Code of Virginia - Title 59.1 Trade And Commerce - Section 59.1-352.9 Prohibited acts
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§ 59.1-352.9. Prohibited acts
No supplier shall do any of the following:
1. Coerce any dealer to accept delivery of equipment, parts, or accessories
that the dealer has not ordered voluntarily, except as required by any
applicable law, or unless the parts or accessories are safety parts or
accessories required by the supplier.
2. Condition the sale of additional equipment to a dealer upon a requirement
that the dealer also purchase other goods or services, except that a supplier
may require the dealer to purchase those parts reasonably necessary to
maintain the quality of operation in the field of the equipment used in the
trade area.
3. Coerce a dealer into refusing to purchase equipment manufactured by
another supplier.
4. Terminate, cancel, or fail to renew or substantially change the
competitive circumstances of the retail agreement based on the results of any
circumstance beyond the dealer's control, including a natural disaster such
as a sustained drought, high unemployment in the dealership market area, or a
labor dispute.
(2002, c. 898.)
Sections: 59.1-352.1 59.1-352.2 59.1-352.3 59.1-352.4 59.1-352.5 59.1-352.6 59.1-352.7 59.1-352.8 59.1-352.9 59.1-352.10
Last modified: April 3, 2009
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