Figiefa - Automotive Altermarket Distributors

FIGIEFA, together with five other European associations of the automotive aftermarket, is an active member of the AFCAR Alliance (the Alliance for the Freedom of Car Repair in the EU). AFCAR aims at promoting access to technical information and more generally to all features that allow all the independent aftermarket operators to perform repair and maintenance services. The Members of the AFCAR Alliance are: AIRC, CECRA, EGEA, FIA, FIGIEFA, and FIRM.

FIGIEFA participates in the Right to Repair Campaign (R2RC). Initiated by AFCAR in 2007, this Europe-wide campaign is a major communication tool that aims at maintaining a level-playing field in the automotive aftermarket, advocating for the access to technical information, spare parts, multi-brand diagnostic tools and test equipment, and training needed to ensure quality repair and maintenance services, at affordable prices. More on www.r2rc.eu


FIGIEFA within the ECAR Alliance (European Campaign for the Freedom of the Automotive Parts and Repair Market) also strives to achieve an open market for visible spare parts in the EU. The key objective of ECAR is to ensure that legislation in the field of design protection duly safeguards consumers’ freedom to choose among a wide range of visible spare parts for the repair of their vehicle. ECAR’s goal is the introduction of a “Repairs Clause” in the European Directive 98/71/EC on the legal protection of design rights. More on www.ecar-eu.com