Commission imposes strict conditions over the use of hazardous chemicals used in automotive, aerospace and medical sectors
The Commission continues to work with EU countries and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to continuously limit the risks posed by chemicals to human health and the environment in the context of...
15 February 2019 - Read more
Call for Submissions for TRA2020 is now open
TRA, The Transport Research Arena is the biggest European Research and Technology Conference on transport and mobility. In 2020 TRA is themed "Rethinking transport - towards clean and incl...
13 February 2019 - Read more
Promoting clean vehicles: provisional deal with Parliament
The EU is stimulating the market for zero- and low-emission vehicles by encouraging their use in public procurement. On 11 February, the Romanian presidency reached a provisional agreement wit...
12 February 2019 - Read more
EU and ASEAN exchange knowledge and best practices in road safety
The European Commission hosted the first road safety workshop between the EU and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Brussels from 30 January to 1 February 2019. The event provided a...
09 February 2019 - Read more
EUCAD2019: Registrations are now open
The European Commission, with the support of the EC-funded project ARCADE , is pleased to announce its Second European Conference on connected and automated driving: 'Connected Automated Driving: Eu...
07 February 2019 - Read more
EC: launch of the European Technology and Innovation Platform on Batteries
The new European Technology and Innovation Platform on Batteries has been launched today at an event in Brussels. Bringing together private and public actors and industrial and research stakeholders t...
05 February 2019 - Read more
Publication of the R&D and Design Centres Catalogue of Turkish Automotive Suppliers
TAYSAD, the Automotive Supplier Association of Turkey, has recently published its “R&D and Design Centres Catalogue”. The publication includes a comprehensive overview of the R&D and Desig...
02 February 2019 - Read more
CLEPA Newsletter Editorial January 2019: Outlook on 2019 – Watch this space
The year 2019 promises to be a challenging year for many European automotive suppliers. The global economy is slowing down, most pertinently in China and Europe. Global trade tensions are aggravating...
31 January 2019 - Read more
CLEPA will participate at the EC Stakeholder workshop for Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM)
Europe has set ambitious 5G deployment objectives in the 5G Action Plan from 2016 as well as for pan-European 5G Corridors for Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) in the 3rd Mobility Package fr...
31 January 2019 - Read more
ARCADE joint stakeholder workshop
In preparation of the ERTRAC Connected and Automated Driving (CAD) roadmap, the Joint Stakeholder Workshop of the ARCADE CAD Network and ERTRAC Working Group on “Connecti...
31 January 2019 - Read more
EU-U.S. trade talks: European Commission publishes progress report
The European Commission has today published a report on the implementation of the 25 July 2018 Joint Statement agreed by Presidents Juncker and Trump.
In line with the Commission's commit...
30 January 2019 - Read more
CLEPA Innovation Awards 2019: Call for applications now open
CLEPA Innovation Awards recognises the excellence of the automotive supplier’s industry in the fields of Environment, Safety, Cooperation and Connectivity & Automation.
Innovative a...
30 January 2019 - Read more
CAD Report: Europe should be the leading actor
During an event organised at the University Foundation Club on 28th January MEP, Wim van de Camp, who is the EPP Group’s Spokesman for Transport, presented his opinion as a Rapporteur to the Report...
29 January 2019 - Read more
Anticipating autonomous: The UK’s driverless future
The project Smart Mobility Living Lab: London (SMLL), funded by Innovate UK has recently published a new report on connected and automated vehicles in the United Kingdom.
The publication gather...
28 January 2019 - Read more
High-level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence’s Ethics Guidelines available
Appointed by the European Commission in June 2018 as part of the European approach on artificial intelligence, the High-level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence’s (AI HLEG) general objective is...
25 January 2019 - Read more
DRIVES Project: One year anniversary
The DRIVES project, an ERASMUS+ Blueprint Sector Skills Alliance for the automotive sector, is celebrating its one-year anniversary. The 24 consortium members of the project DRIVES had a two-day work...
25 January 2019 - Read more
€114 million available under Horizon 2020 for next-generation batteries projects
The Building a Low-Carbon, Climate Resilient Future: Next-Generation Batteries call for proposals is open for applications as of today and until 25 April 2019.
It makes available €114 million in...
24 January 2019 - Read more
World Economic Forum recognises European Commission as champion in the circular economy
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 recogni...
22 January 2019 - Read more
European steel users protest the need for EU safeguards
A coalition of downstream steel users has called into question the rationale for the European Commission’s imposition of definitive steel safeguard measures. The European Commission initiated the sa...
18 January 2019 - Read more
Over €1.2 billion requested in Horizon 2020 transport funding
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...
17 January 2019 - Read more
MEPs call for safety and liability rules for driveless cars
MEPs call for safety and liability rules for driverless cars
EU needs to act faster to the developments in the sector
More funding for research, safety and liability rules needed
Focus also...
16 January 2019 - Read more
EU Commission is collecting feedback on C-ITS
To achieve the goal of safer, cleaner and more efficient transport, the European Commission is collecting feedback on C-ITS (cooperative intelligent transport systems) provisions until February 8....
11 January 2019 - Read more
ICCT – From laboratory to road: A 2018 update
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 an...
10 January 2019 - Read more
2019 CEF Transport call now open for applications
The 2019 CEF Transport call, which makes €100 million available to support new and ongoing transport projects and was launched on 5 December 2018, is now officially open for applications.
I...
08 January 2019 - Read more
CO2 emission standards for trucks: Council agrees its position
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...
20 December 2018 - Read more