, ESSEN AND TURIN ,
- FIRE-FIGHTING EXHIBITIONS ( 6 ) ; THE MOST RECENT WAS HELD IN AMSTERDAM IN 1979 ,
- RACING AND SPORTS CAR SHOWS ( 7 ) , GENERALLY HELD ANNUALLY IN PARIS ,
- AIRPORT EQUIPMENT EXHIBITIONS ; THE MOST RECENT WAS HELD IN HAMBURG IN 1981 ,
- SECURITY EXHIBITIONS ( 8 ) , WHICH SINCE 1979 HAVE BEEN HELD IN UTRECHT IN 1979 , ESSEN AND GENEVA IN 1980 AND UTRECHT IN 1981 .
6 . SOME OF THESE INTERNATIONAL SPECIALIZED EXHIBITIONS CANNOT ALWAYS BE HELD IN THE SAME PLACE OR AT REGULAR INTERVALS ; THIS IS PARTLY DUE TO THE VERY NATURE OF THE VEHICLES DISPLAYED , BUT ABOVE ALL TO THE FACT THAT PRODUCERS AND FAIR ORGANIZERS HAVE A JOINT INTEREST IN MEETING THEIR POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS HALF WAY WITHOUT ANY SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE COSTS OF DISTRIBUTING - AND CONSEQUENTLY SELLING - THE VEHICLES CONCERNED BY ORGANIZING EXHIBITIONS ( WHOSE SUCCESS CANNOT BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED ) TOO FREQUENTLY .
7 . IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 3 OF THE DECISION OF 7 NOVEMBER 1977 , EACH YEAR BPICA HAD TO FURNISH TO THE COMMISSION INTER ALIA COPIES OF ALL THE LETTERS WHEREBY IT INFORMED THE APPLICANT ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEIR REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL SPECIALIZED EXHIBITIONS WAS REFUSED . THE COMMISSION HAS NOT LEARNED OF ANY SUCH REFUSALS BY BPICA SINCE THE DECISION OF 7 NOVEMBER 1977 WAS ADOPTED , APART FROM THAT CONCERNING A CAMPING TOURISM EXHIBITION TO BE HELD IN STUTTGART FROM 21 TO 29 JANUARY 1978 , FOR WHICH THE APPLICATION FOR AUTHORIZATION WAS SENT TO BPICA ON 23 DECEMBER 1977 AFTER IT HAD CIRCULATED ON 16 DECEMBER 1977 THE DEFINITIVE CALENDAR FOR 1978 OF INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS WHERE DISPLAY OF MOTOR VEHICLES WAS AUTHORIZED , WHICH IT HAD ADOPTED ON 18 NOVEMBER 1977 .
8 . THE DECISION OF 7 NOVEMBER 1977 REFERRED TO CERTAIN FEATURES , ON THE ONE HAND , OF FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS IN GENERAL AND , ON THE OTHER , OF MOTOR SHOWS IN PARTICULAR . THESE FEATURES , WHICH STILL DISTINGUISH BOTH OF THE ABOVE TYPES OF EXHIBITIONS , MAY BE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS :
- THE IMPORTANCE OF FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS AS A SOURCE OF MARKET INFORMATION ,
- THE PREFERENCE FOR SPECIALIZED EXHIBITIONS OVER GENERAL EXHIBITIONS WHERE , ON ACCOUNT OF SHORTAGE OF SPACE , IT IS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO DISPLAY A FULL RANGE OF PRODUCTS FROM ALL FIELDS . AS A RESULT , IF MOTOR VEHICLES WERE DISPLAYED IN ADDITION TO THE USUAL PRODUCTS , THEY COULD BE REPRESENTED ONLY BY A LIMITED RANGE OF TYPES AND MAKES AND THIS WOULD HARM BOTH THE MANUFACTURERS AND THE CONSUMER ,
- THE FACT THAT MOTOR VEHICLES MAY BE DISPLAYED AT A NUMBER OF OTHER EXHIBITIONS ( NATIONAL , REGIONAL , LOCAL , SPECIAL ) IN ADDITION TO THE SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS AUTHORIZED BY BPICA AND AS " SUPPORTS " FOR OTHER EQUIPMENT IN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY BPICA . MOREOVER