The article considers the main provisions of Directive 86/653/EEC on self-employed commercial agents in the light of their interpretation by the Court of Justice of the EU: the scope of the Directive, characteristics of commercial agency services, commercial agent’s remuneration, commercial agent’s right for indemnity or compensation in case of the agency contract termination. The author notes that preliminary rulings of the Court of Justice of the EU can be regarded as guiding lines for national courts of the EU member states in dispute resolution arising from agency contracts. The author draws the conclusions that the aim of EU agency services regulation is to protect commercial agents’ interests; that the Court of Justice of the EU interprets provisions of Directive 86/653/EEC as overriding mandatory rules; and that Directive 86/653/EEC is of great importance for further development of the contract law unification in the EU in “soft law” documents.
Harmonization, Directive, the European Union, the Court of Justice of the European Union, interpretation, agency contract, principal, commercial agent, remuneration, overriding mandatory rule.
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