CELEX: 62018CN0527
Language: en
Date: 2018-08-13 00:00:00
Title: Case C-527/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 13 August 2018 — Gesamtverband Autoteile-Handel e.V. v KIA Motors Corporation

10.12.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 445/4
            
         
      Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 13 August 2018 — Gesamtverband Autoteile-Handel e.V. v KIA Motors Corporation
      (Case C-527/18)
      (2018/C 445/04)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Referring court
      
      Bundesgerichtshof
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant and appellant on a point of law: Gesamtverband Autoteile-Handel e.V.
      
         Defendant and respondent on a point of law: KIA Motors Corporation
      
         Questions referred
      
      
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                  Do manufacturers have to supply the information to be provided to independent operators under the first sentence of Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 (1) in a form amenable to onward electronic processing?
               
            
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                  Is discrimination against independent operators as prohibited under the first sentence of Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 present in the case where a manufacturer, by engaging an information service provider, opens a further channel for information on the sale of original replacement parts by authorised dealers and repairers?
               
            
         (1)  Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 on type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information (OJ 2007 L 171, p. 1).