Significant imbalance: The Paris Court of Appeal refuses to transmit a priority question of constitutionality relating to the notion of "commercial partner" (Cometik / Parfip France)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Readers will recall that, in a decision handed down on 15 January 2020, the Commercial Chamber of the Court of Cassation made an important clarification concerning the notion of "commercial partner", within the meaning of the former Article L.442-6, I, 2° C. com. (Cass. com., 15 Jan. 2020, n° 18-10512 P, Concurrences 2-2020, p. 110, obs. J.-L. Fourgoux CCC 2020, comm. 43, obs. N. Mathey; JCP G 2020, 306, note F. Buy). Rejecting the narrow definition proposed by the specialized chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal (CA Paris, 5-4, 27 Sept. 2017, No. 16/00671, AJ Contrat 2017, p. 535, obs. N. Eréséo; RTD com. 2018, p. 635, obs. M. Chagny: "a partner is defined as