# Franchise agreement review EU fr
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Review franchise agreements for French operations against the Loi Doubin (Art. L330-3 Code de commerce) and Decree 91-337 (Art. R330-1) — verify Document…

Review franchise agreements for French operations against the Loi Doubin (Art. L330-3 Code de commerce) and Decree 91-337 (Art. R330-1) — verify Document d'Information Précontractuelle (DIP) compliance with mandatory 20-day pre-contractual disclosure period, screen for significant imbalance (déséquilibre significatif) under Art. L442-1 I(2) Code de commerce, evaluate post-term non-compete enforceability under Art. L341-2 (Macron Law 2015: maximum 1 year, limited to premises, indispensable for know-how protection), analyse abrupt termination (rupture brutale) exposure under Art. L442-1 II (18-month safe harbour), assess good faith compliance under Art. 1104 Code civil (mandatory, d'ordre public), review competition law compliance under EU VBER 2022/720 (RPM, online sales, territory), evaluate intuitu personae transfer restrictions and pre-emption rights (droit de préemption), and review defect of consent (vice du consentement) exposure for DIP failures. GREEN/YELLOW/RED classification with confidence scoring and Glass Box audit trail. Use when reviewing franchise agreements governed by French law or where the franchise will operate in France. Jurisdiction-specific variant of legalcode-franchise-agreement-review.

This skill reviews franchise agreements (contrats de franchise) for French compliance. France is the largest franchise market in continental Europe (~2,035 networks, ~92,132 outlets, EUR 88.49 billion turnover as of 2024) and has a distinctive legal regime: mandatory pre-contractual disclosure via the DIP, strong protection against significant imbalance (déséquilibre significatif), strict post-term non-compete limitations under the Macron Law, and a unique doctrine of abrupt termination (rupture brutale) that constrains how franchise relationships end. **Covers:** - Loi Doubin / DIP compliance — Art. L330-3 and Art. R330-1 Code de commerce - 20-day pre-contractual disclosure period verification - Defect of consent (vice du consentement) analysis for DIP failures - Significant imbalance screening — Art. L442-1 I(2) Code de commerce - Good faith analysis — Art. 1104 Code civil (mandatory, d'ordre public) - Post-term non-compete analysis — Art. L341-2 Code de commerce (Macron Law 2015) - Abrupt termination (rupture brutale) exposure — Art. L442-1 II - EU VBER 2022/720 competition law compliance - Intuitu personae / transfer restrictions and pre-emption rights - Penalty clause analysis under Art. 1231-5 Code civil - GREEN / YELLOW / RED deviation classification with confidence scoring - Bilingual terminology (French legal terms + English explanation) - Glass Box ...

## Jurisdictions

France



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