July 15, 2002
The July 2002 issue of Corporate Counsel features an article co-authored by partners Fulvio Pastore-Alinante and Luigi Zumbo and associate Pia Sorvillo on the European Commission’s newly proposed distribution rules imposed on the European automotive industry.
The July 2002 issue of Corporate Counsel features an article co-authored by partners Fulvio Pastore-Alinante and Luigi Zumbo and associate Pia Sorvillo on the European Commission’s newly proposed distribution rules imposed on the European automotive industry. The article, entitled “More Freedom or Less Protection for the Consumers? The European Automotive Industry Faces New Distribution Rules,” provides an overview of the proposed new rules, which are intended to replace the current regime established in 1995. Specifically, the article covers selective or exclusive distribution (“pick and choose”), multi-brand and Internet sales, marketing in other member states, shopping abroad, and repair and spare parts under the proposed reform of the distribution regime. Mr. Pastore and Mr. Zumbo (partner, Studio Legale Delfino e Associati-Willkie Farr & Gallagher) reside in Willkie’s Milan office and practice in the firm’s Corporate and Financial Services Department.