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Council Directive of 18 December 1986 on the coordination of the laws of the Member States relating to self-employed commercial agents (86/653/EEC)
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CHAPTER II Rights and obligations
Article 3
1.In performing has activities a commercial agent must look after his principal's interests and act dutifully and in good faith.
2.In particular, a commercial agent must:
(a)make proper efforts to negotiate and, where appropriate, conclude the transactions he is instructed to take care of;
(b)communicate to his principal all the necessary information available to him;
(c)comply with reasonable instructions given by his principal.
Article 4
1.In his relations with his commercial agent a principal must act dutifully and in good faith.
2.A principal must in particular:
(a)provide his commercial agent with the necessary documentation relating to the goods concerned;
(b)obtain for his commercial agent the information necessary for the performance of the agency contract, and in particular notify the commercial agent within a reasonable period once he anticipates that the volume of commercial transactions will be significantly lower than that which the commercial agent could normally have expected.
3.A principal must, in addition, inform the commercial agent within a reasonable period of his acceptance, refusal, and of any non-execution of a commercial transaction which the commercial agent has procured for the principal.
Article 5
The parties may not derogate from the provisions of Articles 3 and 4.
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