European Association Automotive Suppliers
Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Apr 2026 | Sergio Oliete Josa Head of Unit | Global Gateway working group meeting on Buses, with focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. | SRC |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Felix Fernandez-Shaw Director | Global Gateway working group meeting on Buses, with focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. | SRC |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Valvanera Ulargui Aparicio Cabinet member | Green and competitive transition | — |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Valvanera Ulargui Aparicio Cabinet member | Green and competitive transition | SRC |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Simone Ritzek-Seidl Cabinet member | Exchange on the Industrial Action Plan for the European Automotive Sector | — |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Simone Ritzek-Seidl Cabinet member | Exchange on the Industrial Action Plan for the European Automotive Sector | SRC |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Florina-Andreea Pantazi Head of Unit | Universal PFAS restriction under REACH | — |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Florina-Andreea Pantazi Head of Unit | Universal PFAS restriction under REACH | SRC |
| 04 Mar 2026 | Gerald Miersch Head of Unit | Discuss the state-of-play of the evaluation of the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation (MVBER) | — |
| 04 Mar 2026 | Gerald Miersch Head of Unit | Discuss the state-of-play of the evaluation of the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation (MVBER) | SRC |
| 04 Feb 2026 | Valère Moutarlier Deputy Director-General | Automotive and components industry | — |
| 04 Feb 2026 | Valère Moutarlier Deputy Director-General | Automotive and components industry | SRC |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Mark Nicklas Head of Unit | Automotive Package – discussion with CLEPA Government Affairs Strategy Group | — |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Mark Nicklas Head of Unit | Automotive Package – discussion with CLEPA Government Affairs Strategy Group | SRC |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Eric Mamer Director-General | General discussion on DG ENV priorities | SRC |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Eric Mamer Director-General | General discussion on DG ENV priorities | — |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Edoardo Turano Head of Unit | Cars and vans CO2 review proposal | — |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Edoardo Turano Head of Unit | Cars and vans CO2 review proposal | SRC |
| 04 Dec 2025 | Fausto Matos Cabinet member | Data policy | SRC |
| 04 Dec 2025 | Fausto Matos Cabinet member | Data policy | — |
| 03 Dec 2025 | Gabriele Giudice Cabinet member | Automotive policy topics | SRC |
| 03 Dec 2025 | Gabriele Giudice Cabinet member | Automotive policy topics | — |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Simone Ritzek-Seidl Cabinet member | CLEPA’s input on local content measures | — |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Simone Ritzek-Seidl Cabinet member | CLEPA’s input on local content measures | SRC |
| 07 Nov 2025 | Adam Romanowski Cabinet member | EU-China relations | — |
Mission & Goals
CLEPA represents the world's most prominent suppliers which have plants in all 28 EU member states. CLEPA's aim is to promote, in Europe and internationally, the general interests of the motor equipment and parts industry by: supporting the EU decision making process and legislation affecting the automotive business; coordinating views and opinions regarding all the challenges facing the industry, both in the technical and the economic fields; ensuring harmonious development of international trade, especially through the lifting of tariff and non tariff barriers; actively endorsing the development of the necessary competitive framework conditions.
EU Legislative Interests
Horizon Europe, Access to in-vehicle data, Data Act, AI, cybersecurity Amendments to Type Approval regulation as secure access to On-Board Diagnostic Program and non-discriminatory installation of spare parts. Corporate Sustainability Reporting, Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence, Forced Labour Product Ban, Taxonomy, - - Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism- Green Deal/Fit for 55: CO2 standards for light duty and heavy-duty vehicles, RED, AFIR, Weights and dimensions, Count Emissions EU, hydrogen, fuel-cells, renewable fuels and energy, life-cycle -assessment, Air Quality: Euro7 EU bilateral and multilateral trade agenda Chemicals and waste: REACH,the Directive on end-of-life vehicles, the end-of-life vehicles Regulation, Chips Act, Net Zero Industry Act, Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform and Critical Raw Materials Act Product Liability Directive, Standard Essential Patents (SEP), Vehicle and component type-approval, General-Active-Passive vehicle safety, lighting and signalling devices, electro-magnetic- compatibility, radio equipment, low-voltage equipment, machinery, noise and sound emissions and devices, child restraint systems, automated and assistance driving systems, connectivity, ITS, Safety Related Traffic Information, Intelligent Transport Systems, pyrotechnical articles, Chemicals restrictions, REACH, international chemical use conventions, End-of-Life vehicles, batteries, waste, packaging, plastics, circular economy, sustainability, ESG, eco-design
Communication Activities
Position papers: • An effective ESG framework • Securing Europe's automotive competitiveness for jobs and value creation • Breaking dependency: Europe's strategy for permanent magnets and critical materials • Chips Act II: Reinforcing Europe's automotive semiconductor supply chain Open letters: • The “European vehicle”: Choosing sovereignty over dependency • Keep EU industry strong with flexible climate rules and local content Studies: • ‘Automotive component – Driving EU competitiveness and value creation’ by Roland Berger • ‘EV Transition Impact Assessment 2020-2040', carried out by PwC Strategy&, and ‘Competitiveness in the Aftermarket’, carried out by Berylls. Various news items and press releases.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Founding member of the “Forum on Automotive Aftermarket Sustainability”, a non-profit association to drive forward sustainability along the Aftermarket value chain, https://www.faasforum.eu/ Forum Mobility and Society - http://debatingmobility.eu/ European Forum for Manufacturing http://www.euromanuforum.com/ EATA - European Automotive Telecom Alliance (https://eata.be) Automotive Skills Alliance, https://automotive-skills-alliance.eu/ The Circular Plastics Alliance (https://ec.europa.eu/growth/industry/policy/circular-plastics-alliance_en) FluoroProducts and PFAS for Europe (FPP4EU) is a sector group of Cefic (the European Chemical Industry Council), https://www.fpp4eu.eu/ The Alliance for Sustainable Management of Chemical Risk ASMoR ASMoR: Members | ASMOR,https://asmor.eu/members European Technology Platforms (ETPs): ERTRAC (https://www.ertrac.org/) and EPOSS (https://www.smart-systems-integration.org/). The European Hous - Ambrosetti, www.ambrosetticlub.eu WORKING GROUP ON CO2 NEUTRAL FUELS MONITORING AND VERIFICATION METHDOLOGY The following Partnerships (previously known as PPPs): • CCAM (Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility) • 2ZERO (Towards Zero-Emission Road Transport) • BEPA (Batteries European Partnership Association, • The BATT4EU (Batteries European Partnership), • Clean Hydrogen Partnership, Global Battery Alliance • The Innovative Advanced Materials for Europe (IAM4EU)
Organisation Members
https://www.clepa.eu/membership/our-members/
Connected Legislation
EU-China relations
EU-China relations
EU-China relations
EU-China relations
EU-China relations
EU-China relations
EU-China relations
EU-China relations
EU Trade Policy Review
EU Trade Policy Review
Future of the European book sector
Future of the European book sector