Exclusive supply clause: The French Competition Authority rejects the suspicions of discrimination among franchisees made against a franchisor, and validates an exclusive supply clause (Hypromat)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – Aut. conc. dec. no. 10-D-12 of 15 April 2010 relating to practices implemented by Hypromat France SAS in the high-pressure car wash sector The Blue Elephant didn't make much of a mistake... It will be remembered from this interesting decision of the Authority that it is very cautious in dealing with conflicts between franchisors and franchisees, as its Mango decision had already shown. An association of franchisees and former franchisees of the