Argentina contests Unidroit franchise proposals

At the recent meeting of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (Unidroit) in Rome, convened to consider the shape and thrust of a ‘uniform’ or ‘model’ law of pre-sale disclosure for franchising, all the official discussions were premised on the assumption that such an approach might discourage the proliferation of national laws on franchising. However, there is no shortage of such legislative proposals in the pipeline, including the following in Argentina: