This chapter is from International Agency and Distribution
Law, 2nd Ed. © Juris Publishing, Inc. 2019 www.jurispub.com
Introduction
This chapter discusses the Israeli law and business practice
relating to agents and distributors. It is divided into two
sections, the first dealing with agents and the second dealing with
distributors.
Issues that are common to both distributors and agents are
discussed in greater depth in the section on agents, and are only
cross-referenced in the section on distributors. For convenience of
reference, the term 'intermediary' is sometimes used to
encompass both agents and distributors.
In 2012, the Israeli Knesset enacted a new law entitled the
Agency Contract (Commercial Agent and Supplier) Law, 5772-2012,
(the 'Agency Contract Law'). The Agency Contract Law
applies to contracts for consideration between a supplier and a
commercial agent in which a supplier authorizes a commercial agent
to solicit and engage new and existing
