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Commercial Agency Contract
Macnarová, Stanislava ; Patěk, Daniel (advisor) ; Josková, Lucie (referee)
Commercial Agency Contract The subject of this thesis is the commercial agency contract, as regulated by Sections 2483 to 2520 of Act No 89/2012, the Civil Code, as amended, giving businesses the opportunity not only to net new customers, but also to raise general awareness of their merchandise or services. Under a commercial agency contract, a commercial agent - as an independent business entity - undertakes to engage long term in activities for the other party (the principal) aimed at the sealing of a certain type of deal by the principal or at negotiating deals in the name and on behalf of the principal. Under a commercial agency contract, the principal, for its part, agrees to pay the commercial agent commission for the activities carried out. Against this background, a commercial agency contract gives a business the opportunity to make use of a third party who, unlike an employee, is autonomous yet works with the business and acts in its interests. This thesis intends to deliver a lucid analysis and description of a commercial agency contract from the perspective of current legislation set out in the Civil Code, the enactment of which endowed the concept of commercial agency (compared to the previous provisions on commercial agency set out in Sections 652 to 672a of Act No 513/1991, the...
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