The EU car market under the new BER

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Practice area: Abuse of dominance | Competition & Antitrust | Competition Economics
Client: EC DG Competition
Published: July, 2006
Keywords: quantitative analysis

This Brief summarises our report for DG Competition and reviews market developments in automotive retailing and after-sales sectors following the entry into force of the Regulation No. 1400/2002 (the Block Exemption Regulation or, simply BER), the new EC regulation covering distribution and after sales services of new motor vehicles in the EU.