Good practices of car manufacturers / distributors

On 11 April 2018 AEB and ROAD signed a Memorandum of Understanding aiming at creation of fair, open and transparent rules of competition on the Russian new cars sale market. The MoU combines good practices of car manufacturers / distributors and official dealerships in a single document.

The Memorandum shall enter into force on the next day after the following conditions are met: 14 Members of the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee joined the Good Practices of car manufacturers/distributors and 88 Members of the ROAD joined the Good Practices of official dealerships.

The Good Practices is a set of minimum standards that respective participants of the Russian new cars sale market should comply with, wherein the Good Practices do not exclude or replace legislative regulation, but only supplement it in those parts that are not regulated in detail.

The AEB and ROAD are interested in the maximum number of the Members of the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee and the Members of the ROAD joining the Good Practices.

The AEB and ROAD are interested that the Good Practices set out in the Memorandum are followed any other person working on the Russian new cars sale market.

The Good Practices of the car manufacturers / distributors can be found here:
English HERE
Russian HERE

The Good Practices of the dealerships as well as other Dealer related information can be found here: www.asroad.org.

The Members of the Automobile Manufacturers Committee and the Members of the ROAD join the Good Practices by sending to the AEB or the ROAD an application.

Other persons can join the Good Practices after the Memorandum enters into force by simultaneously sending the AEB and ROAD a notification of accession to the relevant Good Practices.

Accession to the Good Practices by other persons does not entail their automatic membership in the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee or the ROAD, nor does it entail any rights or obligations related to the Memorandum, other than the obligation to comply with the Good Practices they have joined.

A Speciment of an Application letter is located here:
English HERE
Russian HERE

Members of Memorandum of Understanding

Press release regarding the implementation of  Memorandum of Understanding between car manufacturers/distributors and official dealerships

Пресс релиз о вступлении в силу Меморандума о взаимопонимании между автопроизводителями /дистрибьюторами  и автодилерами