VRP (Representative Traveller and Placier)

The VRP or travelers representatives and placiers belong to the category of sales representatives and are therefore intermediaries who intervene in the distribution of products by seeking a clientele for a company.
According to the terms of Article L.7311-3 of the Labour Code, the PRV or traveller representing and placing is a person who:

  1. 1. Works on behalf of one or more employers;
  2. 2° Practises in an exclusive and constant manner a profession of representative;
  3. 3° Does not carry out any commercial transaction on his personal account;
  4. 4. Is bound to the employer by commitments determining:
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    1. a) The nature of the services or goods offered for sale or purchase;
    2. (b) The region in which it operates or the categories of customers it is responsible for visiting;
    3. (c) The rate of remuneration. ”

Unlike the commercial agent, who is an independent trader and who only acts in the name and on behalf of a third party, the VRP’s mission is to sell products under an employment contract that binds him to an employer.

He is therefore an employee and cannot carry out any commercial operation on his behalf. However, there is no relationship of subordination between the VRP and the employer, which is an essential feature of the employment contract.

The VRP, as an employee, and unlike the commercial agent, therefore benefits from the protective regime of labour law (paid leave, holiday pay, unemployment, etc.).

The traveller representing and placing, who takes orders from the clientele in the name and on behalf of the company he represents, has a right to this clientele that he has helped to create. Also, and this is what he has in particular in common with the sales agent, the VRP may benefit from a customer allowance at the end of his employment contract.