On June 30, the Ministry of Communications issued the “Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Transformation and Upgrade of the Automobile Maintenance Industry to Improve Service Quality (Request for Comments)†(hereinafter referred to as “Opinionsâ€). Among them, Article 14 clearly puts forward the specific measures to break the monopoly of maintenance parts channels, which means that the monopoly of accessories has begun to “make the real thingâ€.
Since the beginning of this year, the call to break the monopoly of auto parts has been growing. In February of this year, the National Development and Reform Commission's Price Supervision and Inspection and Anti-Monopoly Bureau began a peripheral investigation on the vertical monopoly of auto parts. On March 5, the Department of Road Transportation of the Ministry of Communications commissioned the China Automotive Technology and Research Center to announce that it would promote legislation on the disclosure of vehicle maintenance information. The reporter interviewed and participated in the "Opinions" to formulate relevant people for interpretation.
Drawing on EU EU461 regulations
Relevant persons told reporters that the guidance is to control the automobile maintenance industry from a macroscopic direction, improve the quality of maintenance services, and promote the development of the maintenance industry. It is essentially inconsistent with the Anti-Monopoly Law and the Implementation Measures for Automobile Brand Sales Management.
It is reported that the drafting of the "Opinions" is not a "manufacturing and hard work", but a lot of preliminary work, the Ministry of Communications organized a team to regulate the overseas auto repair market research and inspection. It was found that information on auto parts and maintenance technical maintenance in Europe and the United States was open to the public. The norms of the European and American auto repair market benefit from the strong protection of relevant laws and regulations. It is understood that in order to ensure fair competition in the automobile sales and maintenance market and protect the interests of consumers, the European Commission has enacted and implemented the Automobile Industry Exemption Regulations (EU461/2010) (hereinafter referred to as “EU461 Regulationsâ€) in accordance with the EU Competition Law. Implementation guide.
How does the Ministry of Communications break the monopoly
At present, China's vehicle manufacturers only license the accessories and car maintenance and repair technology information to the brand's 4S shop, other social car repair plants simply can not get, so consumers will have a lack of trust in the social car repair factory when repairing the car, It has caused unfair competition in the market and thus formed a monopoly. The "EU461 Regulations" clearly stipulate that vehicle manufacturers must not restrict the production of spare parts to the aftermarket. Therefore, the "Opinions" correspondingly put forward: "Encourage original parts manufacturers to provide original parts and independent aftermarket parts with their own brands, trademarks and logos to the automotive aftermarket."
It is reported that the vehicle manufacturers themselves produce 20% of parts and components, especially key components such as engines and chassis. The "EU461 Regulations" stipulate that in order to guarantee fair competition in the maintenance market, authorized maintenance companies are obliged to resell and provide original parts to unauthorized independent maintenance companies, but the resale is for maintenance purposes. Therefore, the "Opinions" proposed that "encourage authorized maintenance companies to resell and provide original parts to non-authorized maintenance enterprises." "Opinions" also pointed out: "We must implement national laws and regulations to ensure that all maintenance companies enjoy the use of homogeneous parts maintenance. The right of the car.†The so-called homogenous parts refer to the parts produced by third-party companies for maintenance, but the quality must be comparable to the original parts. The homogenous fittings must be high-quality accessories, but the price is lower than the original accessories. At present, auto parts purchase parts are not expensive, but they will be sold to 4S stores at a price higher than the cost. 4S stores will set higher prices and sell them to consumers, thus earning monopoly profits.
The development of homogenous accessories, the original parts provided by the vehicle manufacturers will have alternatives, the original parts have to lower the price, otherwise it will lose the market. In addition, consumers and maintenance companies have the right to choose and use homogeneous accessories. Suppliers of homogeneous accessories can set up brands, establish core technologies, and compete directly with OEMs, and brand awareness will gradually increase, which will facilitate direct launch into the automotive aftermarket.
Zhu Guangwei, vice president of Bosch China Automotive Multimedia, said in an interview: "The Opinions refer to foreign practices to a certain extent. Europe and the United States have specific regulations that do not allow vehicle manufacturers to monopolize accessories. With the improvement of relevant laws and regulations in China, The monopoly of accessories will also be broken like Europe and the United States. Although the current "Opinions" are guiding documents and there is no legal binding force in the strict sense, it has a positive guiding effect on the automobile industry and has a good effect on further opening the accessories channels. enhancement."
"Opinions" is expected to be officially released during the year
Wei Tongwei, secretary-general of the Automotive Maintenance Parts Working Committee of the China Automobile Maintenance Industry Association, told the reporter that the current guidance is in the stage of collecting comments. There is no specific mandatory measure to break the monopoly of accessories. However, the Ministry of Communications is actively promoting the establishment of a vehicle maintenance parts traceability system, transparent supply of parts, and traceability and traceability of auto repair parts. The system will improve the overall quality of the accessories to a certain extent, take the space for the survival of counterfeit and shoddy accessories, and encourage the development of homogenous accessories.
At the same time, the state is carrying out relevant legislative work to break the monopoly of auto parts. Wei Tongwei said: "Last year, our association and the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council went to the EU to investigate the development of the EU maintenance market. Next, the Ministry of Communications will go to the United States, Japan and other countries to investigate and research the auto repair market, which will further the "Opinions" Improve support.
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