TITLE III: Exclusivity clauses.

The period of validity of any exclusivity clause by which the purchaser, transferee or lessee of movable property undertakes vis-à-vis its seller, transferor or lessor not to use similar or complementary items from another supplier is limited to a maximum of ten years.

Where the contract containing the exclusivity clause referred to in Article L. 330-1 is subsequently followed, between the same parties, by other similar agreements relating to the same type of goods, the exclusivity clauses contained in these new agreements terminate on the same date as the first contract.

Any person who makes a trade name, brand or trade name available to another person, requiring that person to give an undertaking of exclusivity or quasi-exclusivity for the exercise of his activity, is required, prior to the signing of any contract concluded in the common interest of both parties, to provide the other party with a document giving sincere information, enabling him to make a commitment with full knowledge of…