The China Automobile Dealers Association recently issued a formal complaint to Mercedes-Benz Beijing regarding its allegedly illegal “double limit” policy for car dealers—minimum prices and restrictions on sales into other dealers` territories—revealing tension between a widespread industry practice and China’s Anti-Monopoly Law.
The European Court of Justice recently expanded upon the scope of the law in relation to pricing practices of vertically integrated companies. The ruling impacts dominant, vertically integrated companies active both within and outside regulated markets, such as telecoms. All dominant, vertically integrated undertakings on both sides of the Atlantic must be sure to tailor their commercial pricing policies in such manner that they comply with the EU dominance rules.