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Drafting supplier referencing contracts and single agreements

Write your supplier referencing contracts

The purchasing or referencing center negotiates with the suppliers the prices and conditions that will benefit its members.

This negotiation takes place on the basis of the supplier’s general conditions of sale, the basis of commercial negotiation, but it can occur after a referencing agreement.

CET referencing agreement specifies the referencing conditions (identity of the supplier, distribution to the central office of its product catalogues, conditions of sale and order cadenciers, exchange of information, communication between computer systems, legal compliance of the products and the supplier, referencing commissions_ which cannot be prior to sales_, etc.).

You want to have a referencing agreement, so as to frame and standardize your modes of relations with your suppliers.
You want to remunerate the referencing of your suppliers with the affiliates at your central.

As part of a distribution network (franchisees, dealers, affiliates, etc.) you want these commissions to be retained by the central or redistributed. The choice of the qualification of your role in the referencing operation and the drafting of the contract, articulated with that of the distribution contract and the corresponding invoice labels, will ensure that you retain or redistribute the referencing commissions in accordance with your business model, in complete security.

 

Our method for drafting your supplier referencing contracts and your unique conventions

Through an exclusive questionnaire, we review with you each key point of the organization of the relationship between the plant and its suppliers during a meeting.

Based on the information collected and the choices made in the questionnaire phase, we draft the SEO contract in a personalized way.
Of course, we manage compliance with competition law and avoid that this contract does not contain restrictive practices of competition.

 

Unique supplier referencing contracts and conventions in line with your needs

Our method allows you to understand the contractual issues and to choose, whenever a contractual choice is to be made, a solution that meets your needs.

Your SEO contract is personalized and reflects your business policy.

It secures the collection and retention of your referral commissions.

On this occasion, you will benefit from our lawyers’ benchmarks dedicated to distribution and access to best market practices.

Our competition specialists ensure that your SEO contract complies with the constraints of market rules.

Your SEO contract is personalized and reflects your commercial policy

It secures the collection and retention of your referral commissions.

Jérôme Le Hec - Avocat associé

Jérôme Le Hec

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Responsable "Distribution & Concurrence"

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