LKQ Europe
Budget
€100 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
2
1.25 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
LKQ Europe, a subsidiary of LKQ Corporation, with its head office in Zug, Switzerland, is the leading distributor of automotive aftermarket parts for cars, commercial vans, and industrial vehicles in Europe. It currently employs approximately 26,500 people with a network of more than 900 branches and approximately $6.3 billion in revenue in 2025. The organisation supplies more than 100,000 workshops and operates in over 18 European countries. We offer to our customers the most comprehensive, available and cost-effective selection of part solutions while we build strong partnerships with our employees and the communities in which we operate. We engage for sustainable and affordable mobility for everyone across Europe.
EU Legislative Interests
• Automotive Sector Industrial Action Plan • Clean Industrial Deal • Industrial Accelerator Act • Omnibus Package, Sustainability, CSRD, CSDDD, Deforestation • Air Quality, CO2 legislation, Energy and Climate Policy & Circular Economy, Clean Corporate Vehicles • Trade Policy- Competition: Motor Vehicle BER, Access to market- Barriers to Trade, Design & Industrial property rights, CBAM, Right-to-Repair, Tariffs • Internal market/Digital: Vehicle & component type approval legislation, vehicle repair & maintenance, Cybersecurity & software updates, Mobility Solutions, Connected and Automated Driving, Artificial Intelligence, Data Act, End-of-Life Vehicle, roadworthiness package • Digitizing Industry/distribution • REACH - product safety • Data Economy • Taxation
Communication Activities
Contribution to public consultations : • Intellectual Property - standard essential patents • Data Act • In-vehicle access to data • Ecodesign • MVBER (2022, 2024, 2025) • Roadworthiness Package (2022, 2025) • Design Directive/Regulation • End-of-Life Vehicle Regulation • Product Liability Directive • Right to Repair directive • Future of the European Automotive Industry • Greening of corporate fleets • Simplification in administrative burden in environmental legislation • EU Circular Economy Act • Type Approval Annex X
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
FIGIEFA Fédération Internationale des Grossistes, Importateurs & Exportateurs en Fournitures Automobiles/ International Federation of Automotive Distributors ADIRA-Associazione Distributori Indipendenti Ricambi Autoveicoli (Italy) https://www.adira.it/ AICA-Associazione Italiana Costruttori Autoattrezzature (Italy) https://www.asso-aica.it/en/associazione.php FEDA-Fédération des Syndicats de la Distribution Automobile (France) https://www.feda.fr/ TRAXIO/FMA-Fédération du Matériel pour l'Automobile (Belgium) https://www.traxio.be/ GVA-Gesamtverband Autoteile-Handel (Germany) https://www.gva.de/ IAAF-Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation (United Kingdom) https://www.iaaf.co.uk/ RAI-Vereniging/ Autovak “Rijwiel & Automobiel Industrie“ (Netherlands) https://www.raivereniging.nl/ SAA-Swiss Automotive Aftermarket (Switzerland) https://aftermarket.ch/ SBF-Sveriges Bildelsgrossisters Förening (Sweden) http://www.bildelsgrossisterna.se/ SDCM-Stowarzyszenie Dystrybutorów Czesci Motoryzacyjnych (Poland) http://sdcm.pl/en/strona-glowna-en/ SISA-Sdruzeni Importeru Soucasti Automobilu (Czech Republic) http://www.sisa.cz/cs/sisa-zaruka-kvality SIMI-The Society of the Irish Motor Industry-Wholesalers’ Section (Eire) https://www.simi.ie/en SMMT-The Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders-Aftermarket Section (United Kingdom) https://www.smmt.co.uk/ VFT-Verband der freien KFZ-Teile-Fachhändler (Austria) https://www.vft.at/ STM-Stowarzyszenie Techniki Motoryzacyjnej (Poland) http://stm.org.pl/stowarzyszenie/ GEA-Garage equipment association (United Kingdom) https://www.gea.co.uk/ ADPA-the European Independent Automotive Data Publishers Association https://www.adpa.eu/#about CARA-Europe-Car Remarketing Association https://cara-europe.org/ CSR Europe-European Business Network for Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility https://www.csreurope.org/ CECRA-The Voice of European vehicle dealers and repairers https://www.cecra.eu/ APRA-Remanufacturing Industry https://www.apraeurope.org/ eFuel Alliance- Carbon neutral renewable fuels to fight climate change https://www.efuel-alliance.eu/
Organisation Members
https://lkqeurope.com/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.