What are Distribution Network Integrity Audits?
The new Distribution Network Integrity Audits work with Regulation CE 1400/2002 to ensure the compliance of your dealers and after sales service (authorised depending on the choice between selective and exclusive distribution) against your company’s standards. We can also audit independent repairers, if they’ve been accepted as members of your authorised after-sales network. Basically, you set the criteria and standards you want your network to comply with, and we’ll help ensure they do. The right to control your distribution network The Distribution Network Integrity Audits from SGS are based on the Block Exemption agreement of 1985 that allowed European car manufacturers exclusive control over their vehicle distribution systems. This legislation was designed to avoid cut throat competition amongst dealerships and ensures that Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) could control the pricing of their models and avoid unsustainable reductions. Nowadays, both car manufacturers and dealer
