FIGIEFA - Automotive Aftermarket Distributors

#ImportantNews: The European Union (finally) adopts a Repair Clause, allowing freedom of choice for visible automotive spare parts. Since its creation in 1993, ECAR - Freedom of repair, to which FIGIEFA has always been a proud member, has been advocating for the adoption of a European #RepairsClause which provides to all citizens a real, open and affordable ‘right to choose’. Already existing in several Member States, the Repair Clause rightly gives vehicle manufacturers full protection over the design of their new cars, but it merely ensures that this protection is not extended to the corresponding visible spare parts (such as car body panels, headlamps and windscreens). This means that these parts may freely be produced, distributed and used for repair purposes in the #Aftermarket. The EU Repair Clause will bring significant social and economic benefits. Once fully applied, experts predict that European consumers in the automotive sector will save between EUR 450 million and EUR 720 million annually thanks to increased competition, thus improving purchasing power and countering inflation. It will stimulate job creation and entrepreneurship in the European automotive aftermarket, which accounts for more than 500,000 SMEs and 4.5 million jobs! #RightToRepair #AutomotiveAftermarket

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Yesterday, the European Commission unveiled its #CleanIndustrialDeal, a transformative strategy to boost competitiveness and accelerate decarbonisation across Europe's industrial landscape.   In this context, FIGIEFA wishes to underline the pivotal role of the #AutomotiveAftermarket -the Vehicle Lifecycle Solutions Industry- in achieving these ambitious goals. Our sector ensures that Europe's 280 million vehicles remain safe, efficient, affordable, and environmentally friendly throughout their lifecycle.   The inclusion of the aftermarket in the Clean Industrial Deal is essential. By integrating the aftermarket, we can: 🔵 Enhance #CircularEconomy Practices: Remanufacturing automotive parts significantly reduces waste and conserves resources. In 2020 alone, remanufactured spare parts sales by suppliers reached €4.7 billion, contributing substantially to the #EU's circular economy targets. 🟢 Promote #Sustainability: #Remanufacturing and #recycling efforts in our sector have led to the avoidance of over 800,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions annually, equivalent to the yearly emissions of 120,000 EU citizens. 🔵 Support Economic Resilience: The automotive aftermarket is a significant profit pool for tier-1 suppliers, enabling the partial cross-financing of the innovation required for the latest generation of vehicles. 🟢 Boost #CleanTech: Leveraging digital transformation & software-defined vehicles since our sector creates new consumer value, business models, and business process innovation.   By embracing the full vehicle lifecycle value chain -from production to end-of-life- the Clean Industrial Deal can drive innovation, create quality jobs, and ensure a sustainable future for Europe's automotive industry. Let's work together to make Europe's mobility cleaner, safer, and more resilient. Let’s make the aftersales sector a central piece of all European industrial strategies!   #RightToRepair #EUIndustry #Decarbonisation #GreenEconomy

3,000 followers!!! Thank you all so much for accompanying FIGIEFA in its long-standing journey to defend the #Automotive parts distributors and wholesalers in particular and the entire IAM in general. #RightToRepair #AutomotiveAftermarket

Shaping the Future of Europe’s #Automotive Industry: A Call for Action   Yesterday, during the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the #AutomotiveIndustry led by European Commissioner Henna Virkkunen, our FIGIEFA Chief Executive, Sylvia Gotzen, highlighted a crucial challenge: Europe must act now to secure its place in the era of software-defined vehicles. The Automotive Aftermarket -the Vehicle Lifecycle Solutions Industry- plays a key role in this transition and should be an integral part of the European Industrial Action Plan. This sophisticated network of service providers ensures that vehicles remain safe, sustainable, and technologically relevant over their entire lifespan. The future of the automotive sector, as we move increasingly towards connected and automated vehicles, is about ecosystems. US and Chinese players are leading the way, and we must ensure the sector pulls forces together to ensure competitiveness, resiliency and autonomy. Individual European companies alone cannot create a successful ecosystem -this must be an EU-led effort.   What’s needed? ✅ The European Commission should bring all the players together and set in motion an industry-led push for open software and hardware standards for critical components of European software-defined vehicles. ✅ European governance rules and mandated standards to foster a competitive, resilient, and autonomous automotive ecosystem (a first example would be the needed sector-specific legislation on access to data) ✅ A focus on vehicle upgradeability to prevent premature obsolescence and boost consumer confidence -especially in EV adoption. Now is the time to act! The European Commission must bring the full vehicle lifecycle perspective into the Automotive Industrial Action Plan to create a strong, future-proof ecosystem that will keep Europe competitive on the global stage.   Let’s work together to build the future of European mobility!   #AutomotiveAftermarket #Innovation #SoftwareDefinedVehicles #EV #IAM #Europe #Mobility #FutureOfAutomotive #RightToRepair AFCAR - Alliance for the Freedom of Car Repair in Europe

