46.2-1572.4 - Manufacturer or distributor use of performance standards.

§ 46.2-1572.4. Manufacturer or distributor use of performance standards.

Any performance standard or program that is used by a manufacturer ordistributor for measuring dealership performance and may have a materialeffect on a dealer, and the application of any such standard or program by amanufacturer or distributor, shall be fair, reasonable and equitable, and ifbased upon a survey, shall be based upon a statistically valid sample. Uponthe request of any dealer, a manufacturer or distributor shall disclose inwriting to the dealer a description of how a performance standard or programis designed and all relevant information used in the application of theperformance standard or program to that dealer.

(2001, cc. 165, 173.)