ECJ BACKS VOLVO IN GERMAN DEALER CASE
June 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) case involving Volvo looks likely to reduce the protection of sacked auto dealers recovering indemnity payments from their former auto maker suppliers. Court advocate general Yves Bot has formally advised that under EU directive 86/653/EEC on self-employed commercial agents, that auto manufacturers can withhold indemnities, even when the grounds for refusing repayment was a different contract infringement than the problem that sparked a dealer's initial dismissal. Furthermore, the advocate general, said this ...
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