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Article L430-10 of the French Commercial code

When questioning third parties about the transaction, its effects and the commitments proposed by the parties, and making their decision public under conditions laid down by decree, the Autorité de la concurrence and the minister responsible for the economy shall take into account the legitimate interest of the notifying parties or the persons cited in ensuring that their business secrets are not divulged.

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Article L440-1 of the French Commercial code

I.-The Commission for the Examination of Commercial Practices is made up of a Member of Parliament and a Senator appointed by the standing committees of their respective assemblies responsible for commercial relations between suppliers and retailers, members, who may be honorary members, of the administrative and judicial courts, representatives of the agricultural and fisheries production and processing sectors, as well as the industrial and craft sectors, processors, wholesalers, distributors and…

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Article L441-1 of the French Commercial code

I. – The general terms and conditions of sale include, in particular, the terms of payment, as well as the elements for determining the price such as the scale of unit prices and any price reductions. II. – Any person engaged in production, distribution or service activities who draws up general terms and conditions of sale is required to communicate them to any purchaser who requests them for a professional…

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Article L441-1-1 of the French Commercial code

I.-For food products and products intended for pet food, the general conditions of sale, at the supplier’s decision and without the purchaser being able to interfere in this choice: 1° Either present, for each of the agricultural raw materials and for each of the processed products composed of more than 50% of agricultural raw materials that go into the composition of the product referred to in the first paragraph of…

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Article L441-1-2 of the French Commercial code

I.-A wholesaler is any natural or legal person who, for professional purposes, purchases products from one or more suppliers and resells them, on a principal basis, to other traders, wholesalers or retailers, to processors or to any other professional who obtains supplies for the needs of his business. Central buying groups or wholesaler referencing centres are treated in the same way as wholesalers. The concept of wholesaler does not include…

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Article L441-2 of the French Commercial code

Any service provider is required, with regard to any recipient of services, to comply with the information obligations defined in Article L. 111-2 of the Consumer Code. This obligation does not apply to the services mentioned in Books I to III and Title V of Book V of the Monetary and Financial Code and to transactions carried out by companies governed by the code des assurances, by the supplementary occupational…

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Article L441-3 of the French Commercial code

I.-A written agreement concluded between the supplier, with the exception of suppliers of products mentioned in article L. 443-2, and the distributor or service provider sets out the reciprocal obligations to which the parties are committed at the end of the commercial negotiation, in compliance with articles L. 442-1 to L. 442-3. This agreement is drawn up either in a single document or in a package formed by a framework…

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Article L441-3-1 of the French Commercial code

I.-The written agreement concluded either between the supplier and the wholesaler, as defined in I of article L. 441-1-2, or between the wholesaler and the distributor or service provider sets out the reciprocal obligations to which the parties are committed at the end of the commercial negotiations, in compliance with articles L. 442-1 to L. 442-3. This agreement is drawn up either in a single document, or in a package…

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Article L441-4 of the French Commercial code

I.-This article applies to the agreement mentioned in I of article L. 441-3 when it relates to mass-market products defined as non-durable products that are consumed frequently and repeatedly. The list of these mass-market products is set by decree. II.-This article does not apply to the wholesaler defined in I of article L. 441-1-2. III.-The agreement mentions the scale of unit prices, as previously communicated by the supplier, together with…

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Article L441-5 of the French Commercial code

A written agreement shall be drawn up, in compliance with articles L. 441-1 and L. 442-1 to L. 442-3, for any purchase of manufactured products, manufactured at the request of the purchaser with a view to being incorporated into its own production, the amount of which exceeds a threshold set by decree. It mentions the conditions agreed between the parties, in particular: 1° The purpose of the agreement and the…

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