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“...keeping track of market and EU political developments and of speaking with one voice...”
-- Peter van der Galien , ADPA's Vice President
“...the association will ultimately enable competitive choice to motoring consumer and businesses...”
-- Ralf Pelkmann , ADPA’s President
News
Brussels, 23 April 2018
Press Release
Broad industry coalition calls upon EU decision-makers to ACT NOW for equal access to in-vehicle data and functions
Brussels, 9 May 2017
Vehicle Type-Approval framework revision: European Parliament pre-approves the Dalton report and gives mandate for IMCO Committee to start Negotiations with Council.
The European Parliament has established its position on the Vehicle Type-Approval Framework Regulation during the plenary session on 4 April. According to the new procedural rules of the EP, the Parliamentarians did not formally adopt the European Parliament’s position at this stage (first reading), but gave the mandate to the Internal Market - IMCO Committee in order to start informal (so-called “trilogue”) negotiations with the Council.
Prior to the vote, the MEPs debated the IMCO Committee report focusing mainly on the whether or not a new Agency should be created.
Rapporteur Dalton (ECR/UK) felt that the IMCO Committee had reached a good compromise which included a new market surveillance system in which 20% of new vehicles would need to be checked, a new forum with peer review and Commission involvement, independent auditors, no direct payment of fees from manufacturers to technical services and a proposal on consumer redress...
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ADPA, the European Independent Automotive Data Publishers Association, has the objective to ensure fair access to automotive data and information and to provide competitive framework conditions for independent data publishers. This will allow the publishers to be able to design and provide competitive, innovative and multibrand products and services to operators of the automotive aftermarket to enable competitive choice to motoring consumers and businesses in the care of their vehicles.
ADPA Members
DENMARK
Hella Gutmann Solutions A/S
Lundborgvej 10
DK - 8800 Viborg
Tel: +45 8660 2888
GERMANY
Robert Bosch GmbH
Postfach 11 29
DE - 73201 Plochingen
Tel: +49 7153 666 435
TecAlliance GmbH
Kreuzstraße 10
DE - 97990 Weikersheim
Tel: +49 7934 99299-0
ALLDATA Europe GmbH
Auenweg 11
DE - 50679 Cologne
DVSE Gesellschaft für Datenverarbeitung, Service und Entwicklung mbH
Carl-Benz-Weg 1
D-22941 Bargteheide
Tel: ++49 4532 201401
ITALY
Tekné Consulting Srl
S.S. 156 dei Monti Lepini
Km. 50,200
04100 - Latina
Tel. +39(0)773262501
THE NETHERLANDS
HaynesPro
Flankement 6
NL-3831 SM Leusden
Tel: +31 35 603 6270
Fource Holding B.V.
‘s Gravelandseweg 379
3125BJ Schiedam
The Netherlands
UNITED KINGDOM
Autodata Ltd
Priors Way, Maidenhead
GB - SL6 2HP Berkshire
Tel +44 162 868 8151
Alliances
ADPA, together with five other European associations of the automotive aftermarket, is an active member of AFCAR (the Alliance for the Freedom of Car Repair in the EU). Created in 1997, AFCAR aims at promoting access to technical information and more generally to all features that allow all the multi-brand aftermarket operators to perform repair and maintenance services.
The Members of the AFCAR Alliance are:
Independent Data Publishers
European Independent Data Publishers Association
Dealers and Repairers
European Council for Motor Trades and Repair
Garage & Test Equipment Manufacturing
European Garage Equipment Association
Road Patrols
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, Region I
Independent Parts Distribution
International Federation of Automotive Aftermarket Distributors
Leasing and Rentals Industry
European Leasing and Rentals Industry
Contact
ADPA Secretariat
ADPA, the European Independent Automotive Data Publishers
Boulevard de la Woluwe, 42 box 5
1200 Brussels, Belgium
Phone +32 2761 95 10
Fax +32 2 762 12 55
secretariat@adpa.eu
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