Launch of the GEAR2030 consultation process – first meetings in January 2016
CLEPA has been selected by the European Commission to be a member of the High Level Group GEAR2030, the EC consultation process for sectoral policy in the automotive industry, which was officially lau...
25 January 2016 - Read more
ACEA celebrates its 25th anniversary
Brussels, January 21, 2016, assignment for ACEA at their annual meeting. © Fred Guerdin ©
On 21 January 2016, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) hosted a recepti...
25 January 2016 - Read more
Telematics and the European Commission DG MOVE: C-ITS Platform
The relation between Telematics and the automotive industry comes very close to what some might call a revolution.
Although it is clear that data gathering is not something new in the aut...
25 January 2016 - Read more
President Barack Obama Visits ZF NAIAS Booth
Detroit. ZF was the only automotive supplier to host President Barack Obama at its North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) booth during his visit to Detroit on January, 20. The company demonstr...
21 January 2016 - Read more
European Parliament Green-lights Emission Measurements Inquiry Committee
The European Parliament gave the green light for the creation of a committee of inquiry into car emission tests in a vote held on Thursday, January 21st. The committee, comprised of 45 members in to...
21 January 2016 - Read more
TAYSAD awarded “Silver Label of Cluster Management Excellence” by ECSA
We at CLEPA are delighted to announce that one of our members, TAYSAD – the Turkish Association of Automotive Parts and Components Manufacturers – has been awarded by ESCA - The European Secretari...
20 January 2016 - Read more
MEPs discuss vetoing plan to relax diesel car emission limits
A proposal to veto a draft decision to raise diesel car emission limits for nitrogen oxides (NOx) by up to 110% when the Real Driving Emissions (RDE) test procedure is introduced was discussed by MEPs...
19 January 2016 - Read more
European Parliament postpones plenary vote on Real Driving Emissions
A much anticipated vote on draft EU rules on testing pollutant emissions from cars, which was foreseen for next week, will be postponed. The decision was taken at the Conference of Presidents of polit...
14 January 2016 - Read more
Roberto Vavassori begins term as new CLEPA President
05 January 2016 - Read more
Environment MEPs oppose relaxing diesel car emission test limits
A draft decision to raise diesel car emission limits for nitrogen oxides (NOx) by up to 110%, along with the introduction of the long-awaited Real Driving Emissions (RDE) test procedure, is neither ex...
15 December 2015 - Read more
EU celebrates Paris climate deal
Last weekend, world leaders reached a landmark agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to tackle climate change. 195 countries signed the legally binding agreement, while the driving...
15 December 2015 - Read more
Autonomous driving and the future of the car industry
On 10 December, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, delivered a closing speech at the Seminar on Autonomous Driving held by the Forum for Mobi...
10 December 2015 - Read more
EU data protection Advisory Group
The European Data Protection Supervisor has set up an Ethics Advisory Group on the ethical dimensions of data protection by his decision of 3 December 2015.
The overall objective of the Advisory Gr...
07 December 2015 - Read more
French plan for green transport
On the occasion of Transport Action Day on December 3, Ségolène Royal, Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, and Head of the French delegation has launched four initiatives for an...
04 December 2015 - Read more
Decrease of CO2 emissions
Vehicles sold in the European Union in 2014 were, on average, 2.5% more efficient than those sold the previous year, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). The report, w...
01 December 2015 - Read more
COP21: more funding for RDI
In the framework of the COP21 taking place in Paris, two new initiatives were launched to promote research, development and innovation in the field of energy.
A group of 20 countries will laun...
30 November 2015 - Read more
Press Release COP21
30 November 2015 - Read more
EU budget for growth, jobs and competitiveness
On the 14th of November, Members of the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement with the European Council regarding the EU budget for 2016.
The preliminary figures are €155 billion in...
17 November 2015 - Read more
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
On the 15th of November, Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc reitareted EU's commitment to road safety.
"Today is the Remembrance Day for all road victim from all over the world. There are too ma...
17 November 2015 - Read more
European Commission on RDE agreement
Today Member States meeting in the Technical Committee of Motor Vehicles have voted by a large majority on the second package of implementing measures to introduce real driving emissions tests for air...
30 October 2015 - Read more
European Parliament on air quality
During the plenary session in Strasbourg from 26 to 29 October 2015, the Members of the European Parliament will organize several votes on emissions issues.
In a first vote to take place on the 27 Oc...
26 October 2015 - Read more
CLEPA Diesel Statement
07 October 2015 - Read more
CLEPA statement on Diesel related inquiries in the US and Europe
With regard to recent inquiries by US authorities into so-called defeat devices, applied to vehicles equipped with a Diesel engine, CLEPA, the European Association of Automotive Suppliers, expresses...
07 October 2015 - Read more
European Parliament on Diesel
Demand for thorough investigation and cautious action
During its plenary meeting in Strasburg on 6 October 2015, Members of the European Parliament have asked the European Commission to open an enqui...
06 October 2015 - Read more