Iran law approach and world trade organization on parallel vehicle imports

Katanchi, Elnaz; Zakeri, Reza

Iran law approach and world trade organization on parallel vehicle imports

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

elnaz katanchi ¹

reza zakeri ²

¹ Law-marageh university

² azad university marand- law

Abstract

Abstract
In today's global society, countries have developed special strategies for combating or controlling parallel imports in the world through their consensus and interaction, as well as under the auspices of a reference organization known as the World Trade Organization. Therefore, parallel imports today are one of the issues that has become an epidemic epidemic in international trade law, and especially in the agreements of the World Trade Organization, and it is somehow relevant in all countries. In addition to parallel imports, it is also defined as the gray market, where parallel goods of this type of trade are sold.The main reason for such markets is the difference in the price of goods between the primary and secondary countries, which is caused by the lack of an official representative from the owner.The approach of the World Trade Organization and the use of the principle of national decline to monopolize the car market in Iran and the ban on import and export of parallel imports of cars in Iranian law are among the topics that are tried in this article with a descriptive-analytical approach.

In today's global society, countries have developed special strategies for combating or controlling parallel imports in the world through their consensus and interaction, as well as under the auspices of a reference organization known as the World Trade Organization. Therefore, parallel imports today are one of the issues that has become an epidemic epidemic in international trade law, and especially in the agreements of the World Trade Organization, and it is somehow relevant in all countries. In addition to parallel imports, it is also defined as the gray market, where parallel goods of this type of trade are sold.The main reason for such markets is the difference in the price of goods between the primary and secondary countries, which is caused by the lack of an official representative from the owner.The approach of the World Trade Organization and the use of the principle of national decline to monopolize the car market in Iran and the ban on import and export of parallel imports of cars in Iranian law are among the topics that are tried in this article with a descriptive-analytical approach.

Keywords

intellectual property

parallel imports

iranian law

world trade organization

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