LEGAL WORKING GROUP MEETS IN PARIS

by Secretary-general Mr. J.W.B. Baron van Till:

On Monday 15 December 2008 the Members of the Legal Working Group will meet in Paris by invitation of the French Member Association FNAC. Issues to be discussed are:

• the draft document prepared by the Legal Advisor of the Austrian Member Association which includes a proposal for amendment of Art. 5 of EC Regulation 44/2001;
• update on EuroCommerce Working Committees activities;
• EC Regulation 593/2008 of 17 June 2008 which shall replace the 1980 Rome Convention of the law applicable to contractual obligations;
• opinion of the Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice of 19 November 2008 in the case Turgay Semen versus Deutsche Tamoil in which a preliminary ruling has been requested;
• the English High Court decision of 23 April 2008 in the case Nigel Fryer versus Ian Firth Hardware;
• judgement of the Scottish Court of Session of 5 August 2008;
• judgement from the Swiss Supreme Court of 22 May 2008 according to which a distributor may, under certain circumstances, successfully claim payment of a goodwill indemnity.