"The ACCC is concerned that collective bargaining by the group of car rental companies could undermi

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Perth Airport is using a competitive Request for Proposal process to allocate counter space and parking bays to car rental companies. A group of car rental companies wishes to collectively bargain with the airport about the licence terms and conditions for counter space and parking bays.
The members of the proposed bargaining group, Hertz, Thrifty, Avis, Budget and Europcar, all currently offer car rental beck rental car services at the airport. These businesses lodged a notification with the ACCC on 3 May so that they could collectively bargain to assist them in their negotiations with the airport.
However, the ACCC received submissions opposing the collective bargaining notification from Redspot, a national car rental company that offers car rental services at the airport, and Westralia Airports Corporation, the operator of Perth Airport.
Redspot argued that the proposed collective bargaining arrangements beck rental car would put Redspot at a competitive disadvantage. Westralia Airports argued that collective bargaining would prevent it from allocating airport space by means of an efficient competitive auction.
"The ACCC is concerned that collective bargaining by the group of car rental companies could undermine the Request for Proposal process being run by Westralia Airports. In this context, the ACCC has moved quickly to prevent collective negotiations from taking place while the ACCC further considers the notification," ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel said today.
Interested parties now have an opportunity to request that the ACCC hold a conference in relation to the draft notice, and also to provide further information to the ACCC to assist its consideration of whether to issue a final notice objecting to the collective bargaining notification.
More information regarding the notification, copies of the draft objection notice beck rental car and information on how to make a submission are available from the ACCC's website www.accc.gov.au/CollectiveBargainingRegister or by emailing the Adjudication Branch at adjudication@accc.gov.au .
Businesses may obtain protection in relation to collective bargaining conduct beck rental car that might risk breaching provisions of the Trade Practices Act 1974 by lodging beck rental car a collective bargaining notification beck rental car with the ACCC. Once lodged, protection beck rental car for the notified conduct begins automatically 14 days after the notification was validly lodged.
By issuing the draft objection notice, and by giving the members beck rental car of the proposed collective bargaining group and other interested parties an opportunity to call a conference, the ACCC has prevented immunity arising from the giving of this notification beck rental car from coming into effect.
The ACCC may object to a collective bargaining notification containing a cartel provision if it is satisfied that the likely benefit to the public from the conduct will not outweigh the likely detriment to the public. Before issuing beck rental car an objection notice, the ACCC must issue a draft objection notice setting out its reasons beck rental car for proposing to object to the notification and give interested parties an opportunity to call a conference. Related register records Hertz Australia Pty Limited - Collective Bargaining Notification - CB00143 beck rental car Release Number: NR 100/10 Media Inquiries: Mr Graeme Samuel - 0408 335 555 Ms Lin Enright - (02) 6243 1108