BLOCK EXEMPTIONS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR
September 1st, 2009
BY EMMA JACKSON and KEITH NUTHALL
THE RELATIONSHIP the automotive sales and aftermarket sector have with car makers is clearly a key issue, if not the key issue, that concerns Automotive Management readers. As a result, the current review of the European Union's (EU) block exemption from EU competition law for the auto sector is being scrutinised carefully.
Discussions on what linkages should be permitted between the various parts of the automobile supply chain have continued in earnest since May 2008. In July, these were ramped up with the release of a formal ...
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