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Sale and distribution of goods and services is subject to fundamental change. The German Commercial Code, however, only deals with commercial agents (§§ 48 et seq.), for this system of distribution had been common in the 19th century. Today the law of distribution is to be developed by case law following the main ideas of §§ 48 et seq., for instance in franchise systems. Separate from, but nonetheless...