The European Parliament and the Council yesterday reached a political agreement on strong rules to decarbonise and modernise the mobility sector. They provisionally agreed on new CO2 emission standards for cars and light vans in the EU for the period after 2020, emissions from new cars will...
The European Commission adopted today the Communication on the strategy for long-term EU greenhouse gas emissions reduction, containing scenarios for future policy making going from business-as-usual to net-zero emissions by 2050. Sigrid de Vries, Secretary General of CLEPA, the European association of automotive suppliers, says: “Strong efforts...
The negotiations between the European co-legislators on curbing CO2 emissions from cars, vans and trucks are in their final stages. Worryingly, they remain dominated by the artificial divide between ‘pro-electric/pro-climate’ and ‘pro-combustion/pro-status quo’. That’s too simple a vision to sustain, and it clouds our view on...
Tomorrow in Strasbourg, members of the European Parliament will vote on their position on CO2 standards for heavy duty vehicles, likely adopting targets that go significantly beyond the already ambitious proposals made by the European Commission. “Increasing the targets further risks setting regulatory boundaries that go...
On October 24, the European Commission organized a stakeholder event on the future of emission standards for the automotive industry. CLEPA welcomed the opportunity to contribute to evidence gathering and regulatory development on future EU emission standards. It also presented views, experience and position of...
Click on the link below to download the position paper: [button size='' style='' text='ACEA-CLEPA Position on European Commission Plastics Strategy' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://clepa.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180927-ACEA-CLEPA-Position-Paper-on-EU-Plastic-Strategy.pdf' target='_self' color='#19abe3' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='#ebebeb' hover_background_color='#19abe3' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='center' margin='150'] [vc_separator type='normal' position='center' color='#e6e6e6' thickness='' up='' down=''] EC Plastics Strategy ACEA-CLEPA Position September 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Plastic materials...
Click on the link below to download the position paper: [button size='' style='' text='CLEPA Position Paper on Reduction of Urban Pollution' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://clepa.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/CLEPA-Position-Paper-on-Reduction-of-Urban-Pollution.pdf' target='_self' color='#19abe3' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='#ebebeb' hover_background_color='#19abe3' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='center' margin='150'] [vc_separator type='normal' position='center' color='#e6e6e6' thickness='' up='' down=''] Background This paper summarises options to reduce pollutant...
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...
The committee for Transport and Tourism in the European Parliament has voted yesterday to confirm the Commission’s proposed reduction targets for cars and vans, to call for more flexible rules on eco-innovations and to request the Commission to introduce Life-Cycle Analysis and Well-to-wheel data in...
CLEPA has just published the statement on the applicability of "End of Live" (ELV) Directive vs the "Restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment" Directive (RoHS)/ "Waste electrical and electronic equipment" Directive (WEEE) in the automotive industry EU WEEE directive...