AUDI – BLOCK EXEMPTION
January 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has struck a deal with Audi over a system of choosing and authorising repair shops in its network that Brussels will use as a model for other manufacturers trying to follow the European Union's new block exemption regime. The German car manufacturer will henceforth run a "system of qualitative selective distribution" for after-sales service, in effect choosing members of its network on the basis of open standards that any repair shops can attempt to follow. Audi parent Volkswagen has confirmed that it will operate the ...
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