The French and the Dutch law perspective In most international commercial contracts for the sale of goods, the parties choose to exclude the Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods (‘CISG’). This is not always to their advantage. In this article, Mathijs van Riet, Lawyer at SPIEGELER International Attorneys-at-law & Mediators will highlight the …
Tag: France
PACT LAW: A FUTURE FOR BUSINESS GROWTH?
In France a new bill has recently been introduced. Loi PACTE or Projet de loi de croissance et transformation des entreprises (Action Plan for Business Growth and Transformation) is a text composed of nearly 200 articles aimed at reforming several economic areas. The draft law was initiated by the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le …
Droit de Suite – The Buyer Pays the Bill
Christie’s wins battle for a new interpretation of the “Droit de Suite” regulation in France. A recent decision of the French Supreme Court[1] is going to overturn the law in France that requires the Artist’s Resale Right (Droit de Suite) being paid by vendors. The resale right forms an integral part of copyright and is …
CNIL Sanctions Google 50 Million Euros for Non-Compliance to the GDPR
On May 25th, 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into force. From that date forth, companies were required to comply with the text in order to best protect citizens’ personal data within the European Union. In France, it is the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) which monitors the compliance of companies with the …
Xi Jinping visits Macron to strengthen China-EU relationship
On the third day of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to France, the French President Emmanuel Macron took the unprecedented step of establishing a united European front to compete with China’s global hegemony, specifically China’s One Belt One Road strategy. Macron invited EU leaders Angela Merkel and Jean-Claude Juncker to join the meeting with Xi. …
New conviction for Jeff Koons: Art of appropriation or act of infringement?
Article 4 of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen proclaims, « freedom consist in being able to do anything that does not harm others ». Bearing this in mind, while American judges seem to seek a fair balance between private and public interest, French ones maintain a strict interpretation of the protection …
Back to a very sharp case
In short – First geographical indication for a manufactured product: the consequences of the Laguiole case Since the new consumers law was adopted on March 17th, 2014, and its application decree, n°2015-595, was published on June 2nd, 2015, it is possible to protect manufactured products with a geographical indication, title which was until now only …
Terrorism: The employer’s duty to protect the mental health of his employees
France has experienced these last months’ horrific terrorist attacks and everyone feels more or less affected by this danger. It seems then important to review the obligation borne by the employer to protect the mental and physical health of his employees. In a judgment of November 25th, 2015, the French Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) …