Franchise: The Paris Court of Appeal excludes the indivisibility of the franchise agreement and of the commercial lease (Pierre Dulac / Casino France)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. The war of the food distribution networks continues. In January 2008, Établissements Dulac entered into a commercial lease with SCI Dulac for premises in which SCI Dulac operates a food distribution business under the "SPAR" banner as part of a franchise agreement with Casino. During the course of the contract, SCI Dulac sold the building to S., a subsidiary of the Carrefour Group, after having served the tenant company's preferential right and then notified it of the sale. The latter, a SPAR franchisee, applied a few days later for renewal of the lease agreement with the new owner, the Carrefour subsidiary. The latter refuses, offering the payment of an