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No right of the distributor to information for the purpose of quantifying the compensation claim

Distribution law

No right of the distributor to information for the purpose of quantifying the compensation claim

In its judgment of 24 September 2020 (VII ZR 69/19), the Federal Supreme Court (BGH) ruled that an authorised dealer cannot demand information on the gross profit achieved from the company for the purpose of calculating its compensation claim. The entrepreneurial advantages required for the compensation claim are not necessarily to be calculated on the basis of the gross profit and consequently the company does not have to provide any information on this.