Franchise - Precontractual information: The Paris Court of Appeal sanctions the franchiser who provided to his franchisee provisions of forecasts, presented as an element of the know-how, clearly mistaken (De Neuville/Seznec)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Paris Court of Appeal, 5th Chamber, Section A, February 1, 2006, Société De Neuville v. SARL Seznec Facts In 1992, Société de confiserie-chocolaterie De Neuville entered into a franchise agreement for the distribution of its products with the company Seznec. In 1998, the franchisee, believing that it had been misled by the projected sales figures presented to it, sued De Neuville Company for termination of the agreement and payment of damages to compensate for the losses incurred and the failure to achieve the expected