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Continental AG

Conti

Continental develops technologies for sustainable and connected mobility, operating in 58 countries with €41.4 billion sales in 2023.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Paulo Cunha (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Nov 2025 · Tire manufacturing

Meeting with Marion Walsmann (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Jul 2025 · Access to In-Vehicle Data

Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

1 Jul 2025 · Altfahrzeugverordnung

Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Jun 2025 · Current challenges for the tyre industry

Meeting with Ekaterina Zaharieva (Commissioner) and European Association Automotive Suppliers 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 Marc Lemaitre (Director-General Research and Innovation)

13 May 2025 · The Continental Automotive CTO would like to discuss these topics (in margin of EUCAD in JRC Ispra) with DG RTD 1. EU Action Plan: Vehicle of the future 2. Connected, Automated and Autonomous Driving 3. Design and Scope of research project

Meeting with Vivien Costanzo (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Mar 2025 · Visit and exchange of views on the future of the automotive policy

Meeting with Marion Walsmann (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

20 Feb 2025 · Verordnung über standardessenzielle Patente

Meeting with Dennis Radtke (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Feb 2025 · Lage Industrie

Meeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and Robert Bosch GmbH and

12 Feb 2025 · Future of the automotive sector

Meeting with Max Lemke (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft and

10 Jan 2025 · EU Digital Vehicle ecosystem

Meeting with Max Lemke (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and Accenture PLC and AVL List GmbH

7 Jan 2025 · EU Digital Vehicle ecosystem

Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association and Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

20 Nov 2024 · Altfahrzeuge-Verordnung

Meeting with Oliver Schenk (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Oct 2024 · Zukunft der Automobilindustrie in Europa

Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Oct 2024 · Environmental Policy

Meeting with Markus Ferber (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Oct 2024 · Competitiveness in the European automotive industry

Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Oct 2024 · General exchange on current transitional challenges for Continental

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Oct 2024 · Austausch

Meeting with Norbert Lins (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2024 · future of automotive sector

Meeting with Anna Cavazzini (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair) and Apple Inc. and

23 Feb 2024 · Aktuelle Themen in der Europapolitik und Sachsen

Meeting with Michael Kauch (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Feb 2024 · Standard Essential Patents

Meeting with Marion Walsmann (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft and

29 Nov 2023 · Standard Essential Patents

Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and European Association Automotive Suppliers and IP Europe

27 Sept 2023 · Standard Essential Patents Regulation

Meeting with Marion Walsmann (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

19 Sept 2023 · Standard Essential Patents

Meeting with Bernd Lange (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

25 Aug 2023 · General exchange of Views

Continental backs EU plans to regulate standard essential patents

9 Aug 2023
Topic — The European Commission is proposing a new framework for standard essential patent licensing.
Message — Continental wants a mandatory mediation process to decide fair prices before lawsuits occur. They also support a central registry to determine the total cost of technology standards.12
Why — Continental would face fewer lawsuits and have more certainty over technology costs.3
Impact — Patent owners lose leverage to force agreements through immediate threats of sales bans.4
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Continental Urges Equal Taxonomy Treatment for Automotive Suppliers

3 May 2023
Topic — The consultation establishes classification criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities in the EU.
Message — Continental requests equal treatment for automotive suppliers compared to vehicle manufacturers. They argue current proposals restrict reporting for components verified for emission-free vehicles. They suggest removing restrictive terms like used only to reduce legal risks.123
Why — This would enable the company to secure green capital and improve its sustainability ratings.45
Impact — Unequal treatment harms the competitive opportunities of suppliers and risks millions of European jobs.67
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Meeting with Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel (Member of the European Parliament) and Salzgitter AG

17 Apr 2023 · Exchange regarding partnership between Mykolaiv and Hannover

Meeting with Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager) and

24 Mar 2023 · Standard Essential Patent Licensing

Meeting with Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

20 Mar 2023 · EU standardisation strategy

Response to Transitional measures for smart tachograph 2 regarding its use of OSNMA

7 Mar 2023

Continental, as a manufacturer of tachographs with an extensive history and experience in this field, would like to contribute to this public consultation regarding the transitional measures as outlined in documents draft implementing regulation - Ares(2023)1295561 and Annex - Ares(2023)1295561. After careful review of the documents mentioned above, we welcome the Commissions proposal due to various reasons. Firstly, the proposal reflects a very practical approach which will deal with the current technical challenges that industry faces with the delayed availability of the Galileo OSNMA authenticated signal. From our own experience of software updates on our tachographs in the field in the past, we see that the required Software update will be part of the periodical inspection procedure of the tachograph (the tachograph has to be calibrated every 24 months), as proposed in DG Moves transitional measures and could be easily integrated in the periodical inspection procedure, not excessively increasing the required time. Secondly, we welcome the Commissions approach, as it clearly takes potential costs for this software update into account. The proposal assures that the related costs and time efforts of such Software update shall be kept as low as possible. Furthermore, such a software update during the legally prescribed periodical inspection will avoid extra costs for additional workshop visits to just perform the software update. In general, we support that the already mandated software updateability of the smart tachograph version 2 will be utilized to introduce a harmonized Galileo authenticated signal (OSNMA) via software update in the field. We thank you for concidering our feedback. Best regards, Matthias Kliche and Egon Warkentin.
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Meeting with Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and Fair Standards Alliance and

