Consent Order registered against Gestion Professionnelle to cease marketing of an anticorrosion device

OTTAWA, September 13, 2000 — The Competition Bureau announced that it has registered a consent order with the Competition Tribunal against the company Gestion Professionnelle (Électroprotections) Inc. (GPI). The order, obtained under the deceptive marketing practices provisions of the Competition Act, will cease the marketing of the ML-10, an electronic anticorrosion device.

Under the terms of the consent order, GPI and Jean Hugues Chénard, in his capacity as President, have agreed to stop selling the ML-10 electronic anticorrosion device. They will also refrain from marketing the ML-10 or any other similar device in Canada unless adequate and proper tests are carried out, as required under the Competition Act. The order also states that the company will maintain its eight-year anticorrosion insurance for all vehicles already equipped with the ML-10 and will have to individually notify all purchasers.

This order addresses the Competition Bureau's concerns about misleading representations regarding the performance of the ML-10. GPI representatives have co-operated fully with the Bureau during the investigation of this matter.

GPI's ML-10 anticorrosion device was marketed as an electronic device that could be connected to a car battery in order to protect the entire surface of the body of the car against rust. The ML-10 was sold primarily in Quebec through certain car and small and medium sized truck dealers.

For more information, please contact:

Julie Hébert
819-953-4257