The German Federal Cartel Office imposes a fine on a specialist retailer for not having clearly distinguished his own branches from the franchisees with regard to pricing and advertisement policies, thus restricting the franchisee's freedom to determine their own retail prices

Seeliger, Daniela

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8 Aug 2001

The German Federal Cartel Office imposes a fine on a specialist retailer for not having clearly distinguished his own branches from the franchisees with regard to pricing and advertisement policies, thus restricting the franchisee’s freedom to determine their own retail prices

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German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt), 8 August 2001, Case n° B9 - 120/00

Description of the impugned case The FCO decided that the specialist retailer violated the (at that time applicable) special prohibition to recommend retail prices in particular by providing the franchisees

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Daniela Seeliger
Linklaters (Düsseldorf)

Germany 17 contributions 18750 visits

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Daniela Seeliger, The German Federal Cartel Office imposes a fine on a specialist retailer for not having clearly distinguished his own branches from the franchisees with regard to pricing and advertisement policies, thus restricting the franchisee’s freedom to determine their own retail prices, 8 August 2001, e-Competitions Franchising, Art. N° 31733

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