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The Blog Exemption: Consumer Welfare in EU Competition Law: What is It (Not) About? by Victoria Daskalova :: SSRN
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Comments on the legal regulation of motor vehicle distribution and servicing agreements under EU competition rules by Peter Groves. Tuesday, 23 June 2015. Consumer Welfare in EU Competition Law: What is It (Not) About? By Victoria Daskalova : SSRN. Consumer Welfare in EU Competition Law: What is It (Not) About? Will be of interest to anyone concerned about the working of the block exemption - like me. The abstract reads:. What types of benefits and harms count respectively as welfare and as harm? Motor V...
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The Blog Exemption: August 2013
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Comments on the legal regulation of motor vehicle distribution and servicing agreements under EU competition rules by Peter Groves. Thursday, 15 August 2013. USA: Nissan dealer's sales affected by local Chevrolet plant. Ah, if only we had laws like the ones in the USA that protect dealers. What little we had under the block exemption disappeared at the end of May. Sims v Nissan. And while it might sound like an unfair commercial practice, the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive ( Directive 2005/29/EC.
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The Blog Exemption: Brand-retailer relationships strained | Auto Retail Network
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Comments on the legal regulation of motor vehicle distribution and servicing agreements under EU competition rules by Peter Groves. Sunday, 14 June 2015. Brand-retailer relationships strained Auto Retail Network. Brand-retailer relationships strained Auto Retail Network. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Democratically elected management committee member. Is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Abuse of dominant position. Autorité de la Concurrence. Simple templa...
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The Blog Exemption: November 2012
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Comments on the legal regulation of motor vehicle distribution and servicing agreements under EU competition rules by Peter Groves. Tuesday, 6 November 2012. Netherlands: Court rules on refusal to appoint repairers. In September, so it will be covered in the next Motor Law newsletter - but meanwhile you can follow the link to the horse's mouth. In Case T-19/92, Groupement d'Achat Édouard Leclerc v Commission. 1996] ECR II-1851, [1997] 4 CMLR 995 and Case T-88/92 Groupement d'Achat Édouard. 1996] ECR II-1...
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The Blog Exemption: May 2014
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Comments on the legal regulation of motor vehicle distribution and servicing agreements under EU competition rules by Peter Groves. Monday, 26 May 2014. Commission rejects Federauto's complaint against VW. Is a link to the article on the Mondaq service, for which you might have to register. It is also in that firm's competition law newsletter, the relevant edition of which you can download from here. Code of good conduct. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Democratically elected management committee member.
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The Blog Exemption: Tesla, Dealer Franchise Laws, and the Politics of Crony Capitalism by Daniel A. Crane
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Comments on the legal regulation of motor vehicle distribution and servicing agreements under EU competition rules by Peter Groves. Tuesday, 14 April 2015. Tesla, Dealer Franchise Laws, and the Politics of Crony Capitalism by Daniel A. Crane. Cross-posted from the Motor Law blog:. Thanks to Public Lawyer's Consumer Law and Policy Blog. I can bring to your attention an interesting article entitled. Tesla, Dealer Franchise Laws, and the Politics of Crony Capitalism. 198 US. 45. The relevant Wikipedia entry.
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The Blog Exemption: May 2015
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Comments on the legal regulation of motor vehicle distribution and servicing agreements under EU competition rules by Peter Groves. Friday, 29 May 2015. Skoda Auto fined CZK 49 million for margin fixing. Reuters reports that Š k. Oda Auto has been fined CZK 49 million. Thursday, 14 May 2015. AW: Direct sales approach gaining momentum in US. Monday, 11 May 2015. Be careful with free offers. 160;A customer offered a meal out for two in apology for damage caused to her car on the premises managed to run up ...
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The Blog Exemption: October 2014
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Comments on the legal regulation of motor vehicle distribution and servicing agreements under EU competition rules by Peter Groves. Monday, 6 October 2014. Dealer Protection Code - Dead in the Water. The much-vaunted code of conduct to which the Commission encouraged the two sides of the industry to agree after removing the dealer protection measures from the 2010 block exemption, has finally been knocked on the head by ACEA. Volume 13 number 11 and this posting. Carlo Pettinelli, currently Director of I...
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The Blog Exemption: Be careful with free offers
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Comments on the legal regulation of motor vehicle distribution and servicing agreements under EU competition rules by Peter Groves. Monday, 11 May 2015. Be careful with free offers. The BBC News website reported last week (before I became diverted by the election) that a dealer had found itself being taken advantage of: 'Free meal' garage customer's £700 bill at top London restaurant. Is that humanly possible? Of course, the solution is quite simple, and the dealer is no doubt kicking its corporate self...