Yesterday evening in Davos, the European Commission was awarded the 2019 Circular Economy prize by the World Economic Forum and the Forum of Young Global Leaders as recognition of the work done to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy that protects the environment and reduces greenhouse gas emissions...
INEA has received 238 project proposals by the deadline of 16 January for eight topics in the areas of waterborne transport, logistics, aviation, transport infrastructure and safety under the Mobility for Growth call. They have requested €1.29 billion, while the available EU funding is €122 million....
The International Council on Clean Transportation has published a 2018 update of the From Laboratory to Road series. This report covers approximately 1.3 million passenger cars from 15 data sources and eight European countries. The update shows that in 2017, for the first time in years,...
The EU is setting CO2 emission reduction targets for heavy-duty vehicles for the first time. The Council agreed its position (general approach) on a proposal to reduce CO2 emissions of new heavy-duty vehicles. This agreement provides the presidency with a mandate to start negotiations with...
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...