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original spare parts or not?

Law is designed to reduce vehicle costs: Spare parts must be not original parts
Vehicle maintenance as the second highest household expenditure
Warranty shall continue to remain upright

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Since 1 June 2010 valid Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation, the EU should save motorists high repair costs. The Regulation can replace parts that do not originate from the automaker, as well as independent workshops without warranty expiration are used.

“It can not be that weak results are offset by increases in service costs,” warned Wolfgang Dytrich, industry representatives of the automotive parts retailer.

The European Commission has classified the cost of vehicle maintenance as the second largest item of Austrian households. However, new charges for drivers through the budget of the government here offers great savings potential. Thanks to the GMO should now spare parts for the quality and not decide the origin. Exclusive contracts with the producers of parts automobile companies were prohibited, the parts can be sold on the open market. , “Objective fair relations of bound and free workshops,” said Dytrich. Customers now have the opportunity to obstruct certified replacement parts to the automaker. The price difference between the parts of the car manufacturers and those of independent providers is lower for widespread car models.

“We need independent operators access to technical information for maintenance and repair,” said Mario Rohracher of Öamtc. This was necessary in order to offer in the future their own core services. The new rights are valid for vehicles purchased in other EU countries. The GM is in force until 2023, during the period had the least consumer safety law.