INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS ORGANIZED IN A COUNTRY REPRESENTED IN BPICA HAD TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE BPICA SECRETARIAT SOLELY BY THE MEMBER ASSOCIATION IN THE RELEVANT COUNTRY HAS BEEN SO AMENDED THAT SUCH APPLICATIONS MAY ALSO BE SUBMITTED BY THE MEMBER ASSOCIATION IN ANOTHER COUNTRY OR BY THE ORGANIZERS OF THE RELEVANT EXHIBITION .
- THE CLAUSE WHICH REQUIRED BPICA AUTHORIZATION TO DISPLAY VEHICLES AS ' SUPPORTS ' OF OTHER MATERIALS OR OF OTHER PRODUCTS AT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CALENDAR HAS BEEN DELETED .
- BPICA HAS ALSO DELETED THE CLAUSE UNDER WHICH IT WAS GENERALLY PROHIBITED , UNLESS SO AUTHORIZED BY THE RELEVANT NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , TO HOLD SEVERAL SPECIFIC EXHIBITIONS AT THE SAME TIME IN THE SAME PLACE ( 7 ); TO ORGANIZE SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS IN COUNTRIES WHICH HAD A MOTOR SHOW , DURING A PERIOD BEGINNING TWO MONTHS BEFORE THAT MOTOR SHOW
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AND ENDING AT THE SAME TIME AS IT ; TO DISPLAY VEHICLES OF DIFFERENT MANUFACTURE AT THE SAME SPECIAL EXHIBITION .
- THE PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR BREACHES HAVE BEEN REDUCED . A PERSON IN BREACH MAY NO LONGER BE EXCLUDED FROM ONE OR MORE EXHIBITIONS BUT MAY BE GIVEN LESS FAVOURABLE OR REDUCED STANDS AT THE MOTOR SHOW IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THE BREACH WAS COMMITTED .
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10 . IN ASSESSING THIS CASE ACCOUNT MUST BE TAKEN OF CERTAIN FACTORS WHICH ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS IN GENERAL ; THESE WERE HIGHLIGHTED BY THE COMMISSION IN CASES IV/93 ( EUROPEAN MACHINE TOOL EXHIBITION - EEMO ) ( 1 ) AND IV/181 ( EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF TEXTILE MATERIALS MANUFACTURERS - CEMATEX ) ( 2 ); THEY CONCERN :
- THE IMPORTANCE OF FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS AS A SOURCE OF MARKET INFORMATION BOTH IN RESPECT OF SUPPLIERS AND IN RESPECT OF ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS ;
- THE PREFERENCE FOR SPECIALIZED EXHIBITIONS OVER GENERAL EXHIBITIONS . THIS IS DUE , FIRST , TO THE REQUIREMENTS BOTH OF EXHIBITORS AND OF VISITORS THAT THERE BE THE BROADEST AND FULLEST RANGE OF PRODUCTS OF AN INDUSTRY ON DISPLAY AND , SECONDLY , TO THE FACT THAT NON-SPECIALIZED EXHIBITIONS ARE FINDING IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO DISPLAY AN ADQUATELY REPRESENTATIVE RANGE PRODUCTS IN THE SPACE AVAILABLE .
IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT , OF THE 400 OR SO INTERNATIONAL FAIRS HELD EACH YEAR WITHIN THE EEC , THE VAST MAJORITY ARE SPECIALIZED EVENTS DEALING WITH THE GOODS OF SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES . ONLY 30 OR SO ARE GENERAL INTERNATIONAL FAIRS , MOST OF WHICH TAKE PLACE IN FRANCE AND ITALY ( ABOUT 10 PER YEAR IN EACH COUNTRY ). IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND DENMARK , ON THE OTHER HAND , THESE EXHIBITIONS ARE NOT NORMALLY HELD . IN THE OTHER EEC COUNTRIES THEY ARE GENERALLY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS : FIVE IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY , THREE IN BELGIUM , TWO IN THE NETHERLANDS , ONE IN IRELAND AND ONE IN LUXEMBOURG . THESE GENERAL INTERNATIONAL FAIRS MIGHT ENTAIL THE DISPLAY OF MOTOR