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17 Oct 2018

Franchise agreement: The French Competition Authority rejects, for lack of evidence, the complaint of franchised stores about the fact that they had to change their brand following the acquisition of their franchisor (Pizza delivery and takeaway sector)

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Fr. Comp. Auth., decision n° 18-D-22 of 17 October 2018 related to the practices implemented in the sector of pizza delivery and takeaway

Le 26 octobre 2018, l’Autorité de la concurrence a rendu publique la décision n° 18-D-22 du 17 octobre 2018 aux termes de laquelle, faute d’éléments suffisamment probants, elle rejette sur le fondement du deuxième alinéa de l’article L. 462-8 du code de commerce, la saisine formée par trois franchisés sous enseigne « Pizza Sprint » dénonçant, à la suite du rapprochement entre le groupe Domino’s Pizza et les sociétés exploitant

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Alain Ronzano
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Alain Ronzano, Franchise agreement: The French Competition Authority rejects, for lack of evidence, the complaint of franchised stores about the fact that they had to change their brand following the acquisition of their franchisor (Pizza delivery and takeaway sector) , 17 October 2018, Concurrences Review N° 4-2018, Art. N° 88467, www.concurrences.com

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