CLEPA sees a significant impairment of the free competition of repairing and maintaining of automotives, the so-called Automotive Aftermarket, if the European Commission were not to extend the detailed provisions of the current Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation (EC) No 1400/2002 (MVBER). Scrapping the MVBER would be a wrong signal from the European competition watchdog, DG COMP, particularly regarding the automotive service and parts supply sector.