European Association Automotive Suppliers
CLEPA
CLEPA represents the world's most prominent suppliers which have plants in all 28 EU member states.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Zala Tomašič (Member of the European Parliament)
26 Nov 2025 · Future of the european supplier industry
Meeting with Simone Ritzek-Seidl (Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas)
14 Nov 2025 · CLEPA’s input on local content measures
Response to Circular Economy Act
6 Nov 2025
Meeting with João Cotrim De Figueiredo (Member of the European Parliament)
5 Nov 2025 · Automotive industry
Meeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner) and
28 Oct 2025 · High Level Dialogue with Industry executives on the implementation of CBAM
Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and
28 Oct 2025 · High Level Dialogue with Industry executives on the implementation of CBAM.
Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Hyundai Motor Europe
27 Oct 2025 · ELVR
Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)
22 Oct 2025 · Automotive industry
Meeting with Zala Tomašič (Member of the European Parliament)
21 Oct 2025 · Future of automotive industry
Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament)
21 Oct 2025 · Politique industrielle européenne
Response to Digital Omnibus revising several legislative acts in view of regulatory simplification
14 Oct 2025
Meeting with Chiara Galiffa (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič) and
8 Oct 2025 · US and EU Trade Relations concerning tariff rates on the European heavy-duty vehicles sector
Meeting with Pauline Weinzierl (Head of Unit Trade) and
29 Sept 2025 · Exchange on issues related to the current trade context
Meeting with Mark Nicklas (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and
23 Sept 2025 · Competitiveness of EU automotive suppliers
Meeting with Edoardo Turano (Head of Unit Climate Action)
4 Sept 2025 · Strategic Dialogue on the European automotive industry
Meeting with Apostolos Tzitzikostas (Commissioner) and
17 Jul 2025 · Corporate Fleets strategic dialogue
Meeting with Stefan Fuehring (Head of Unit Secretariat-General)
15 Jul 2025 · Exchange of views on the regulatory simplification for the automotive sector
Meeting with Mark Nicklas (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
15 Jul 2025 · Exchange of views on the regulatory simplification for the automotive sector
Meeting with Pierre Chastanet (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and
9 Jul 2025 · Multistakeholder event on European semiconductor policies and investment
Response to First evaluation on the operation of the Innovation Fund - 2025
7 Jul 2025
Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and
2 Jul 2025 · EU Clean Industrial Dialogue on Circularity
Meeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and Association des Constructeurs Européens d'Automobiles
25 Jun 2025 · Automotive
Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament) and Verband der Automobilindustrie
23 Jun 2025 · EU Automotive policy
Meeting with Giorgio Gori (Member of the European Parliament)
18 Jun 2025 · Type approval, automotive omnibus, upcoming review of CO2 emission standards for cars and vans regulation
Meeting with Alexandr Vondra (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
17 Jun 2025 · ELVR
Meeting with Pauline Weinzierl (Head of Unit Trade)
6 Jun 2025 · CLEPA Member’s Day
Response to Cloud and AI Development Act
4 Jun 2025
Response to Apply AI Strategy: strengthening the AI continent
4 Jun 2025
Meeting with Mark Nicklas (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
20 May 2025 · Implementation of automotive action plan
Meeting with Ekaterina Zaharieva (Commissioner) and
16 May 2025 · • EU support for automotive sector • Challenges for the EU automotive sector • Current and future automotive relavant partnerships under Horizon Europe
Meeting with Sabine Weyand (Director-General Trade)
16 May 2025 · Meeting with CLEPA
Meeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)
14 May 2025 · Automotive
Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and
10 Apr 2025 · Impact of US tariffs
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and
10 Apr 2025 · Impact of US tariffs
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
3 Apr 2025 · Exchange on short- and medium term challenges faced by vehicle component manufacturers and aftermarket operators
Meeting with Peter Van Kemseke (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)
27 Mar 2025 · automotive
Response to Amendments to Taxonomy Delegated Acts
26 Mar 2025
Meeting with Mark Nicklas (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
13 Mar 2025 · Regulatory topics concerning automotive industry
Meeting with Peter Van Kemseke (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)
27 Feb 2025 · to follow
Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Commissioner) and
21 Feb 2025 · High-level meeting with the Automotive industry
Meeting with Teresa Ribera Rodríguez (Executive Vice-President) and
19 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on the situation of the automotive industry
Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and
19 Feb 2025 · Dialogue on the future of the automotive sector – Suppliers Session
Meeting with Koen Van De Casteele (Director Competition) and
17 Feb 2025 · Discussion on IPCEI candidates in the automotive industry
Meeting with Mark Nicklas (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
11 Feb 2025 · Action plan for automotive industry
Response to Single Market Strategy 2025
31 Jan 2025
Meeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)
21 Jan 2025 · Future of the automotive sector
Meeting with Roxana Mînzatu (Executive Vice-President) and
15 Jan 2025 · Skills and labour matters
Meeting with Apostolos Tzitzikostas (Commissioner) and
15 Jan 2025 · Competitiveness challenges of the automotive industry
Meeting with Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen), Xavier Coget (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen) and
14 Jan 2025 · The role of the automotive aftermarket in the EU Industrial Action Plan for the automotive sector
Meeting with Helena Hinto (Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas) and
10 Jan 2025 · Introductory meeting
Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
18 Dec 2024 · End-of-life of vehicles
Meeting with Danuše Nerudová (Member of the European Parliament)
17 Dec 2024 · Horizon Europe and automotive industry
Meeting with Valvanera Ulargui Aparicio (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez) and
16 Dec 2024 · Exchange with the Independent Service Providers (ISPs) on the upcoming Commission Initiatives that will support the whole sector competitiveness, including the Competitiveness Compass, the Clean Industry Deal and the Automotive Industry Plan
Meeting with Pierfrancesco Maran (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Ferrari
