{"id":8541,"date":"2016-12-22T10:58:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T09:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fbf-bff.be\/le-pouvoir-du-juge-de-reduire-une-clause-de-non-concurrence-illicite\/"},"modified":"2016-12-22T10:58:28","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T09:58:28","slug":"le-pouvoir-du-juge-de-reduire-une-clause-de-non-concurrence-illicite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fbf-bff.be\/fr\/le-pouvoir-du-juge-de-reduire-une-clause-de-non-concurrence-illicite\/","title":{"rendered":"Le pouvoir du juge de r\u00e9duire une clause de non-concurrence illicite"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ma\u00eetre Patrick Kileste, KMS Partners<\/a><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]Il n\u2019est pas rare d\u2019ins\u00e9rer, dans un contrat de franchise, une clause de non-concurrence interdisant au franchis\u00e9 d\u2019exercer toute activit\u00e9 concurrente \u00e0 celle faisant l\u2019objet du contrat. Le droit belge pr\u00e9voit g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement que de telles clauses, pour \u00eatre valables, doivent \u00eatre limit\u00e9es soit dans le temps, soit dans l\u2019espace, soit encore quant \u00e0 leur objet.\r\n\r\nL\u2019article 5, \u00a73 du r\u00e8glement europ\u00e9en n\u00b0 330\/2010, applicable \u00e0 la franchise, pr\u00e9voit par ailleurs qu\u2019une obligation de non-concurrence post-contractuelle ne pourra \u00eatre admise que si\u00a0:\r\n
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  1. elle est limit\u00e9e \u00e0 un an \u00e0 compter de l\u2019expiration de l\u2019accord\u00a0;<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. elle est limit\u00e9e aux locaux et terrains o\u00f9 le franchis\u00e9 exerce son activit\u00e9 durant le contrat\u00a0; et<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. elle ne vise que les biens et services concurrents avec ceux vis\u00e9s par le contrat.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nLe m\u00eame article pr\u00e9voit \u00e9galement que la clause de non-concurrence doit \u00eatre indispensable \u00e0 la protection d\u2019un savoir-faire transf\u00e9r\u00e9 par le fournisseur.\r\n\r\nLa question s\u2019est alors pos\u00e9e de savoir si le juge, en pr\u00e9sence d\u2019une clause de non-concurrence d\u00e9passant les limites pr\u00e9vues par la loi, a le pouvoir de r\u00e9duire cette clause \u00e0 ses effets strictement l\u00e9gaux, pr\u00e9servant ainsi sa validit\u00e9.\r\n\r\nLa Cour de cassation eut l\u2019occasion de se prononcer sur cette question (voyez ses arr\u00eats des 23 janvier 2015 et 25 juin 2015)\u00a0: elle y r\u00e9pondit positivement, \u00e0 la condition toutefois qu\u2019une telle r\u00e9duction de la clause soit conforme \u00e0 la volont\u00e9 des parties, ce qui sera par exemple le cas si la convention pr\u00e9voit une clause expresse en ce sens. La Cour mit ainsi un terme \u00e0 une longue controverse relative au pouvoir de r\u00e9duction du juge. Bien que ces deux arr\u00eats n\u2019aient pas \u00e9t\u00e9 rendus en mati\u00e8re de franchise, il nous semble pouvoir \u00eatre admis d\u2019\u00e9tendre cette jurisprudence \u00e0 la mati\u00e8re.\r\n\r\nMa\u00eetre Patrick Kileste<\/strong><\/em>\r\nAvocat KMS Partners<\/a><\/strong><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Il n\u2019est pas rare d\u2019ins\u00e9rer, dans un contrat de franchise, une clause de non-concurrence interdisant au franchis\u00e9 d\u2019exercer toute activit\u00e9 concurrente \u00e0 celle faisant l\u2019objet du contrat. Le droit belge pr\u00e9voit g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement que de telles clauses, pour \u00eatre valables, doivent \u00eatre limit\u00e9es soit dans le temps, soit dans l\u2019espace, soit encore quant \u00e0 leur objet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLe pouvoir du juge de r\u00e9duire une clause de non-concurrence illicite - F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Belge de la Franchise<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fbf-bff.be\/fr\/le-pouvoir-du-juge-de-reduire-une-clause-de-non-concurrence-illicite\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Le pouvoir du juge de r\u00e9duire une clause de non-concurrence illicite - F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Belge de la Franchise\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Il n\u2019est pas rare d\u2019ins\u00e9rer, dans un contrat de franchise, une clause de non-concurrence interdisant au franchis\u00e9 d\u2019exercer toute activit\u00e9 concurrente \u00e0 celle faisant l\u2019objet du contrat. 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