In recent years, franchising has become an increasingly popular sales structure across the EU. A franchise is a vertical agreement and should therefore not contain any of the essential restrictions set by the VBER to benefit from the block exemption. Nevertheless, (…) On 8 September 2020, the European Commission published its Commission Staff Working […]

8. Right of access: the agreement of use and occupation may cover the seller`s access rights during the life of the good (or part of it). There are also some house rules that are added to the occupancy contract. The rules will communicate the responsibilities to the inhabitant and will also state the consequences […]

As a standard example, the U.S. government receives $25 for every 100 bbl of oil sold on a U.S. federal drilling with a 25% royalty. The U.S. government does not pay and will only reap revenues. All risks and liabilities are with the well operator. There are three general approaches to assessing the applicable […]