Cancel Subscription and Legal Question?

Questioner

As a running club, we would like to cancel a subscription with a printing company (Editoo) that produces our newsletter. This subscription was originally signed in 2009 with a one-year contract and automatic renewal. According to this company, we did not cancel our contract on time and as an association we are still stuck with it until April 2014. We believe the new Dam law limits our obligation to a maximum of three months. The company claims the law doesn't apply to associations and that we simply have to pay for a full year. What can we do about this? The company refuses to offer us a different arrangement.

Questioner

The exception to the Van Dam Act regarding association law concerns membership between an association and its member and is exclusively intended for consumers. The agreement between an association and a printer is not covered by the Van Dam Act, as an association is not a consumer. You are bound by the standard rules of the general terms and conditions.