4 Dec 2024 · End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Commissioner) and
20 Nov 2024 · High Level European Car Summit, organised by EPP and ACEA. EVP Dombrovskis was invited to give a speech.
Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament)
13 Nov 2024 · Austausch zu EU-Automobilpolitik
Meeting with Magda Kopczynska (Director-General Mobility and Transport) and
7 Nov 2024 · Ambrosetti Club Europe - Transport and mobility priorities
Meeting with Pietro Fiocchi (Member of the European Parliament)
17 Oct 2024 · automotive
Meeting with Markus Schulte (Cabinet of Commissioner Iliana Ivanova)
11 Sept 2024 · - European Research & Innovation Policy - Partnerships
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President) and
10 Sept 2024 · Preventing the circumvention of EU sanctions on sensitive goods
Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament) and
3 Sept 2024 · EU Energy and Industry Policy
Meeting with François Kalfon (Member of the European Parliament) and Air France-KLM
3 Sept 2024 · Priorités Transport 2024-2029
Meeting with Ondřej Krutílek (Member of the European Parliament)
17 Jul 2024 · EU policy on automotive industry, climate targets
Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and
4 Jun 2024 · Discussion on preparation of delegated act on conditions to access data for repair and maintenance activities
Response to WHITE PAPER on Export Controls
30 Apr 2024
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
29 Apr 2024 · Exchange on NZIA and Carbon neutral vehicles
Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
4 Mar 2024 · EU trade policy priorities
Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)
20 Feb 2024 · the 2040 EU climate target plan
Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)
29 Jan 2024 · in-vehicle data (together with Ida-Maria Fallesen policy assistant in Cab Vestager)
Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and Schaeffler AG
16 Jan 2024 · Introductory visit for the new CLEPA president. Role of CLEPA in supporting the electric and digital transition in the automotive sector
Meeting with Danuta Maria Hübner (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion) and
20 Oct 2023 · Standard Essential Patents (COD 2023/0133) (Meeting with APA)
Meeting with Susana Solís Pérez (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
16 Oct 2023 · Euro 7 meeting held by parliamentary assistant
Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
27 Sept 2023 · Standard Essential Patents Regulation
Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Bundesverband Güterkraftverkehr Logistik und Entsorgung (BGL) e.V.
20 Jun 2023 · Verkehrspolitik
Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and
5 Jun 2023 · The upskilling/reskilling challenges in the automotive sector in order to ensure a just transition across the ecosystem
Meeting with Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)
18 Apr 2023 · Standard Essential Patents, update from automotive suppliers
Meeting with Matthias Ecke (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)
13 Apr 2023 · Euro 7
Meeting with Liliane Karlinger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)
5 Apr 2023 · Standard Essential Patents
Meeting with Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)
27 Mar 2023 · Standard essential patents (SEP)
Meeting with Kateřina Konečná (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
9 Mar 2023 · ITS Directive Revision
Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)
15 Feb 2023 · In-vehicle data
Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
8 Feb 2023 · Forced Labour ban
Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and
20 Dec 2022 · CO2 standards trucks and buses
Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
17 Oct 2022 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)
6 Oct 2022 · Transport policy: emission limits
Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)
31 Aug 2022 · Green Deal
Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
25 Aug 2022 · Green transition in automotive
Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
2 Jun 2022 · Austausch zur Verkehrspolitik
Meeting with Anouk Faber (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit), Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit)
16 Mar 2022 · Meeting on skills and transitions
Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)
25 Feb 2022 · Transition pathway mobility, Euro 7, data act
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
27 Oct 2021 · Data
Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)
6 Oct 2021 · Transition pathway in automotive in line with EU Climate Law
Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
6 Oct 2021 · Transition pathway in automotive in line with EU Climate Law
Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)
14 Jul 2021 · Access to in-vehicle data
Meeting with Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit)
5 Jul 2021 · Exclusive round table on green transformation social ramifications
Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)
21 Jun 2021 · CO2 standards for cars and vans; Euro 7
Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)
8 Jun 2021 · Renewable fuels
Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)
5 May 2021 · EC's digital agenda and its impact on the automotive sector, Data
Meeting with Helena Hinto (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson), Laure Chapuis (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson) and
