Franchise Agreements Within the European Community Book

	Preface
Ch. I	Introduction	1
Ch. II	General Issues Regarding Franchising	5
Ch. III	Application of EC Competition Rules to Franchising Before Regulation 4087/88	19
Ch. IV	Structure and Scope of the Block Exemption Regulation	47
Ch. V	Clauses Exempted Under Regulation 4087/88 - Articles 2 and 3 of the Regulation	61
Ch. VI	Conditions Necessary for the Application of the Exemption - Article 4 and Article 5 of Regulation 4087/88	77
Ch. VII	The Opposition Procedure - Article 6 of Regulation 4087/88	89
Ch. VIII	Withdrawal of Exemption - Article 8 of Regulation 4087/88	105
Ch. IX	Appraisal of Regulation 4087/88	111
Ch. X	Criticism of the Position Adopted by the Commission Regarding Franchising: Exemption Versus Clearance	127
Ch. XI	The Use of Regulation 17/62 to Escape Article 85(1) Prohibition Where the Group Exemption Regulation Does Not Apply	143
Ch. XII	Franchising Within the EC Irrespective of Competition Rules	155
Ch. XIII	The "Future" of Franchising in Europe	175
App. I	Excerpts From the EEC Treaty	185
App. II	The Judgment of the Court of Justice in Pronuptia	187
App. III	The Commission Case Law on Franchising	223
App. IV	Commission Regulation 4087/88 of 30 November 1988 on the Application of Article 85(3) of the Treaty to Categories of Franchise Agreements	305
App. V	European Code of Ethics for Franchising	319
App. VI	European Franchising Figures - 1989 Through 1993	325
	Bibliography	331
	Index	343