Dans la troisieme de sa serie d'affaires-pilotes relatives a la compatibilite des accords de franchise avec les regles communautaires de concurrence, qui serviront de base au futur reglement d'exemption categorielle relatif a de tels accords, la Commission a confirme les principes poses dans ses decisions precedentes "Pronuptia" et "Yves Rocher", et a aussi aborde un certain nombre de problemes nouveaux.
In the third of its series of test cases relating to the compatibility of franchising agreements under the EEC competition rules, which will serve as a basis for the future block exemption regulation relating to such agreements, the Commission has confirmed the principles established in the previous decisions, Pronuptia and Yves Rocher, and also addressed a number of new issues.