Features of legal regulation of franchise agreement in Spain

Volodymyr Bobryk; Oleksandra Karmaza; Vitalii Makhinchuk; Andriy Tsvyetkov; Sergii Koroied

doi:10.34069/AI/2023.62.02.18

Volodymyr Bobryk National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2152-9937
Oleksandra Karmaza Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4895-5220
Vitalii Makhinchuk National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4360-0287
Andriy Tsvyetkov National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3239-322X
Sergii Koroied National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7899-957X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2023.62.02.18

Keywords: franchising, franchise agreement, franchisor, franchisee, pre-contract disclosure duty.

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to study features of legal regulation of franchise agreement in Spain. Research methodology. The research is based on the use of general scientific and special-scientific approaches such as dialectical, abstraction and generalization, logical, system analysis, historical and legal method, comparative and legal, logical analysis. Research results. Among the EU Member States, which have adopted special acts regulating franchise agreement issues, Spain is especially notable for its Royal Decree 201/2010, which regulates the procedure for concluding franchise agreement in detail. Practical implication. It is stated that there is statutory provision on pre-contractual disclosure in Spain, the main purpose of which is to protect a potential franchisee by providing him with the relevant information. Value /originality. This scientific work is the first research in Ukraine devoted to the characteristics of franchise agreement in a separate country (in Spain).

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Author Biographies

Volodymyr Bobryk, National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law Science, Senior Research Fellow, Head of the laboratory for the protection of subjective rights of the department of private law problems, The F.G. Burchak Scientific-Research Institute of Private Law and Entrepreneurship of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Oleksandra Karmaza, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law Science, Professor, Professor Institute of Continuing Education, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine.

Vitalii Makhinchuk, National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law Science, Professor, Deputy Director of the Institute for Research, The F.G. Burchak Scientific-Research Institute of Private Law and Entrepreneurship of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Andriy Tsvyetkov, National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Candidate of Law Sciences, Senior Researcher, Laboratory for the protection of subjective rights of the department of private law problems, The F.G. Burchak Scientific-Research Institute of Private Law and Entrepreneurship of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Sergii Koroied, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law Science, Professor, Leading researcher, Koretsky Institute of State and Law of National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Ukraine.

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