#52026SC0174Evaluation of the EU Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation
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This document evaluates whether the EU’s special competition rules for motor vehicle agreements have worked as intended. Those rules allow certain vertical agreements in vehicle sales, repair, maintenance, and spare parts distribution to be exempt from the EU ban on anti-competitive agreements when they meet specific conditions. The evaluation looks at market changes, the role of vehicle manufacturers, repairers, spare parts suppliers, and independent aftermarket businesses, and whether the rules still fit a sector shaped by electric vehicles, digital diagnostics, and changing repair data needs. It does not itself create new duties, but it may guide future changes to EU competition rules for the automotive sector.
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Key Changes
- Evaluates the effectiveness of the EU Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation rather than introducing immediate new rules
- Reviews how competition rules apply to vehicle sales, repair, maintenance, and spare parts distribution
- Assesses whether market changes such as electric vehicles and access to repair data require future policy adjustments