Figiefa - Automotive Altermarket Distributors

FIGIEFA, as the representation of automotive spare parts distributors and large repair chains, is active on a number of issues at EU level affecting the automotive aftermarket.

The new Competition law framework applying to the automotive sector

Since the 1st June 2010, new rules for competition in the automotive aftermarket are in application. Read more...

Euro 5/6 Regulations (Type-Approval legislation)

The 'Euro 5' Regulations (EC) 715/2007 and (EC) 692/2008 include specific provisions on access to technical information for independent operators and primarily aim at reducing the green house gas emissions of new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. Read more...

Euro VI (Heavy Duty vehicles)

The ‘Political part’ of the legislative framework for the type-approval of heavy duty vehicles provides for the transfer of all provisions on access to repair information from the ‘Euro 5’ Regulation to the future Euro VI Regulation on heavy duty vehicles. Read more...

Eurodesign

On 14 September 2004 the European Commission adopted a legislative proposal to include a Repairs Clause into the Design Directive 98/71/EC. The clause provides for free competition in the market of visible replacement parts. Read more...

L-category vehicles (two- and three-wheelers)

The European Commission has launched a new initiative to simplify the current legal framework (currently composed of 15 Directives), to lower road transport emissions, and to increase vehicle safety for new two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (L-category vehicles). The upcoming legislative framework will also tackle repair and maintenance of these vehicles. Read more...

Auto-Gration project

The goal of the Auto-Gration project is to create a way for all organisations along automotive supply chains across Europe to exchange eBusiness data seamlessly, regardless of their locally installed digital infrastructure. Read more...