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Re Block exemption regulation - this page was deleted in 2007 because it was copied verbatim from another source, which isn't allowed on Wikipedia. If you would like to create a new article from scratch in your own words, citing reliable sources, feel free. NawlinWiki (talk) 16:41, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See a draft of what I have in mind for the Block Exemption Regulation article and some of my references below. Let me know if this is okay and I will build more on it. Tomidetogun (talk) 17:57, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is a good start, but not yet ready. Two main concerns: (1) although there is a list of sources at the end of the article, you need to use references for each specific point in the article. (2) The second paragraph appears to be commentary/opinion on why the BER is a good thing. That's not appropriate for Wikipedia, although you can say "X magazine says that BER is a good thing" or "Professor X says that BER is a good thing" if you cite to specific sources for such statements. Thanks, NawlinWiki (talk) 03:10, 22 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the further review. Kindly take a look at the BER information now and let me know if it is good enough to publish the article. Tomidetogun (talk) 18:14, 22 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Good work! I've added an attribution to one sentence - other than that, it looks ready to me. NawlinWiki (talk) 11:27, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Draft article on Block Exemption Regulation

The Block Exemption Regulation (BER) is an exemption in a business line or industry, which debars organizations in the industry from some business activities in order to create competition. The regulation is highly known in the automobile industry due to the effect caused by the BER regulations from the European Commission^[1]^[2]. BER has changed the automobile industry in the last decade^[3]. Prior to 2003 automobile owners in the EU region risk nullifying their vehicle warranty when the vehicles were serviced or repaired in workshop belonging to the vehicle manufacturer or its’ dealers. This barrier was broken in October 2003, when the European Commission (EC) passed a law allowing vehicle owners the freedom of having their servicing and repairs done at their chosen workshop^[4].

According to the UK Department of Business Education & Skills, the empowerment created by this law provides competition in the automobile industry as vehicle owners now have the opportunity to repair and service their vehicle at alternative workshops to the automobile manufacturers. BER provides automobile users the flexibility and benefit to reduce the amount spent on servicing, thereby providing consumers more choice and better value for money^[5].

Definition

According to the law-Glossary.com library, Block Excemption Regulation (BER) is defined as "an exemption granted to a large business or group of businesses exempting them from some obligations under competition law"^[6]

Background

EU Regulations

New Block Exemption Regulation

The block exemption regulations are updated regularly to create competition among the Member State of the European Union. According to a White Paper by Dr.Jai Ganesh, Dr. Srinivas Padmanabhuni and Anandhi r, "Changes to the block exeption regulartions (BER) are meant to increase competitiveness in the automobile retail industry in Europe"^[7]

In Octorber 2002 a BER was passed into law and it came fully into effect in October 2003. The regulation was passed into law because the preceding law did not cover adequately some key point. The October 2002 BER focused on new automobile sales, aftersales and distribution. The preceding BER did not cover the following points adequately^[8]:

Competition between dealers of the same brand
Problems occurring for cross-border sales
Competition in the after-sales servicing
The need to strengthen dealers’ position vis-à-vis manufacturers

Recently, in May 2010 a new law has passed by the European Commission Competition legislatives and it came into effect from June 1st 2010^[9]^[10].

The automobile industry

References

External Links

Tomidetogun (talk) 18:22, 22 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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[1] ttp://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/legislation/block.html

[2] ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_competition_law

[3] ttp://www.blackcircles.com/servicing/about/block-exemption

[4] ttp://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:l:2002:203:0030:0041:en:PDF

[5] ttp://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/consumers/fact-sheets/page38070.html

[6] ttp://www.law-glossary.com/definition/block-exemption.html

[7] ttp://www.infosys.com/offerings/industries/automotive/white-papers/Documents/webservices-BER.pdf

[8] ttp://www.uni-leipzig.de/wirtschaftsrecht/dokumente/KfzGruppVOSlides.pdf

[9] ttp://ec.europa.eu/competition/sectors/motor_vehicles/legislation/legislation.html

[10] ttp://ec.europa.eu/competition/sectors/motor_vehicles/block_exemption.html

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