Press Release: Competition: Commission welcomes changes to BMW’s distribution and servicing agreements

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Series Details IP/06/302 (13.3.06)
Publication Date 13/03/2006
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The European Commission on 13 March 2006 closed its investigation into BMW’s distribution and servicing agreements following changes to bring them into line with the Commission’s car distribution block exemption Regulation 1400/2002 (see IP/02/1073). The changes introduced by BMW ensured that BMW dealers and repairers were not restricted in selling or servicing cars of competing brands (multi-branding) and that all repair-shops who fulfilled the necessary quality standards could become members of the authorised network. A similar case involving General Motors was also closed (see IP/06/303).
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European Commission: Memo: MEMO/06/120, Complaints against BMW and General Motors regarding contractual standards required from their dealers and repairers - questions and answers, 13.3.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/120&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr
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