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Article L442-3 of the French Commercial code

Clauses or contracts providing for any person carrying out production, distribution or service activities the possibility:

a) To benefit retroactively from discounts, rebates or commercial cooperation agreements;

b) To benefit automatically from more favourable conditions granted to competing undertakings by the co-contractor;

c) To prohibit the co-contractor from assigning to third parties claims that it holds on it.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article L442-3

Sont nuls les clauses ou contrats prévoyant pour toute personne exerçant des activités de production, de distribution ou de services, la possibilité :

a) De bénéficier rétroactivement de remises, de ristournes ou d’accords de coopération commerciale ;

b) De bénéficier automatiquement des conditions plus favorables consenties aux entreprises concurrentes par le cocontractant ;

c) D’interdire au cocontractant la cession à des tiers des créances qu’il détient sur elle.

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