I.-For food products and products intended for pet food for which the general terms and conditions of sale are subject to I of article L. 441-1-1, a written agreement concluded between the supplier and his buyer sets out the reciprocal obligations to which the parties have committed themselves at the end of the commercial negotiation, in compliance with articles L. 442-1 and L. 442-3. This agreement is drawn up either in a single document, or in a package formed by a framework contract and implementation contracts.
The agreement mentions each of the reciprocal obligations to which the parties have committed themselves at the end of the commercial negotiation as well as their unit price.
When it is concluded with a distributor, the agreement is concluded under the conditions provided for in articles L. 441-3 and L. 441-4, subject to this article.
II.-.The commercial negotiation does not cover the supplier’s share of the price of agricultural raw materials and processed products mentioned in I of article L. 441-1-1.
III.-Where the supplier has chosen to include the items mentioned in 1° or 2° of I of article L. 441-1-1 in its general terms and conditions of sale, the agreement shall mention, for the purposes of helping to determine the agreed price, the share of the unit or aggregate price of the agricultural raw materials and processed products mentioned in the same 1° or 2°, as it appears in the general terms and conditions of sale. The agreement specifies how this purchase price is to be taken into account in establishing the agreed price.
IV.-The agreement includes a clause for the automatic revision of contract prices in line with changes in the cost of agricultural raw materials, whether upwards or downwards, used in the composition of the food product or the product intended for pet food. Depending on the length of the production cycle, the parties are free to determine the revision formula and, pursuant to III of article L. 631-24 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, the indicators used. When the acquisition of the agricultural raw material by the supplier is the subject of a written contract pursuant to I of the same article L. 631-24, the review clause must include indicators relating to agricultural production costs. Price changes resulting from the automatic price review clause are implemented no later than one month after said clause is triggered.
V.-A.-The agreement mentioned in I of this article is concluded for a term of one, two or three years.
B.-The agreement is concluded no later than 1 March and the supplier communicates its general terms and conditions of sale to the buyer no later than three months before this date.
C.-.The distributor shall have a period of one month from receipt of the general terms and conditions of sale in which to either give explicit and detailed reasons, in writing, for rejecting them or, where applicable, the provisions of the general terms and conditions of sale that it wishes to submit to negotiation, or to notify their acceptance.
VI.-Without prejudice to articles L. 442-1 to L. 442-3, any amendment to the agreement mentioned in I of this article must be made in writing, stating the new element justifying it.
VII.-Any breach of I to VI of this article is punishable by an administrative fine, the amount of which may not exceed €75,000 for a natural person and €375,000 for a legal entity. The maximum fine incurred is doubled if the breach is repeated within a period of two years from the date on which the first penalty decision became final.
VIII.-For the products mentioned in I of this article, II of article L. 442-1 and, for the determination of the price applicable during the period of notice, II of this article shall apply.
p>VIII.-For the products mentioned in I of this article, II of article L. 442-1 and, for the determination of the price applicable during the period of notice, II of this article shall apply.
p>VIII.-For the products mentioned in I of this article, II of article L. 442-1 and II of this article shall apply.