In a judgment delivered on Thursday 4 June, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that an individual does not necessarily need to have the power to alter the prices of the goods that he or she sells on behalf of the principal in order to be classed as a commercial agent (Case C-828/18).
In 2013, two French companies, Trendsetteuse and DCA, entered into an oral agreement whereby Trendsetteuse entered into contracts with French retailers on DCA’s behalf to sell ready-to-wear...