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Independent Service Providers group joint statement on the European Commission's Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the #Automotive Sector: 10 European associations representing the whole #AutomotiveAftermarket, consumers, fleet operators, and insurers strongly support the launch of this initiative. However, the challenges facing the sector are far deeper and broader than the limited scope of the first Dialogue suggests. We urge the European Commission to include all key players in the automotive industry in the next steps of the process. #RightToRepair #IAM #Innovation #CircularEconomy ADPA - Automotive Data Publishers Association AIRC International CECRA CLEPA - European Association of Automotive Suppliers EGEA - European Garage Equipment Association aisbl ETRMA Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Region I Insurance Europe Leaseurope

Yesterday, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and vice-president Stéphane Séjourné presented the #CompetitivenessCompass, outlining the Commission’s vision for strengthening Europe’s industrial landscape. We welcome this initiative, as industrial competitiveness is the backbone of Europe’s economic resilience and technological leadership.   However, one key sector that must not be overlooked in this framework is the Independent Automotive Aftermarket (IAM). As highlighted in the latest Roland Berger Aftermarket Panorama Study, this important part of the automotive industry plays a vital role in the competitiveness of the entire sector and Europe’s economy and society as a whole.   📊 Our sector in numbers: ✅ €236 billion market volume (parts and labour). ✅ 4 million jobs in the ‘Automobile Use’ sector. ✅ 80% of European workshops are independent and up to 40% of the profit of Tier1 is generated through parts sale in the IAM. ✅ Key enabler of the EU’s vehicle fleet longevity, servicing over 280 million vehicles on our roads.   Why does this matter for Europe’s competitiveness? As the EU seeks to revitalise its industrial base, support #SMEs, and accelerate the green and digital transitions, the independent aftermarket must be recognised as a strategic asset. Our sector ensures: 🪙 Consumer Choice & Affordability – A competitive market that allows drivers and fleet operators to access cost-effective, high-quality repairs and maintenance. 🌍 Sustainability & Circular Economy – Extending vehicle lifespans, reducing unnecessary waste, and ensuring resource efficiency through repair rather than replacement. 📈 Economic & Industrial Resilience – Supporting a vast network of SMEs that power local economies, foster innovation, and sustain Europe’s industrial fabric. #OurCall: Fair and Competitive Market Conditions.   While the Competitiveness Compass provides a much-needed framework for Europe's future, policies must ensure that the vehicle parts, servicing, and repairs sector can continue to operate in a fair and open market. This means: 🔹 Recognising the automotive aftermarket’s economic contribution in EU industrial strategies and funding mechanisms.          🔹 Preventing monopolistic practices that could undermine consumer choice and inflate maintenance costs. 🔹 Ensuring legal framework conditions for effective competition, e.g.: access to in-vehicle data in an increasingly digitalised automotive ecosystem. Europe’s mobility and industrial competitiveness depend on a thriving, independent aftermarket. FIGIEFA stands ready to work with EU policymakers to ensure that this vital sector is fully recognized in the path forward. Let’s keep Europe moving efficiently, competitively, and sustainably!   #AutomotiveAftermarket #EuropeanIndustry #RightToRepair #FairCompetition #MobilityInnovation #IndustrialStrategy #AccessToData

A reparação automóvel na Europa enfrenta diversos obstáculos devido a uma combinação de fatores económicos, tecnológicos, regulatórios e ambientais. As associações europeias do mercado de pós-venda, incluindo a FIGIEFA - Automotive Aftermarket Distributors, elaboraram um documento que apela à mediação de Bruxelas para pôr termo às práticas que dificultam as reparações pelo setor independente. Aceda ao mesmo aqui 👇 #jornaldasoficinas #autopos #figiefa #reparacaoautomovelindependente #obstaculos #regulamentomvber #gigacasting #associacoeseuropeias #aftermarket #apcom

#EndOFLifeVehicles: Joint statement on repair in the proposed regulation on circularity requirements for vehicle design and on management of end-of-life vehicles. Together with other 10 organisations, FIGIEFA welcomes the publication of the proposal for a Regulation on circularity requirements for #VehicleDesign and on management of end-of-life vehicles and calls for stronger provisions for #repair and reuse to strengthen consumers’ choice, local jobs and businesses, and European strategic autonomy, as well as ensure compliance with the waste hierarchy and reduce environmental strain. The Regulation must promote modular design strategies for vehicles, ensure the long-term availability of relevant #SpareParts and software updates at fair and non-discriminatory prices, address anti-repair practices, and guarantee access to repair information. In particular, considering their importance in terms of cost, material use and vehicle functionality, the Regulation must also ensure the #repairability of #ElectricVehicle #Batteries. #RightToRepair #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #AutomotiveAftermarket European Environmental Bureau ECOS Deutsche Umwelthilfe Right to Repair Europe iFixit Europe HOP - Halte à l'obsolescence programmée The Restart Project Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Region I Insurance Europe MOBILIANS