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European Association Automotive Suppliers

🇪🇺 BELGIUMRegistered 06/014 staff
Disclosed budget
€800,000 — €899,999
Meetings 12mo
61
Policy files
12
Accredited passes
10

Recent meetings

DateCommissioner / CabinetTopicFile
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 transitionSRC
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 SectorSRC
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 REACHSRC
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 industrySRC
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 GroupSRC
21 Jan 2026
Eric Mamer
Director-General
General discussion on DG ENV prioritiesSRC
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 proposalSRC
04 Dec 2025
Fausto Matos
Cabinet member
Data policySRC
04 Dec 2025
Fausto Matos
Cabinet member
Data policy
03 Dec 2025
Gabriele Giudice
Cabinet member
Automotive policy topicsSRC
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 measuresSRC
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