Alliance for the Freedom of the CAR Repair
AFCAR
Created in 1997, the AFCAR Alliance speaks on behalf of a wide range of stakeholders representing motoring consumers, the leasing and rental industry, the lubricants 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).
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Yvo Volman (Director Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
26 Jun 2025 · Access to In-Vehicle Data
Meeting with Michele Piergiovanni (Acting Director Competition)
16 Jun 2025 · We met with representatives of AFCAR to discuss the revision of Annex X of the type-approval regulation (Regulation EU 2018/858).
Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament)
24 Mar 2025 · General exchange on the automotive aftermarket
Meeting with Jean-Louis Colson (Head of Unit Mobility and Transport)
18 Feb 2025 · Discussion on the aftermarket of the automotive value chain. Mr Colson was represented by his deputy Mr Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu, who was Acting Head of Unit at the time of the meeting.
Meeting with Mark Nicklas (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and
11 Feb 2025 · Action plan for the automotive sector
Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
3 Feb 2025 · End-of-life of vehicles Regulation & Automotive Strategic Dialogue
Meeting with Elisa Roller (Director Secretariat-General)
10 Jan 2025 · Regulation to enable access to in-vehicle data
Meeting with Angelika Winzig (Member of the European Parliament)
4 Dec 2024 · Meeting with a representative of the Alliance for the Freedom of Car Repair (AFCAR)
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
10 Jun 2024 · Exchange on challenges of automotive market
Meeting with Elena Lizzi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
23 Mar 2023 · Data Act
Meeting with Simon Genevaz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)
13 Feb 2023 · Access to vehicle data
Meeting with Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean) and
16 Jan 2023 · Data Act Regulation and Specific legislation on ‘Access to in-vehicle data & functions’
Meeting with Elena Lizzi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and FIGIEFA - Fédération Internationale des Grossistes, Importateurs & Exportateurs en Fournitures Automobiles / International Federation of Automotive Distributors
12 Oct 2022 · Data Act
Meeting with Alin Mituța (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
31 May 2022 · Data Act
Meeting with Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)
18 Jan 2022 · Sector-specific legislation on “access to in-vehicle data and resources”
Meeting with Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska) and
17 May 2019 · 'Access to in-vehicle data' and EC recommendation on '5G, cybersecurity and data governance'
Meeting with Silke Obst (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)
8 Mar 2019 · Connected and Automated Mobility
Meeting with Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)
8 Mar 2019 · Data, mobility
Meeting with Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)
8 Mar 2019 · Extended vehicles
Meeting with Silke Obst (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)
6 Mar 2018 · Connected cars topics
Meeting with Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)
6 Mar 2018 · Digital automotive services
Meeting with Alina-Stefania Ujupan (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)
6 Mar 2018 · Connected Cars
Meeting with Marika Lautso-Mousnier (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)
18 Sept 2017 · Vehicle Type Approval Regulation & RMI
Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)
4 Mar 2016 · digitalisation of vehicle repairs
Meeting with Eric Mamer (Digital Economy)
7 Jan 2016 · Connected automatic driving
Meeting with Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)
14 Dec 2015 · Digitalisation of vehicle repairs