The DRIVES project, represented by partner Semta, was invited to speak at the event 5 years of the European Alliance for Apprenticeships: Looking back - looking forward, organized by the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA), as part of the European Vocational Skills Conference, in Vienna, Austria...
This event will provide high-level expertise on the enforcement of intellectual property infringement in the EU and beyond. CLEPA Counterfeit Day 2018 will be held on November 22, 2018, in Brussels. Be sure to register early in order to secure a free participation to the...
Member States in the Council have adopted their position (‘general approach’) on the regulation for CO2 targets for cars and vans. Environment ministers decided to raise the target for cars for 2030 by 5 percentage points to 35%, raise the threshold of the mechanism to...
Warranty and quality specialists from automotive suppliers have met at the 2018 CLEPA Warranty Conference in Frankfurt, Sept 18 2019 to discuss the future challenges in managing warranty in the future. The headline of the conference was “Warranty in a digital world”. Partners from Strategy&, a...
The European Commission’s ‘state of the union 2018’ presented last week by Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker made a point of celebrating achievements but signalled loudly as well that the work is far from over. Not for Europe—one only needs to nudge at issues such as...
In response to President Trump’s Executive Order re-imposing certain Iran-related sanctions, the EU expanded the scope of its Blocking Statute, to cover these sanctions. On 7th August, the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1100, amending the annex to the EU Blocking Statute was published in the EU...
On September 19th 2018, working package leaders of the DRIVES project met in Stuttgart. The meeting was hosted by “Region Stuttgart”, an association of local authorities within the Stuttgart Region that works with other institutions to ensure the area’s international competitiveness, and to coordinate collaboration...
The informal summit in Salzburg will see a special meeting of EU-27 leaders, without UK Prime Minister Theresa May, to discuss Brexit. No formal conclusions are prepared, however it is expected, that this meeting will set the stage for further Council meetings focussed on Brexit...
The environment committee of the European Parliament calls for stricter CO2 targets for passenger cars and vans than proposed by the European Commission and a threshold in addition to incentives for sales of low and zero emission vehicles. These are key outcomes of a vote...
CLEPA participates in the 25th edition of Automechanika, presenting how connectivity and digitalisation are changing the automotive aftermarket, as reported in the “Aftermarket 2025” study. The automotive industry is being transformed by megatrends such as electrification, automated driving and connectivity. This is impacting the aftermarket business...