KROES LAYS DOWN MARK ON BLOCK EXEMPTION REVIEW
February 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has laid down policy for the review of the European Union's (EU) auto sector block exemption from standard European competition rules. Importantly, she has given a "cast-iron guarantee" that a new system would guarantee the rights of independent repairers to "access to technical information and alternative brands of spare parts." This, she told a 'roundtable' meeting of auto executives in Brussels (NOTE - ON FEB 9), would "continue to be necessary preconditions ...
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