In recent years, the practice of drop-shipping has intensified by taking advantage of the boom in e-commerce. While this way of business is in principle not illegal per se, some sellers who use it are guilty of misleading or even fraudulent practices.
The Law of 4 April 2019 (the “B2B Law”)(1) introduced new mandatory rules that intend to procure that the key terms of contracts between businesses are fair and not abusive (the “B2B Fair Contract Rules”). Under the rules, unfair terms will be deemed to be null and void and thus unenforceable.
As the B2B law is specifically adopted with a focus on the situation of franchisees who could sometimes be faced with unfair terms and conditions, franchise contracts are therefore in the middle of the debate in respect of this new law.
As the B2B law applies to all contracts between businesses, it will generally concern contracts for the provision of services and commercial distribution that are common in business life
U vindt hieronder een overzicht van recente juridische ontwikkeling op Europees en Belgisch niveau.
With the Law of 4 April 2019 concerning the abuse of economic dependence, unfair clauses and unfair market practices in B2B relations (the “B2B Law”), the Belgian legislator has introduced a prohibition on 'unfair clauses' in agreements between enterprises.
Over het startpunt van de 7 werkdagen-termijn ter beëindiging van een handelsagentuurovereenkomst wegens een uitzonderlijke omstandigheid of een ernstige tekortkoming is er de afgelopen jaren heel wat inkt gevloeid.
Les nouvelles règles sur l’abus de dépendance économique sont entrées en vigueurs ce 22 août 2020. Nous soulèverons ci-dessous les 8 questions que toute société doit désormais se poser pour savoir si elle se trouve en position dominante
In Trendsetteuse (C-828/18), the Court of Justice of the EU held that in order to be protected under the Commercial Agency Directive, it is not required that the commercial agent has the power to negotiate the price of a transaction.
La loi du 4 avril 2019 modifiant le Code de droit économique a introduit dans ce dernier un certain nombre de nouvelles règles visant d’une part à sanctionner l’abus de dépendance économique d’une entreprise
