New Rules Concerning Automotive Distribution: What’s New Under the Sun?

Last summer, a couple of months after the entry into force of the European Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/720 on the application of Article 101(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices, the Italian Parliament enacted an important provision on automotive distribution. Pursuant to Italian law dated August 8, 2022, no. 108, which converted the Italian Decree no. 68 of 16^th June 2022, the Italian Parliament has regulated relevant aspects of the relationship between manufacturer, importer and distributor; aspects that had been (voluntarily?) neglected by the afore mentioned European Regulation. Below a summary of the most relevant developments…

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