Fight ahead for Dutch retail price maintenance
A leading politician has warned the Dutch book trade that it needs to develop objective arguments for the continuation of retail price maintenance after 2005.
At the annual meeting of the Royal Dutch Foundation for the Book Trade (KvB), Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven, chairperson
of the Tweede Kamer, the Dutch House of Commons, said that retail price maintenance would be reviewed in 2005.
The former librarian added that, although the cultural arguments for keeping r.p.m.on books were important, it was vital that the trade should give serious thought to developing other objective criteria for maintaining the system after 2005.
The KvB's annual report showed that the cost of fighting for r.p.m. had risen sharply. In 1998 Dfl325,000 (£100,000) was spent on legal fees, more than double the amount spent in 1994.
At the annual meeting of the Royal Dutch Foundation for the Book Trade (KvB), Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven, chairperson
The former librarian added that, although the cultural arguments for keeping r.p.m.on books were important, it was vital that the trade should give serious thought to developing other objective criteria for maintaining the system after 2005.
The KvB's annual report showed that the cost of fighting for r.p.m. had risen sharply. In 1998 Dfl325,000 (£100,000) was spent on legal fees, more than double the amount spent in 1994.
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