When the competition council insist on a mistake

Khodrocar - The supply of cars in the stock market and sales outside the integrated sales system in the past weeks by some car manufacturers led to many correspondences between the companies and the Competition Council. The story started from where after the announcement of the price of assembled cars, the competition council and then the support organization emphasized that the sale of cars in any way, even through the commodity exchange, is prohibited, and automobile companies are obliged to sell their products only through the integrated system. to sell In this situation, one of the automobile companies started selling through the commodity exchange and announced the second round of selling its products on the commodity exchange.

At the same time, Majid Eshghi, the head of the Stock Exchange and Securities Organization, emphasized that there is no obstacle to selling cars on the stock market, and Ehsan Dashtianeh, on behalf of the Supreme Council of the Stock Exchange, also announced that the latest resolution of the Supreme Council of the Stock Exchange to sell cars on the stock market The goods are standing and according to Article 18 of the Law on the Development of Financial Instruments, any goods offered on the commodity exchange are excluded from the scope of pricing. This was while Hossein Farhidzadeh, the head of consumer and producer support organization, sent a letter to private car manufacturing companies and stressed the need to comply with all legal requirements in the supply of cars.

In the first paragraph of this letter, it is emphasized that the sale of all products based on the decisions of the Competition Council as well as the Deputy of Transportation Industries should be done only through the integrated system of vehicle allocation and with the coordination of authorities, and any car field outside the mentioned system, including the sale of the product by its dealers It is prohibited to participate in the form of immediate delivery or installment sale and it is outside the supply of the network, and if found, it will be punished in the form of punishment laws.

Also, considering the participation of automobile companies in the car allocation plan through an integrated system and determining and communicating priorities, all the announcements to the companies regarding the car purchase applicants are considered as future obligations of that company and should be based on the approved prices. An announcement should be made regarding its timely performance.

Regarding those products for which the approved price has not been announced through the Competition Council, it is necessary to complete the necessary documents in the shortest possible time and to adjust all the contracts concluded with customers in a way to comply with the provisions of the executive regulations of the Law on the Protection of the Rights of Automobile Consumers. As soon as the price of the products is announced, the terms of receiving and paying for the possible difference in the price of the car will be possible from that company or customers after determining the final price.

In the meantime, the Competition Council also emphasized that based on Article 2 of the regulation of the passenger car market, the market of these cars was recognized as exclusive and based on Clause 5 of Article (5), it has predicted the supply of cars through the integrated car sales system. Due to the mandatoryness of the aforementioned resolution of the Competition Council, any action contrary to this instruction is considered a violation. But the automakers did not shrink from their position and by sending a letter to the Competition Council, they emphasized that the market of these cars is known to be competitive.

Although the next round of car sales in the commodity exchange was stopped, but according to the Law of Organization of the Automobile Industry, the supply of automobiles in the stock market is recognized as completely legal, and new decisions and restrictions on sales will only lead to more tension in the automobile market. Perhaps the Competition Council It is not known how much such decisions can influence the price fluctuations in the market, but it is necessary for the Ministry of Industry to prevent further losses by opposing these decisions in a situation where car manufacturers are making record losses. There is no doubt that the supply of cars in the stock market will benefit the market, the car manufacturer and the consumer, and it can compensate to a great extent the loss caused by the mandated pricing and the loss caused by the competition council.

Therefore, the Ministry of Industry should prevent further involvement of this council in the loss-making automobile industry by determining the pricing task as soon as possible.