Motor car distribution agreement: The Paris Court of Appeal rules on the termination of a distributorship agreement and on the non agreeing of an exclusive or a selective distributor (Laudat/Groupe Volkswagen France, Groupe Volkswagen France/Europe Garage)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Breach of the distribution contract by the supplier is often a source of litigation at the initiative of the distributor, who is then deprived of the benefits that the continuation of the relationship could bring him, in particular when he was planning to transfer his business with the benefit of the contract. Two decisions of the Paris Court of Appeal handed down in motor vehicle distribution cases show that the dispute concerns both the termination of the contract (I.) and the refusal of approval of the proposed assignee (II.). I . On the termination of the concession contract Termination of the concession contract for an indefinite period or