The Dutch Supreme Court annuls a judgment of the Court of Appeal for error in market definition and lack of analysis of the franchise agreement’s restrictive object in the light of its context (Prisma Vastgoed, Prisma Food Retail / Verweerders)

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Dutch Supreme Court (Hoge Raad), 18 December 2009, Case n° 08/00899, Prisma Vastgoed B.V./Prisma Food Retail B.V. v. Verweerders

In 1989, Prisma rented out a supermarket to the defendant. The rental agreement provided for an option to purchase the supermarket in favour of the defendant, which could be exercised on 30 April 2001. This agreement further provided that in case the defendant purchased the supermarket, it would be bound by a franchise agreement with Prisma, according to which it had to respect a given supermarket formula. Moreover, it was provided that the defendant could not terminate the franchise relationship without having to offer for sale the supermarket to Prisma (hereafter the ‘obligation to offer for sale'), which, in turn, benefited from an option to purchase. This franchise agreement was concluded for a period of ten years and was

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Tristan Baumé, Sally Janssen, The Dutch Supreme Court annuls a judgment of the Court of Appeal for error in market definition and lack of analysis of the franchise agreement’s restrictive object in the light of its context (Prisma Vastgoed, Prisma Food Retail / Verweerders), 18 December 2009, e-Competitions Franchising, Art. N° 30711

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