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Vietnam: Competition Law Fact Sheet
Overview of the main provisions of the Competition Law, and discussion of the enforcement regime and recent enforcement trends.
Australia | Publication | October 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic fallout has put a strain on many businesses. Franchisees and resellers are certainly not exempt from that strain and may quickly accrue considerable debts and fall in breach of franchise agreements or reseller or distribution agreements.
The question for franchisors is whether and to what extent they should adjust their usual enforcement and recovery procedures. There will be a number of considerations that franchisors should consider before deciding whether an adjustment to usual procedures is necessary. Franchisors should use the following as a checklist to assess their exposure to potential fallout from bad debt or franchise disputes and then devise an appropriate revised enforcement and recovery procedure accordingly:
When revising an enforcement and recovery procedure, it will be important to ensure that any temporary concession offered to franchisees, distributors or resellers are appropriately characterized as ‘temporary’ and cannot be misconstrued as a waiver of the franchisee’s, distributor’s or reseller’s liability for future non-compliance with the usual contractual terms. This will be especially important for franchisor – franchisee arrangements where the franchisor needs to preserve the right to breach the franchisee for non-compliance in the future if that non-compliance continues after any agreed concession period. Accordingly, any concessions made should be properly documented in a way that makes clear what has been agreed and the period of time for which the concession stands.
If having reviewed the checklist above you’ve determined that your business needs to revisit its enforcement and recovery procedures, please contact any member of our Consumer Markets and Franchising team to discuss how your enforcement and recovery procedures might be amended. We can assist with drawing up appropriate temporary variations or ‘standstill’ agreements to suspend certain obligations for a period of time as necessary for your network to emerge successfully from the current economic climate.
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Overview of the main provisions of the Competition Law, and discussion of the enforcement regime and recent enforcement trends.
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Our Asia Competition Law facts sheets provide insights into the main competition law regimes across Asia, reflecting the experience and reach of our Asia competition team in an ever changing and increasingly complex competition law environment.
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