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Summary

Keywords

Freedom of movement for persons — Freedom of establishment — Independent commercial agents — Directive 86/653 — Scope — Persons acting on behalf of a principal but in their own name — Not included — (Council Directive 86/653)

Summary

Directive 86/653 on the coordination of the laws of the Member States relating to self-employed commercial agents must be interpreted as meaning that persons who act on behalf of a principal, but in their own name, do not come within the scope of that directive.

The activity pursued by persons acting on behalf of a third party but in their own name is different from that pursued by commercial agents and the interests and need for protection of the two occupations are not the same.

see paras 17, 21, operative part