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2018/02/21
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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2017/09/12
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2017/09/12
   EP - Decision by Parliament
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The European Parliament adopted by 617 votes to 31, with 43 abstentions, a resolution on the functioning of franchising in the retail sector.

Members recalled that there is no common European definition of franchising and franchising agreements differ from one business to another.

Untapped potential : while the cross-border dimension of franchising could serve as a business model contributing to the achievement of the single market in the retail sector, Parliament regretted that it is currently under-performing in the EU, representing only 1.89 % of GDP , as opposed to 5.95 % in the USA and 10.83 % in Australia, 83.5 % of franchising’s turnover being concentrated in only seven Member States, which is why it is important to encourage a wider dissemination of this business model throughout the EU.

In its resolution of 11 December 2013 , Parliament welcomed franchising as a business model which supports new business and small-business ownership, but noted the existence of unfair contract terms in certain cases and called for transparent and fair contract terms.

Given that franchisees are often the weaker contracting party , particularly in the case of SMEs, Members insisted that franchising systems are heavily dependent upon the functioning co-operation of franchisor and franchisees, taking into consideration that the franchising system depends on good implementation by all parties. Franchisors have organised themselves both at national and European level for the representation of their interests, whereas franchisees often lack such representative organisations defending their collective interests.

Promoting franchising : Members sought to encourage a wider dissemination of this business model throughout the Union.

The Commission is invited to:

introduce guidelines on franchising contracts , in order to better shape the normative environment of franchising contracts ensuring compliance with labour standards and decent and high-quality service; encourage dialogue between franchisors, franchisees and decision-makers, to facilitate the creation of associations representing franchisees, and to make sure that their voices are heard, whenever policies or legislation are prepared that may affect them; examine the functioning of franchising in the retail sector , including the existence of unfair contract terms or other unfair trading practices; open a public consultation in order to obtain unbiased information as to the real situation in franchising and to draft non-legislative guidelines, reflecting best practices, on the functioning of franchising in the retail sector, in particular in relation to the latest technological and market developments, such as internet sales, and to submit these to Parliament by January 2018 at the latest.

Parliament stated that franchise agreements should fully respect the principles of balanced partnership , under which the franchisor and franchisee must be reasonable and fair towards each other and resolve complaints, grievances and disputes through frank, transparent, reasonable and direct communication.

Sometimes franchisors require franchisees to purchase products and services that are not related to the franchise formula. Non-competition clauses should be clearly formulated, reasonable and proportionate.

Competition law : the resolution stressed that Commission Regulation (EU) No 330/2010 on the application of Article 101(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices should be uniformly applied in the Member States . It invited the Commission to check to what extent application of the Regulation could be improved through a mechanism of assessment within the European network of competition authorities.

The Commission is called on to check whether it is necessary to revise the Regulation and to verify and inform Parliament as regards:

whether the model of franchising adopted in the Regulation reflects market reality; to what extent the so-called ‘ permitted vertical restraints ’ are proportionate and have a negative effect on the market and consumers; what new challenges franchisors and franchisees have to face in the context of e-commerce and digitisation.

Parliament should be informed of the results achieved.

Documents
2017/09/12
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2017/05/17
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Details

The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection adopted the own-initiative report by Dennis de JONG (GUE/NGL, NL) on the functioning of franchising in the retail sector.

The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, exercising its prerogative as an associated committee in accordance with Article 54 of the Rules of Procedure, also gave its opinion on the report.

Members recalled that there is no common European definition of franchising and franchising agreements differ from one business to another. They expressed disappointment that it is currently under-performing in the EU, representing only 1.89 % of GDP, as opposed to 5.95 % in the USA and 10.83 % in Australia, 83.5 % of franchising’s turnover being concentrated in only seven Member States.

This is why they proposed to encourage a wider dissemination of this business model throughout the EU insofar as it has a significant potential cross-border dimension.

Guidelines : Members called on the Member States to apply effective measures against any unfair trading practices in the field of franchising. Given the high degree of divergence between Member States, they considered it important that non-legislative homogeneous guidelines, reflecting best practices, on the functioning of franchising in the retail sector be put in place.

The Commission should introduce guidelines on franchising contracts , in order to better shape the normative environment of franchising contracts ensuring compliance with labour standards and decent and high-quality service.

Members stated that franchise agreements should fully respect the principles of balanced partnership , under which the franchisor and franchisee must be reasonable and fair towards each other and resolve complaints, grievances and disputes through frank, transparent, reasonable and direct communication.

The report stressed the need to:

encourage dialogue between franchisors, franchisees and decision-makers, to facilitate the creation of associations representing franchisees, and to make sure that their voices are heard, whenever policies or legislation are prepared that may affect them; include provisions relating to online sales in franchise agreements; ensure that non-competition clauses should be clearly formulated, reasonable and proportionate and should not apply for a longer duration than what is strictly necessary; designate, in the Member States, contact points for information on problems encountered by franchisors and franchisees; include specific principles to: (i) ensure the balanced contractual rights and obligations of the parties, such as clear, correct and comprehensive pre-contractual information; (ii) set clear limits concerning confidentiality requirements, to be available in writing and with sufficient notice prior to the signing of the agreement; (iii) the introduction of a cooling-off period after signing the agreement.