30 Apr 2021 · To discuss priorities in climate policy and carbon emission reduction in the mobility sector.
Meeting with Sofja Ribkina (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and
29 Apr 2021 · Steel safeguard review
Meeting with Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean) and
23 Mar 2021 · Renewable fuels to climate neutrality and economic growth
Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and
1 Mar 2021 · European Green Deal
Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament)
25 Feb 2021 · AIDA report
Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)
28 Oct 2020 · Artificial intelligence, data strategy, and cyber security
Response to Proposal for legislation fostering more sustainable corporate governance in companies
8 Oct 2020
Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and
24 Sept 2020 · Pact for Skills Roundtable with the automotive sector.
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
23 Sept 2020 · Roundtable skills for the Automotive sector
Meeting with Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom) and Association des Constructeurs Européens d'Automobiles
14 Sept 2020 · Meeting with the Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
30 Jun 2020 · Introduction to automotive suppliers industry, political priorities
Response to Communication on a EU hydrogen strategy
8 Jun 2020
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President) and Association des Constructeurs Européens d'Automobiles
13 May 2020 · Recovery and Green Deal in Transport
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
13 May 2020 · Automotive industry
Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and
7 May 2020 · Videoconference meeting on the situation of the automotive industry in the crisis, the Commission response to the crisis and initiatives on up-skilling and reskilling.
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
20 Apr 2020 · the automotive industry ecosystem - recovery measures
Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen) and Association des Constructeurs Européens d'Automobiles
31 Mar 2020 · COVID-19 and challenges of restoring production (disrupted supply chains, differentiated de-confinement policies, demand stimulation, etc)
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
26 Mar 2020 · COVID 19 & impact on automotive industry
Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
27 Feb 2020 · The European Green Deal and the automotive supply chain
Response to Climate Law (Legislative proposal)
6 Feb 2020
Meeting with Timo Pesonen (Acting Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
2 Dec 2019 · Courtesy meeting to introduce themselves and present their priorities
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
14 Oct 2019 · Future of Europe
Meeting with Anthony Agotha (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
14 Oct 2019 · Sustainability, climate neutrality
Meeting with Violeta Bulc (Commissioner) and
9 Oct 2019 · Sustainable Mobility
Meeting with Alisa Tiganj (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)
23 Sept 2019 · EU ROAD SAFETY EXCHANGE EVENT - 09/10/2019
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
17 Jul 2019 · Future of Europe
Meeting with Robert Schröder (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)
11 Feb 2019 · R&I in Mobility
Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)
11 Feb 2019 · Road safety
Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)
29 Jan 2019 · the future of the automotive industry, European competitiveness/industrial policy, the ECJ ruling on Euro6 conformity factors
Meeting with Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)
29 Jan 2019 · Automotive suppliers’ industry
Meeting with Christian Burgsmueller (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)
10 Dec 2018 · EU-US Trade relations
Meeting with Maria Asenius (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström), Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström) and
15 Nov 2018 · Possible safeguards
Meeting with Mauro Raffaele Petriccione (Director-General Climate Action)
5 Oct 2018 · Proposals for CO2 standards for cars and HDVs
Meeting with Silke Obst (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)
17 Apr 2018 · automotive suppliers topics
Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
11 Apr 2018 · data economy, access to in-vehicle data, 3rd mobility package, CAD high level meetings
Meeting with Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)
31 Jan 2018 · 3rd Mobility Package
Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President) and
10 Jul 2017 · Mobility package
Meeting with Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)
28 Jun 2017 · Batteries
Meeting with Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)
27 Jun 2017 · industrial policy, GEAR 2030
Meeting with Christian Linder (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)
11 May 2017 · Challenges for the automotive industry
Meeting with Jos Delbeke (Director-General Climate Action)
13 Mar 2017 · monitoring of HDV emissions / CO2 emissions from passenger cars
Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Environment)
20 Jan 2017 · Circular Economy Package, Sustainable Transport
Meeting with Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)
19 Oct 2016 · Post 2020 targets for cars and vans
Meeting with Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)
27 Sept 2016 · Car industry
Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Environment), Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Environment)
15 Jul 2016 · Circular Economy Package
Meeting with Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)
15 Jul 2016 · decarbonisation and diigitalisation of transport
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
30 Jun 2016 · Connected and Automated Driving
Meeting with Jos Delbeke (Director-General Climate Action)
30 May 2016 · New regulation on cars and lorries
Meeting with Bodo Lehmann (Digital Economy)
14 Apr 2016 · connected and automated driving
Meeting with Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)
23 Oct 2015 · Real Driving Emissions
Meeting with Robert-Jan Smits (Director-General Research and Innovation)
4 May 2015 · Introduction of new CEO Paul Schockmel
Meeting with Violeta Bulc (Commissioner) and
27 Apr 2015 · Meeting between Commissioner Bulc and CLEPA representatives
Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner)
16 Apr 2015 · Automotive Industry
Meeting with Joao Aguiar Machado (Director-General Mobility and Transport)
6 Jan 2015 · Politic orientation of the new Commission, Access to vehicles data + C-ITS Platform, Climate change: post 2020 + competitiveness of the sector
Meeting with Robert Madelin (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
6 Jan 2015 · H2020