Joint Venture Contract (French)

Description

A model contract which governs the relationship between two companies which set up a third company (the Joint Venture) with the intention of jointly establishing an activity with its own objectives: research, distribution and marketing, manufacturing, etc.

The contract establishes all the agreements necessary to start up and then manage the Joint Venture. In the issues of greatest importance (the company’s object, capital stock, valuing of contributions made, organization and administration, decision-taking, trouble-shooting), a number of alternatives of wording are offered in order for the most appropriate one to be chosen depending on each situation. It is also makes reference to the viability studies prior to the setting-up of the company and the financing of its costs.

The language of this contract is French. It is available also in Spanish, English and German.

This is a model of Joint Venture Contract suitable for companies based in the same country. If the two companies that create the Joint Venture are based in different countries the International Joint Venture Contract should be used.

Index of the Contract

Parties Préambule Articles ----------------- 1. Objet de la Joint Venture 2. Étendue géographique 3. Étude de viabilité 4. Création de la Joint Venture 5. Durée 6. Capital social 7. Apports des parties  8. Apports d'actifs incorporels 9. Responsabilité sur les apports

10. Évaluation des apports 11. Engagements techniques ou commerciaux des parties 12. Organisation 13. Administration et gestion  14. Représentation 15. Responsabilité 16. Inexécution d'obligations 17. Comptes 18. Auditeurs 19. Parts dans les bénéfices et pertes  20. Accès à l'information 21. Clause de non-concurrence 22. Prise de décisions

23. Situations de blocage 24. Restrictions à la transmission 25. Changement de contrôle d'une partie à la Joint Venture 26. Remplacement d'une partie  27. Avis de résiliation de la Joint Venture 28. Fin de la Joint Venture 29. Liquidation de la Joint Venture 30. Continuité de la Joint Venture par l'une des parties 31. Force majeure 32. Interdiction de céder

33. Clause de confidentialité 34. Frais préalables à la création de la Joint Venture 35. Autre frais et impôts 36. Règlement des différends 37. Droit applicable et juridiction compétente ------------------ Signatures Annexes

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