Agricultural machinery market study

Based on its findings, the ACCC’s recommendations and future action are primarily targeted at promoting competition in after-sales markets and increasing transparency in relation to the information available to purchasers of machinery at the earliest practical opportunity in the sales process and before the point of sale. [...] Manufacturers and dealers in the United States agreed to make a series of diagnostic and repair tools available to owners of tractors and combine harvesters by 1 January 2021.6 John Deere submitted to the ACCC that legislators in the United States had declined to enact Right to Repair legislation on the basis of this industry commitment, and the fact that farmers and independent repairers have acc. [...] However, the Repair Association, a group in the United States whose mission is to advocate for repair-friendly policies, argues that the new US arrangements still fail to deliver necessary rights to owners of agricultural machinery in the USA.7 The ACCC also notes that some US states have in fact introduced Right to Repair bills pertaining to agricultural machinery so far in 2021.8 The primary leg. [...] One submission described the investment required to be a dealer as extremely high, attributing this to the multi-year agreements signed with manufacturers, the high value of the products sold, the specialised tools mandated by the manufacturers and the requirement to buy spare parts in sufficient quantities. [...] TMA submitted that warranties are comprehensive and provide for the repair of most faults that develop during the warranty period, and that warranties have conditions that are reasonable in the context of the complex types of machinery covered and the costs of providing the warranty cover.