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The captives may benefit from BER changes

The captives may benefit from BER changes The European Commissions evaluation report on the Block Exemption Regulation 2002 (BER) observes that customers are enjoying much higher levels of competition within the new car sector than they were when the last BER was drafted, but that this is result more of market forces than the Commissions intervention. In fact, the report goes on to point out several instances where the Commissions objectives in drafting the 2002 BER such as encouraging higher levels of autonomy from franchised dealers just havent happened.