Termination of franchise contracts

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Termination of franchise contracts

• Anders Thylin, advokat
• Stockholm

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Term

• Fixed term or ongoing?
• National limitations on minimum terms (Italy)
• European Code of Ethics for Franchising
• Competition issues in ongoing agreements and with
  automatic renewal
• Contractual renewal issues
• Evergreen-agreements
• Fixed term
• Automatic renewal

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Termination

• Termination for cause
• Breach of agreement
• General
• Specific
• Insolvency
• Tenancy issues
• Death/incapacity
• Minimum turnover

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Effects of termination

• Goodwill indemnity (Germany)
• Post term non-competition
• Transfer of premises and other intangibles
• Compliance check
• Intellectual property rights
• Termination agreements