Traduction de «Exemption pour les constructeurs de routes » (Français → Anglais) :

10. Is not in favour of the removal of certain conditions imposed by the current MVBER for an agreement to be exempted, namely the contractual clauses on multi-branding, notice of termination, duration, arbitration of disputes, litigation and business transfers within the network; recalls, in particular, that the need to simplify the conditions for business transfers is part of the first principle of the Small Business Act; draws ...[+++] attention to the risk represented by a single branding obligation for consumer choice and dealers' independence vis-à-vis manufacturers; fears that these clauses might become subject to the different national contract laws;

Secondly, how does the Commission evaluate the balance of power between car manufacturers and car dealers under the current Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation, and under the proposed legislative framework?

10. Is not in favour of the removal of certain conditions imposed by the current MVBER for an agreement to be exempted, namely the contractual clauses on multi-branding, notice of termination, duration, arbitration of disputes, litigation and business transfers within the network; recalls, in particular, that the need to simplify the conditions for business transfers is part of the first principle of the Small Business Act; draws ...[+++] attention to the risk represented by a single branding obligation for consumer choice and dealers’ independence vis-à-vis manufacturers; fears that these clauses might become subject to the different national contract laws;

Although vehicle manufacturers may be in a strong commercial position vis-à-vis dealers, they compete fiercely with each other, and today there is no need to deviate, to preserve competition on these kind of agreements, from the Block Exemption Regulation for Vertical Agreements, which was adopted recently by the Commission and will also come into force at the end of this month.

This regulation also provides an exemption for groups of small and medium-sized undertakings, where the individual capacity of each firm belonging to a grouping may not exceed 1 000 tonnes for road transport or 50 000 tonnes for inland waterway transport (the total carrying capacity of any grouping must not exceed 10 000 tonnes for road transport and 500 000 tonnes for inland waterway transport).

EUROPA - EU law and publications - EUR-Lex - EUR-Lex - 32009R0078 - EN - Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 2009 on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to the protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users, amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directives 2003/102/EC and 2005/66/EC (Text with EEA relevance) - REGULATION - OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL // of 14 January 2009 // on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to the protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users, amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directiv ...[+++]es 2003/102/EC and 2005/66/EC // Technical provisions for the testing of vehicles and frontal protection systems // Model Information documents to be supplied by the manufacturer // EC type-approval model certificates // Addendum to EC type-approval certificate No . concerning the type-approval of a vehicle with regard to pedestrian protection with regard to Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 // Addendum to EC type-approval certificate No . concerning the type-approval of a vehicle with regard to it being fitted with a frontal protection system with regard to Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 // Addendum to EC type-approval certificate No . concerning the type-approval of a type of frontal protection system to be supplied as a separate technical unit with regard to Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 // EC TYPE-APPROVAL MARK // APPENDIX // Example of the EC type-approval mark // Amendments to Directive 2007/46/EC