The President of the Brussels Commercial Court rules that resale price maintenance is not illicit if the agreement predates the entry into effect of the Belgian Competition Act and was notified to the Competition Authority (Aniserco/Laroy-Duvo)

Depuydt, Louise

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13 Apr 1994

The President of the Brussels Commercial Court rules that resale price maintenance is not illicit if the agreement predates the entry into effect of the Belgian Competition Act and was notified to the Competition Authority (Aniserco/Laroy-Duvo)

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President of the Commercial Court of Brussels (Voorzitter van de Rechtbank van Koophandel van Brussel), 13 April 1994, Jaarboek Handelspraktijken & Mededinging 1994, 517, Aniserco NV / Laroy-Duvo NV

Belgian Competition Authority (Raad voor de Mededinging), 25 March 1997, Case n° E/A-94/0005, Rechtskundig Weekblad 1997-1998, nr. 2-13 September 1997, 52; Belgisch Staatsblad, 14 June 1997, 16057, Laroy-Duvo NV
Court of Appeal of Brussels (Hof van Beroep van Brussel), 13 October 1998, Case n° 1997/MR/3, Belgisch Staatsblad, 21 October 1998, 34884, Laroy-Duvo NV / Belgian State

Description of the impugned case Aniserco exploits a chain of shops specialised in petfoods. Some shops are run by Anserico itself, while others are exploited by franchisees. Laroy-Duvo imports petfoods from the USA and in particular, it imports dog food of the brand Eukanuba and Iams. After a commercial relationship of about two and a half year, Laroy-Duvo decided to stop selling its products to Aniserco as the latter resold them at prices

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Louise Depuydt
Johnson & Johnson (Brussels)

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Louise Depuydt, The President of the Brussels Commercial Court rules that resale price maintenance is not illicit if the agreement predates the entry into effect of the Belgian Competition Act and was notified to the Competition Authority (Aniserco/Laroy-Duvo), 13 April 1994, e-Competitions April 1994, Art. N° 32227

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