VAST MAJORITY OF THE SALES OF MOTOR INDUSTRY PRODUCTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM .
( 2 ) THE OBJECTIVES OF THE SOCIETY ARE , AMONGST OTHERS , TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD THE INTERESTS OF THE MOTOR INDUSTRY . ONE OF THE SPECIFIC PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE SOCIETY WAS FOUNDED IS TO CONDUCT , HOLD AND PROMOTE SHOWS , EXHIBITIONS , COMPETITIONS , RACES AND TRIALS OF THE PRODUCTS OF THE MOTOR INDUSTRY AND OF ASSISTING THEREIN .
THE APPLICATION FOR NEGATIVE CLEARANCE AND THE NOTIFICATION PRESENTED BY THE SMM AND T RELATE ONLY TO THIS SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE AND TO ANY MEASURES ADOPTED IN PURSUANCE THEREOF .
( 3 ) THE SOCIETY IS DEVIDED INTO A NUMBER OF RELEVANT TRADE SECTIONS ( CAR MANUFACTURERS AND SALES CONCESSIONAIRES , FREIGHT CONTAINER MANUFACTURERS , ETC ) . EACH SECTION IS HEADED BY A COMMITTEE .
THE COMPETENT BODIES OF THE SOCIETY ARE THE COUNCIL WHICH IS ITS HIGHEST AUTHORITY AND ELECTS THE MEMBERS ; THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WHICH HAS THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE POLICY AND OUTSIDE ACTIVITY OF THE SOCIETY ; AND THE GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE WHICH RUNS , AMONGST OTHERS , THE EXHIBITION POLICY OF THE SOCIETY .
( 4 ) THE SMM AND T ORGANIZES A GREAT NUMBER OF EXHIBITIONS AND SHOWS OF MOTOR INDUSTRY PRODUCTS EVERY YEAR THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM , SOME OF WHICH ARE GENERAL MOTOR EXHIBITIONS DISPLAYING A VARIETY OF MOTOR GOODS AND OTHERS ARE MORE SPECIALIZED EXHIBITIONS RELATING TO A PARTICULAR SECTOR OF THE MOTOR INDUSTRY LIKE FREIGHT CONTAINERS , CARAVANS AND TRAILERS OR ACCESSORIES AND COMPONENTS .
THE MAJOR EXHIBITION ORGANIZED BY THE SMM AND T IS THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW WHICH IS HELD BIENNIALLY IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS IN BIRMINGHAM AT THE NATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRE . UNTIL 1976 THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW HAD BEEN HELD ANNUALLY IN OCTOBER AT EARLS COURT IN LONDON . THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW IN BIRMINGHAM WAS HELD IN OCTOBER 1978 .
( 5 ) THE EXHIBITION AGREEMENT IN THE FORM IN WHICH IT WAS NOTIFIED TO THE COMMISSION IN 1973 WAS ENTERED INTO BY MEMBER SIGNATORIES OF THE SOCIETY . IT WAS A CONTINUING ARRANGEMENT ALTHOUGH FORMALLY RENEWED EVERY TWO YEARS . HOWEVER , MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY WERE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO BECOME SIGNATORIES TO THE EXHIBITION AGREEMENT . MANUFACTURERS , AND CONCESSIONAIRES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES , FREIGHT CONTAINERS AND MOTOR GOODS AS WELL AS WHOLESALERS OF MOTOR GOODS , BUT NOT MERE DISTRIBUTORS , COULD SUBSCRIBE TO THE EXHIBITION AGREEMENT OF WHICH THE MAIN POINTS WERE AS FOLLOWS :
- THE MEMBER SIGNATORIES SHOULD NOT EXHIBIT OR ASSIST IN THE EXHIBITION OF MOTOR VEHICLES , FREIGHT CONTAINERS OR MOTOR GOODS AT ANY EXHIBITION HELD WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM OTHER THAN SUCH AS ARE HELD BY THE SOCIETY , WITHOUT THE CONSENT OR APPROVAL OF THE SOCIETY ,
- THE APPROVAL OF THE SOCIETY WOULD ALSO BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN , SUPPORT , OR PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF