News posted 10/08/2009
On behalf of the UK Independent Automotive Aftermarket, the ADF compiled the UK submission in response to the European Commission's communication on maintaining the aftermarket provisions of the current Block Exemption Regulation.
The release, (Wednesday 22nd July), of the European Commission’s impact assessment and policy objectives papers was welcomed by the UK parts distributors’ trade body, the Automotive Distribution Federation, as ‘a move in the right direction’. However, the Federation said then that there was still a great deal of work to secure the independent aftermarket’s future.
The ADF has been in the forefront of the campaign to ensure that Block Exemption Regulation provisions which support the independent vehicle parts and service industry remain in force after the Regulation expires in May 2010. The Commission’s assessment includes proposals to maintain those provisions in a new framework after the expiry date.
Now the Federation has been asked by colleagues in the Independent Aftermarket to write the UK Submission to the Commission. The resulting document was forwarded to the Commission in mid-September and a copy may be found by following this link: http://www.adf.org.uk/docs/2009_09_UKIAA_Submission_Document_Final.pdf
The ADF has supplied several hundred thousand copies of its explanatory leaflet on Block Exemption. The accompanying picture shows the latest version, which is available from the ADF office.
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