Members took note of the European Code of Ethics for Franchising , developed by the European Franchise Federation (EFF), as a potentially efficient tool for promoting best practices in the franchising sector on a self-regulatory basis. They also noted that the Code has been subject to fundamental criticism from franchisees and there were concerns about the lack of an independent enforcement mechanism.

Competition law : Members called for Commission Regulation (EU) No 330/2010 on the application of Article 101(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices to be uniformly applied in the Member States. They invited the Commission to check to what extent application of the Regulation could be improved through a mechanism of assessment within the European network of competition authorities.

The Commission is called on to check whether it is necessary to revise the Regulation and to verify and inform Parliament as regards:

whether the model of franchising adopted in the Regulation reflects market reality; to what extent the so-called ‘permitted vertical restraints’ are proportionate and have a negative effect on the market and consumers; what new challenges franchisors and franchisees have to face in the context of e-commerce and digitisation; collecting market information in terms of new trends, market developments regarding network organisation and technological advances.

Documents
2017/05/11
   EP - Vote in committee
2017/03/29
   EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2017/02/08
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2017/01/09
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2016/10/07
   EP - MARTIN Dominique (ENF) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
2016/10/06
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2016/10/06
   EP - Referral to associated committees announced in Parliament
2016/06/15
   EP - FRUNZULICĂ Doru-Claudian (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in ECON

Documents

Votes

A8-0199/2017 - Dennis de Jong - Vote unique 12/09/2017 12:58:01.000 #

2017/09/12 Outcome: +: 617, 0: 43, -: 31
DE IT FR ES PL RO GB PT CZ BE AT HU NL BG SE FI SK DK LT HR EL LV IE SI MT EE CY LU
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66
68
48
49
30
63
21
20
21
18
17
24
15
19
13
13
12
11
11
18
8
9
7
6
5
5
5
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1

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1

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3
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179

Netherlands S&D

3

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2

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1

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1

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1

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1

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1

Ireland GUE/NGL

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Cyprus GUE/NGL

1
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Poland ENF

2

Romania ENF

1

United Kingdom ENF

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1

Belgium ENF

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1

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4
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2

France NI

Abstain (1)

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2

United Kingdom NI

For (1)

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Abstain (1)

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Germany EFDD

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1

France EFDD

1

Poland EFDD

1

Sweden EFDD

2

Lithuania EFDD

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AmendmentsDossier
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2016/12/14 EMPL 22 amendments...
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2017/02/08 ECON 178 amendments...
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  • date: 2017-09-12T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=29768&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2017-09-12T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P8-TA-2017-0322 title: T8-0322/2017 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 617 votes to 31, with 43 abstentions, a resolution on the functioning of franchising in the retail sector. Members recalled that there is no common European definition of franchising and franchising agreements differ from one business to another. Untapped potential : while the cross-border dimension of franchising could serve as a business model contributing to the achievement of the single market in the retail sector, Parliament regretted that it is currently under-performing in the EU, representing only 1.89 % of GDP , as opposed to 5.95 % in the USA and 10.83 % in Australia, 83.5 % of franchising’s turnover being concentrated in only seven Member States, which is why it is important to encourage a wider dissemination of this business model throughout the EU. In its resolution of 11 December 2013 , Parliament welcomed franchising as a business model which supports new business and small-business ownership, but noted the existence of unfair contract terms in certain cases and called for transparent and fair contract terms. Given that franchisees are often the weaker contracting party , particularly in the case of SMEs, Members insisted that franchising systems are heavily dependent upon the functioning co-operation of franchisor and franchisees, taking into consideration that the franchising system depends on good implementation by all parties. Franchisors have organised themselves both at national and European level for the representation of their interests, whereas franchisees often lack such representative organisations defending their collective interests. Promoting franchising : Members sought to encourage a wider dissemination of this business model throughout the Union. The Commission is invited to: introduce guidelines on franchising contracts , in order to better shape the normative environment of franchising contracts ensuring compliance with labour standards and decent and high-quality service; encourage dialogue between franchisors, franchisees and decision-makers, to facilitate the creation of associations representing franchisees, and to make sure that their voices are heard, whenever policies or legislation are prepared that may affect them; examine the functioning of franchising in the retail sector , including the existence of unfair contract terms or other unfair trading practices; open a public consultation in order to obtain unbiased information as to the real situation in franchising and to draft non-legislative guidelines, reflecting best practices, on the functioning of franchising in the retail sector, in particular in relation to the latest technological and market developments, such as internet sales, and to submit these to Parliament by January 2018 at the latest. Parliament stated that franchise agreements should fully respect the principles of balanced partnership , under which the franchisor and franchisee must be reasonable and fair towards each other and resolve complaints, grievances and disputes through frank, transparent, reasonable and direct communication. Sometimes franchisors require franchisees to purchase products and services that are not related to the franchise formula. Non-competition clauses should be clearly formulated, reasonable and proportionate. Competition law : the resolution stressed that Commission Regulation (EU) No 330/2010 on the application of Article 101(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices should be uniformly applied in the Member States . It invited the Commission to check to what extent application of the Regulation could be improved through a mechanism of assessment within the European network of competition authorities. The Commission is called on to check whether it is necessary to revise the Regulation and to verify and inform Parliament as regards: whether the model of franchising adopted in the Regulation reflects market reality; to what extent the so-called ‘ permitted vertical restraints ’ are proportionate and have a negative effect on the market and consumers; what new challenges franchisors and franchisees have to face in the context of e-commerce and digitisation. Parliament should be informed of the results achieved.
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