Background SARL SOCOVI, the franchisee, had entered into a franchising agreement with Jean Louis David SA, the franchisor, whereby the latter granted the former the right to run a franchise for the purposes of marketing hairdressing products and services. It included inter alia the right to use the trademark, the supply of equipment, transfer of know-how to the franchisee and a “clause d'agrément” . The latter provision required the approval of the franchisor prior to any transfer by the franchisee of the business to a third party. SARL SOCOVI later transferred its business to a third party without Jean-Louis David SA's prior approval, thereby infringing the “clause d'agrément” . This infringement of the contract led to the anticipated termination of the agreement at the fault of
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The Paris Court of Appeal holds that Art. 81 EC does not apply to a hairdressing franchise national network and that the provided “clause d’agrément” does not amount to a hardcore restriction (Socovi / Jean-Louis David)
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