EU-rätten och definitionen av handelsagent i Lag (1991:351) om handelsagentur - Särskilt om att ta upp anbud
(2024) HARH13 20232Department of Business Law
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Uppsatsen syftar till att undersöka definitionen av handelsagent i 1 § Lag (1991:351)
om handelsagentur och hur denna förhåller sig till motsvarande definition i Direktiv
86/653/EEG om samordning av medlemsstaternas lagar rörande självständiga
handelsagenter och dess tillämpningsområde.
Uppsatsen tar sin utgångspunkt i det faktum att den svenska definitionen av
handelsagent förefaller innehålla ett ytterligare rekvisit jämfört med definitionen i
EU-direktivet, nämligen att agenten ska verka för försäljning ”genom att ta upp
anbud” och att definitionen därmed är snävare och potentiellt riskerar att exkludera
mellanmän som enligt direktivet skulle anses vara handelsagenter. Möjligheterna att
göra en direktivkonform tolkning... (More) - Uppsatsen syftar till att undersöka definitionen av handelsagent i 1 § Lag (1991:351)
om handelsagentur och hur denna förhåller sig till motsvarande definition i Direktiv
86/653/EEG om samordning av medlemsstaternas lagar rörande självständiga
handelsagenter och dess tillämpningsområde.
Uppsatsen tar sin utgångspunkt i det faktum att den svenska definitionen av
handelsagent förefaller innehålla ett ytterligare rekvisit jämfört med definitionen i
EU-direktivet, nämligen att agenten ska verka för försäljning ”genom att ta upp
anbud” och att definitionen därmed är snävare och potentiellt riskerar att exkludera
mellanmän som enligt direktivet skulle anses vara handelsagenter. Möjligheterna att
göra en direktivkonform tolkning undersöks då det har uppmärksammats i doktrin
att en sådan potentiellt kan bli contra legem och därmed omöjlig.
Avvikelsen i definitionen har varit föremål för behandling i det svenska hovrättsfallet
RH 2012:72 samt det norska Höyesterett-fallet HR-2022-728-A. Inför avgörandet i
det norska fallet inhämtas även ett förhandsavgörande från EFTA-domstolen. Trots
liknande sakomständigheter upprätthålls kravet på att ”ta upp anbud” i det svenska
fallet medan Höyesterett gör en tolkning enligt nationella regler som kommer fram
till att ”ta upp anbud” inte är ett krav.
EU-direktivet och rättsutvecklingen från EUD redogörs för samt den svenska
lagstiftningens framväxt fram till genomförandet av direktivet i Lag (1991:351) om
handelsagentur. Efter en kort litteraturgenomgång behandlas de båda rättsfallen.
Skyddsbehovet och förhållandet mellan arbetsinsats och ersättning lyfts fram som
centrala i lagstiftningen och olika försök görs att med utgångspunkt i förarbeten tolka
definitionen i enlighet med lagens systematik och ändamål, genom paralleller till
reglerna om provision, agentens skyldighet att göra skäliga ansträngningar, samt
avgångsvederlag.
Slutsatsen är att det eventuellt kan finnas ett visst utrymme att genomföra en
direktivkonform tolkning, som tar sin start i den nationella svenska rätten, och
uppnår ett resultat som ligger i linje med direktivet utan att anses contra legem. (Less) - Abstract
- The purpose of the thesis is to examine the definition of commercial agent in 1 § of
the Swedish Commercial Agents Act and how it compares to the corresponding
definition in the Council Directive 86/653/EEG on the coordination of the laws of
the Member States relating to self-employed commercial agents and its scope of
application.
The thesis starts out from the fact the Swedish definition of commercial agent
seemingly contains an additional requirement compared to the definition of the
Directive, namely that the agent should “promote sales by collecting offers” and the
definition is thus narrower and may exclude certain intermediaries who would be
considered commercial agents according to the Directive.
The possibility of... (More) - The purpose of the thesis is to examine the definition of commercial agent in 1 § of
the Swedish Commercial Agents Act and how it compares to the corresponding
definition in the Council Directive 86/653/EEG on the coordination of the laws of
the Member States relating to self-employed commercial agents and its scope of
application.
