Alliance for the Freedom of Car Repair
Budget
€50 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
3
1.5 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Created in 1997, the AFCAR Alliance speaks on behalf of a wide range of stakeholders representing motoring consumers, the leasing and rental industry, and a major part of the automotive aftermarket ranging from test equipment and diagnostic tool manufacturers, parts wholesalers, data publishers as well as independent and authorised repairers (please find a more detailed description at the end of this paper). Our aim is to promote free competition and fair access to technical information and more generally to all features that allow the wider "Automobile use" market operators, employing 4 million people in over 500.000 companies, to offer competitive repair and maintenance services to the 285 million motoring consumers and duty vehicles operators in the EU. Together, our SMEs constitute a dedicated supply chain, which ensures the competitiveness and dynamism of the automotive industry sector as a whole. Our members are an integral part of the European economy.
EU Legislative Interests
- C-ITS - Access to repair and maintenance information for passenger cars, heavy-duty vehicles, motorcycles and agricultural & forestry vehicles - Electric Vehicles - Revision of Vehicle Type-approval Regulation 858/2018 - Digital Single Market / Digitalisation / Digital Platforms/Digital Package - Internal market strategy - Industrial Digitalisation - IoT - EU Data Economy - Data Act - Autonomous driving - Competition Policy -EURO 7
Communication Activities
-Not Applicable-
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Organisation Members
The Members of the AFCAR Alliance are: 1.ADPA (Automotive Data Publisher Association) 2.AIRC (Association Internationale des Réparateurs en Carrosserie) 3.CECRA (European Association of Motor Trade and Repairs) 4.EGEA (European Garage Equipment Association) 5.FIA Region I (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) 6.FIGIEFA (International Federation of Automotive Aftermarket Distributors) 7.Leaseurope (European insurance and reinsurance federation)
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.