Unilateral termination: The Commercial Chamber of the French Supreme Court rules out unfair termination of a franchise contract due to the inherent precariousness of the trial period (Dafy Moto / Motostop)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. When the inherent precariousness of the trial period drives out the abuse in the breach of a franchise agreement* The judgment under commentary is interesting because it is the first, to our knowledge, in which the Court of Cassation rules on the increasingly widespread practice of trial periods in franchising (see on this subject, N. Dissaux, "L'essai en matière de franchise", RTD com. 2015, p. 403 et seq.) In May 2011, a professional specialising in the distribution of equipment and accessories for the driving of two-wheeled vehicles entered into a franchise agreement with a company authorising it to operate a sales outlet under its brand. The contract