The thesis starts out from the fact the Swedish definition of commercial agent
seemingly contains an additional requirement compared to the definition of the
Directive, namely that the agent should “promote sales by collecting offers” and the
definition is thus narrower and may exclude certain intermediaries who would be
considered commercial agents according to the Directive.
The possibility of making a directive-compliant interpretation is examined since
concerns have been raised in the literature that such an interpretation may be
considered contra legem and thus not possible.
The anomaly in the definition has been the subject of the Swedish case RH 2012:72
and the Norwegian case HR-2022-728-A. Prior to the hearing in Norway the
Norwegian Supreme Court requested an advisory opinion from the EFTA Court.
Although similar case facts the Swedish decision upholds a requirement for the
commercial agent to “collect offers” while the Norwegian court, using national
interpretative methods concludes that “collecting offers” is not mandatory.
The Directive is examined together with the case law from ECJ, and the development
of the Swedish agency legislation up until the implementation of the Directive in the
form of the current Commercial Agents Act, is reviewed. After a short review of
relevant legal literature, the two court cases are analyzed.
The need to protect the agent and the correlation between worktime invested and
remuneration are found to be central aspects of the legislation and various attempts
are made to interpret the definition from systematic and teleologic viewpoints, by
drawing parallels from the rules relating to commission, the agent obligation to make
proper efforts and the right to indemnity.
The conclusion is that there may be possibilities to make a directive-compliant
interpretation, starting from Swedish national law and to reach a result which is not
considered contra legem in Swedish national law. (Less)
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- author
- Johansson, David LU
- supervisor
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- Johan Axhamn LU
- organization
- course
- HARH13 20232
- year
- 2024
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Handelsagent, anbud, direktivkonform tolkning, förhandla, förmedla, contra legem, Commercial agent, negotiate, directive-compliant interpretation, intermediate
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9145738
- date added to LUP
- 2024-01-19 07:55:56
- date last changed
- 2024-01-19 07:55:56
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abstract = {{The purpose of the thesis is to examine the definition of commercial agent in 1 § of
the Swedish Commercial Agents Act and how it compares to the corresponding
definition in the Council Directive 86/653/EEG on the coordination of the laws of
the Member States relating to self-employed commercial agents and its scope of
application.
The thesis starts out from the fact the Swedish definition of commercial agent
seemingly contains an additional requirement compared to the definition of the
Directive, namely that the agent should “promote sales by collecting offers” and the
definition is thus narrower and may exclude certain intermediaries who would be
considered commercial agents according to the Directive.
The possibility of making a directive-compliant interpretation is examined since
concerns have been raised in the literature that such an interpretation may be
considered contra legem and thus not possible.
The anomaly in the definition has been the subject of the Swedish case RH 2012:72
and the Norwegian case HR-2022-728-A. Prior to the hearing in Norway the
Norwegian Supreme Court requested an advisory opinion from the EFTA Court.
Although similar case facts the Swedish decision upholds a requirement for the
commercial agent to “collect offers” while the Norwegian court, using national
interpretative methods concludes that “collecting offers” is not mandatory.
The Directive is examined together with the case law from ECJ, and the development
of the Swedish agency legislation up until the implementation of the Directive in the
form of the current Commercial Agents Act, is reviewed. After a short review of
relevant legal literature, the two court cases are analyzed.
The need to protect the agent and the correlation between worktime invested and
remuneration are found to be central aspects of the legislation and various attempts
are made to interpret the definition from systematic and teleologic viewpoints, by
drawing parallels from the rules relating to commission, the agent obligation to make
proper efforts and the right to indemnity.
The conclusion is that there may be possibilities to make a directive-compliant
interpretation, starting from Swedish national law and to reach a result which is not
considered contra legem in Swedish national law.}},
author = {{Johansson, David}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{EU-rätten och definitionen av handelsagent i Lag (1991:351) om handelsagentur - Särskilt om att ta upp anbud}},
year = {{2024}},
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