Spanish Legal System on Disclosure in Franchise Networks: Problems and Proposals for an Improved Regulation

Abstract:

The aim of this paper is to describe the way in which the subject of disclosure in franchise networks is treated in the Spanish legal system. The paper concludes that the Spanish legislator will have an opportunity to modernize the regulation of these contracts soon. This will be a great moment to adapt the Spanish law on disclosure in franchise networks to the modern legal techniques already present in a number of countries. An adequate and updated regulation of the franchise contract would avoid the majority of the problems that Spanish case-law has been attempting to resolve over the last few years, as this paper will try to demonstrate.