Automotive and Mobility No. 23

25 April 2024

Automotive and Mobility No. 22

31 January 2024

Automotive and Mobility No. 21

15 September 2023

Automotive and Mobility No. 20

28 June 2023

Automobile No.19

1 March 2023

Automobile No.18

31 October 2022

European Commission adopts new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and Guidelines

5 July 2022

The European Commission adopted on 10 May 2022 the Block Exemption Regulation for vertical agreements, as well as the Guidelines on Vertical Restraints. The new legislation modernises commercial distribution and seeks to adapt to new online marketing models.

Automobile No.17

23 June 2022

Genuine (and non-genuine) agency agreements in the automotive sector and competition law

3 March 2022

The differences between genuine and non-genuine agents for competition law purposes are analysed, as well as the dual-role models currently under consideration by the European Commission.

Automobile No.16

24 February 2022

Legislative development. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) is planning a new regulatory framework on the durability requirements for electric vehicle batteries

25 January 2022

This paper summarises the technical specifications relating to the durability requirements for batteries fitted in electric cars as set out in the Draft Global Technical Regulation prepared by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

Automobile No.15

5 November 2021

Commission Evaluation Report on the operation of Regulation (EU) 461/2010 concerning the exemption of certain vertical agreements in the automobile sector

5 October 2021

The report of the European Commission of May 2021 is analysed regarding the application of Commission Regulation (EU) 461/2010 to the exemption of certain vertical agreements in the automotive sector. This report is of interest in order to assess, at the present time, the state of the market’s competitive structure and the lines of the possible policy that the Commission could adopt in the future.

Automobile No.14

13 September 2021

Automobile Newsletter No.13

12 April 2021

Automobile Newsletter No.12

7 April 2021

Directive 2020/1828 on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers. Aspects relevant to the automotive sector.

3 February 2021

New Directive 2020/1828 encourages class actions for redress when an employer infringes consumer protection legislation. Cases such as ‘dieselgate’ would now be uniformly covered by this Directive.

First internationally harmonised and binding regulations on cybersecurity and motor vehicle software updates

23 November 2020

The regulation adopted by the United Nations concerning cybersecurity and vehicle software updates is analysed for the sector.

Automobile Newsletter No.11

29 September 2020

Boosting and curbing of the renewable energy sector in Spain

11 September 2020

Automobile Newsletter No.10

7 July 2020

Extended temporary collective redundancy procedures… and more

3 July 2020

Automobile Newsletter No.9

2 July 2020

Automobile Newsletter No . 3

19 June 2018