Monday, August 18, 2008
NFDA lobbies for BER renewal
Trade body wants to retain key elements in 2010
The RMI’s National Franchised Dealer Association has called for key elements in the existing block exemption regulations to be retained by the European Commission in the 2010 legislation.
It said the BER should enable dealer independence and called on the government to maintain dealers' rights to sell and service competing brands and to separate retail and aftersales activities.
The NFDA said dealers should be allowed to sell their franchises to other dealers within the brand's network and that a level of dealer job security should be guaranteed.
The association said manufacturers should be obliged to give detailed and objective reasons for dealer terminations and that retailers should have the right to refer disputes to an independent arbitrator and be given a minimum of two years' notice of termination.
NFDA director Sue Robinson said: “The NFDA believes that the Commission's Evaluation Report does not provide a sufficiently compelling case for the removal of sector-specific regulation.”
DATED: 18.08.08
FEED: MT
The RMI’s National Franchised Dealer Association has called for key elements in the existing block exemption regulations to be retained by the European Commission in the 2010 legislation.
It said the BER should enable dealer independence and called on the government to maintain dealers' rights to sell and service competing brands and to separate retail and aftersales activities.
The NFDA said dealers should be allowed to sell their franchises to other dealers within the brand's network and that a level of dealer job security should be guaranteed.
The association said manufacturers should be obliged to give detailed and objective reasons for dealer terminations and that retailers should have the right to refer disputes to an independent arbitrator and be given a minimum of two years' notice of termination.
NFDA director Sue Robinson said: “The NFDA believes that the Commission's Evaluation Report does not provide a sufficiently compelling case for the removal of sector-specific regulation.”
DATED: 18.08.08
FEED: MT
