Underneath the Golden Boy - Robson Hall Faculty of Law

Franchise Legislation and Associations
Around the World
BRYAN SCHWARTZ, * JOHN POZIOS, * *
AND LEANDRO ZYLBERMAN * * *
1. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
A. European Franchise Federation
European Franchise Federation (“EFF”) was founded in 1972. 1 Today,
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Association has seventeen national members, including Austria,
Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the
United Kingdom. 2 The Federation’s goal is to promote and defend ethical and
commercial franchising, as well as to explain the meaning of “ethical franchising”
and its implications to all concerned audiences – such as European institutions,
national authorities and the general public and consumers. 3 To achieve its
mission the Federation introduced a Code of Ethics in 1972, requiring that every
national member and each member of the national franchise association
*
Asper Professor of International Business and Trade Law
**
Director, Marcel A. Desautels Centre for Private Enterprise and the Law
***
University of Manitoba Law School, Year III
Professors Schwartz and Pozios wish to express their great appreciation to their co-author, Mr.
Zylberman, who provided us not only with his research assistance, but his skilled and original
contributions to the drafting of this paper and the formulation of our shared policy advice.
1
European Franchise Federation, “A Word of Introduction,” online: European Franchise
Federation - Self Regulation [EFF, “Self-
Regulation”].
2
European Franchise Federation, “Our Membership,” online: European Franchise Federation -
Our Membership [EFF, “Membership”].
3 European Franchise Federation, “Mission Statement of the Federation,” online: European
Franchise Federation - EFF’s Mission [EFF,
“Mission”].