# 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), Article 4

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1986/653/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1986-653/article-4
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