EC: Feedback period open for initiative on emissions testing (cars and vans)
Two implementing acts for Car & Van emissions testing – calculation of CO2 emissions for 2020 (WLTP) are open for feedback till 10th of September 2019.
The draft implementing act is mainly fo...
13 August 2019 - Read more
Abstract submission period open for AESCON, Asia-Europe Sustainable CONnectivity
AESCON (Asia-Europe Sustainable CONnectivity) is the first scientific conference on Asia-Europe sustainable connectivity, bringing together researchers and policy analysts working in the field of inte...
10 August 2019 - Read more
EC: Innovation Radar Prize 2019
The European Commission has launched a competition to identify Europe's top future innovators. The public is invited to vote for their favourite among 36 nominees who have been developing innovations...
07 August 2019 - Read more
EC: Public Consultation on the End-of-life vehicles
Every year, millions of vehicles in Europe reach the end of their life. If end-of-life vehicles (ELV) are not managed properly, they can be a threat to the environment as well as a lost source of mill...
06 August 2019 - Read more
DRIVES Project: Preliminary results of the survey to support the creation of a strategic roadmap for the automotive sector
In March 2019, DRIVES launched an online survey to support the creation of a strategic roadmap for the sector, which will contain information necessary to all the project’s partners to analyse the c...
30 July 2019 - Read more
EC Initiative: European Partnership for safe and automated road transport
This initiative provides a long-term framework for planning research and pre-deployment programmes for driverless vehicles across the EU and nationally.
This is in line with the May 2018 Communicat...
30 July 2019 - Read more
New EU leadership should give industry, digital and infrastructure the coordinated attention they need – CLEPA Newsletter Editorial July 2019
With a first hand of cards on the EU leadership now dealt, eyes inevitably turn to the work programme of the new team as well. Where will the next College of European Commissioners and the new membe...
04 July 2019 - Read more
Publication of Horizon Europe – Strategic Planning – Summer 2019
On 1 July 2019 the European Commission published the first outline document for Horizon Europe - Strategic Planning - Summer 2019. The document is a plan for implementing Horizon Europe, the European...
03 July 2019 - Read more
Finland kicks off the Presidency of the Council publishing a programme to position the EU as a global leader in sustainability
Finland’s third EU Presidency period began on 1 July 2019. The presidency of the Council rotates in an established order among the EU Member States every six months. In this capacity, Finland will...
02 July 2019 - Read more
European Automotive suppliers welcome the EU-Mercosur concluded landmark agreement
On 28th June, the EU-Mercosur FTA negotiations were concluded in a landmark agreement.
The EU and Mercosur markets combined account for a population of 780 million people, to which the EU...
01 July 2019 - Read more
CLEPA participation in the Committee of the Regions Automotive Intergroup’s event
The event "The looming talent challenge – how can automotive regions take the lead?" was organised by the Committee of the Regions Automotive Intergroup on the 27th of June, in order to discuss the...
28 June 2019 - Read more
CLEPA supports the CCAM Single Platform launched by the European Commission
The European Commission presented its EU-wide platform at its Friends of ITS meeting on the 3rd of June. The Cooperative, Connected, Automated and Autonomous Mobility (CCAM) Single Platform consists o...
28 June 2019 - Read more
EC: Have your say on future objectives for EU-funded research and innovation
What do you think are the most pressing challenges that EU-funded research and innovation should tackle? What are the most important impacts – scientific, technological, economic, societal – that...
28 June 2019 - Read more
Annual Activity Reports of the European Commission
Every department and executive agency of the European Commission publishes an annual activity report. It details achievements, initiatives taken and the financial and human resources spent during the...
27 June 2019 - Read more
EC: Policy and investment recommendations for trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
The High-Level Expert Group on AI (AI HLEG) from the European Commission has published its second deliverable of the year. This document contains their proposed Policy and Investment Recommendati...
27 June 2019 - Read more
EC: Commission and ECHA to review all REACH registrations by 2027
The European Commission and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) are taking action to make sure that Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) dossiers are compliant...
25 June 2019 - Read more
EC: the Joint Research Centre publishes a new report that looks into the future of road transport
The JRC has launched a new report, “The future of road transport - Implications of automated, connected, low-carbon and shared mobility”.
This documentt shows how massive changes on the horizon...
25 June 2019 - Read more
ELTIS: Second edition of the Guidelines for developing and implementing a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan
Publication of the second edition of the European SUMP Guidelines marks an important milestone in the take-up of a new planning culture in Europe. This comprehensive revision aims to integrate the...
24 June 2019 - Read more
Innovation in the automotive supplier industry: “It’s a big job”
Deloitte Deutschland interviewed Sigrid de Vries, CLEPA Secretary General, and Dr. Thomas Schiller, Deloitte EMEA Automotive Lead on the importance of innovation for shaping the future of mobility and...
19 June 2019 - Read more
EC: 2019 Innovation Scoreboard reflects that the innovation performance of the EU is increasing
The European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) was presented by the European Commission on the 17th of June.
This report, published annually, provides a comparative assessment of research and innovation...
19 June 2019 - Read more
EC: next steps towards “Vision Zero” including key performance indicators
The European Commission has today published details as to how it intends to put its Strategic Action Plan on Road Safety into practice. This includes a first list of key safety performance indicators...
19 June 2019 - Read more
CLEPA participates in the ECSEL JU Symposium in Bucharest
The 3rd Symposium of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking Symposium took place in Bucharest on the 17th and 18th of June. It was organised under the auspices of the Romanian Presidency of the Council at the Ho...
19 June 2019 - Read more
CLEPA 2019 General Assembly confirms the association’s priorities and elects leadership team
On 14th June, CLEPA held its 2019 General Assembly in Brussels in attendance of more than seventy CLEPA members. The annual gathering, this year in its 60th edition, offered the opportunity to members...
18 June 2019 - Read more
EC: As protectionism rises, EU continues opening up export markets for European firms
The European Commission’s report released today confirms the continuous rise in barriers encountered by European companies in foreign markets. Thanks to the EU’s firm response, 123 such barrie...
17 June 2019 - Read more
The Commission publishes a report with the most outstanding innovation developments for the future of Europe
The European Commission has published the ‘100 radical innovation breakthroughs for the future’. This report provides insights on 100 emerging developments that may exert a strong impact on globa...
16 June 2019 - Read more