Brussels, 26 June 2018 – A coalition of downstream users of steel – including the automotive, construction equipment, agriculture machinery, home appliance and technology industry sectors – has written to the European Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmström, to express concerns on the safeguard investigation into...
From left to right, Roberto Vavassori, CLEPA President; Erik Jonnaert, Secretary General of ACEA; Violeta Bulc European Commissioner for Transport; Jean Todt, FIA President and Møller Thomsen, FIA Region I President Major players in the European mobility sector signed a road safety pledge to contribute to achieving...
Turnover grew by almost 7% in the Spanish automotive components industry to a record 36.24 billion euros in 2017. Suppliers generated 12,700 new direct jobs, thereby reaching 224,700 direct jobs and 364,000 direct and indirect jobs. Compared to 2016, 13.3% more was...
Brussels, 31 May 2018 Ahead of the 8 June TTE Council, we urge Member States to remain cautious in their examination of the draft ePrivacy Regulation (ePR). Limited progress has been achieved since the beginning of Council discussions early last year and many questions remain open. More time...
A proposal for the long awaited review of the General Safety Regulation (GSR) by the European Commission is expected tomorrow in the context of the third mobility package. The review will make mandatory a number of measures to update minimum vehicle safety standards to account...
In the third Mobility Package published yesterday, the European Commission, placed again a lot of emphasis, and rightly so, on the importance of innovation and investment. Decarbonisation and digitalisation, the enablers for safer, smarter and sustainable mobility, cannot be achieved without R&D on our home...
The European Commission appointed the High-level Strategy Group on industrial technologies to assess, discuss, and recommend support for research and innovation in the area of Key Enabling Technologies, also in view of future research and innovation programmes. Two new Key Enabling Technologies are proposed: artificial...
The presentation: CO2 Bruksela 24_04_2018 SDCM_ENG Technology neutrality key to sustain economic fabric of Poland and Europe Global competitiveness depends on technology leadership in all disciplines Andrzej Grzyb MEP addressing the audience The Polish automotive supply industry represented by SDCM, in close coordination with CLEPA, the European Association...
On April 18 and 19, CLEPA organised in Stuttgart, the 11th edition of its yearly “Materials Regulation Event”. The European Association of Automotive Suppliers hosted more than 230 high-level representatives from the entire automotive industry, coming from 50 countries. The event was the perfect platform for...
Sustainable, safe and smart mobility: this is, in short, the aspiration of the automotive supply industry and therefore also the motto of the CLEPA Policy Conference and Annual Reception on 11 April in Brussels. The key ingredient to achieve sustainable, safe and smart mobility from...