Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3788

The distribution contract. Its nature: a contract under which a merchant undertakes to promote and distribute the products of an industrial or commercial establishment in a specified area on condition that he is their sole distributor. Its purport. The provisions regulating contracts agency apply to distribution agency. - The principal may engage more than one distribution agent in the same area and for the same branch of activity. The parties to the contract may agree on a sole distributor in the area. The reason for this. Article 273/1 of the Commercial Code.