge of the District Court of Rotterdam
Termination of the continuing performance contract leads to price maintenance
Termination of the continuing performance contract leads to price maintenance
Price maintenance: always void?
The Court of Appeal in The Hague ruled some time ago that influencing the price level at which the franchisee sells the products to the consumer can be susceptible to competition law.