According to German law, the distributor can claim a compensation claim from the company only if specific conditions are met. On a case law basis, the compensation rules for commercial agents (§ 89b HGB) are applied in favour of the distributor by way of analogy insofar the latter is integrated into the company's sales organisation and it lies within his duties to transmit customer data to the company. Some Courts question the relevance of costumer data transmission and therefore grant the distributor compensation irrespective of any such contractual obligation. All other requirements for the assertion of a compensation claim (benefits from new business relations, etc.) also remain unchanged vis-à-vis distributors.   Under Italian law, the distributor has no claim to compensation. This also applies if a German distributor acts for an Italian company and the contracting parties make a choice of law in favour of Italian law.