3 Mar 2023 · Standard-essential patent.

Meeting with Bernd Lange (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

30 Sept 2022 · General exchange of views

Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

26 Sept 2022 · Chips Act

Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

15 Jun 2022 · deforestation

Meeting with Ismail Ertug (Member of the European Parliament)

11 May 2022 · Standard-essential patents (SEP)

Response to Standard Essential Patents

9 May 2022

Ladies and Gentlemen, Continental welcomes the opportunity to provide input for the Call for Evidence on Standard Essential Patents. Continental strongly supports the European Commission’s efforts to provide an intellectual property framework that “strike[s] a balance between promoting innovation by protecting IP on the one hand and not blocking companies’ access to IP and to the single market on the other” as the call for evidence envisions. Please find the submission of Continental attached. Thank you.
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Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and RENAULT

23 Feb 2022 · Connected and automated cars

Meeting with Katalin Molnar (Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski)

4 Feb 2021 · Ongoing disputes on the topic of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs)

Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen) and Mercedes-Benz Group AG

24 Apr 2020 · standard essential patents (completion of teleconference of 3 April)

Response to Specifications for the provision of cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS)

8 Feb 2019

1) Continental welcomes the effort to create a Delegated Regulation, as the industry requires certainty and a common direction. 2) Continental is ready to deliver technology for the implementation of the DA and is willing to help further develop its framework, particularly, to add possible other communication technologies to the delegated regulation. 3) While the DA provides an industry-wide framework, Continental advocates further industry/government collaboration to improve certain provisioning and operational elements, which will help to ensure the security, maintainability, and cost effectiveness of the system when deployed en masse. The Annex 3 “Certificate Policy” enforces usage of Common Criteria certified cryptographic module as well as the Annex 4 “Security Policy” imposes Common Criteria certification for complete ITS-Stations. While this approach is common for smart cards and cryptographic modules, it is new for Electronic Control Units in the Automotive Domain and there is an absence of Protection Profiles describing security requirements to be evaluated during certification. To safeguard fast deployment we propose to delay requirement on security certification until appropriate certified Protection Profiles are available and base the security requirements to the upcoming automotive compatible cybersecurity standard ISO/SAE 21434. Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent, and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2018, Continental generated preliminary sales of around €44.4 billion and currently employs around 244,000 people in 61 countries and markets.
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Response to Commission Implementing Act on on-board weighing equipment

18 Jan 2019

Continental does welcome the EU initiative with the view to prevent infrastructure damages, to improve road safety and to underline fair competition via truck overload detection. Unfortunately, EU member states will have to carry an administrative burden which could have been shared with centralized functions, such as services provided by DG JRC. The weight detection and weight information should be regarded as a focal point for various use cases that are being developed, on a legislative level and a technical level: 1. Overload detection 2. eCall for HDVs 3. Cabotage 4. Tolling Hence, the EU could widely benefit from a systematic approach, looking for additional synergies, and joining single use cases to strengthen the societal and economic benefits and values that innovation can bring. Therefore, the legislative approach is disappointing from an Innovation perspective. Furthermore, the transport industry and the enforcement community should benefit from day one of this legislation coming into force, bringing more efficiency to the control in the field. The low level of accuracy and the very low level of security (for phase 1 and phase 2) indicate that the system will not be able perform as expected to support meaningful enforcement efforts in the field, leaving the transport industry and enforcement community to carry additional costs with no direct or indirect benefits. Challenges - Missing analysis on the security for OBW will imply that the available weight data can not be trusted fully, the level of automated road-side checks as well as the detection rate can only be improved marginally, if at all - Two steps approach will introduce a system, which is not fully supporting the initial purpose in regards to accuracy, interoperability and reliability (trustworthiness); Furthermore, due to certain reasons, the introduction date for the STAGE 2 could be postponed once again or for an indefinite period of time - Focus on indication of the total weight is questionable, due to the fact that the road safety as well as the road worthiness are also affected negatively, if just one axle is overloaded - Number of the Member States willing to use OBW is still unknown, this fact could have negative impact on the decisions and the cost structure of the industry - Missing impact assessment could lead to disproportionate burdens for the stakeholders - Missing information on technical affects and feasibility leads to the fact that the majority of the respective use cases could remain uncovered - Dynamic systems require a certain time and distance to be driven before weight values can be measured. This means that drivers might only notice the overloading of the vehicle after several kilometres and have no chance to react accordingly Proposals - The trustworthiness regarding the available weight information is crucial for Enforcement Purposes, therefore the security measures shall ensure a proper protection of the whole system - One step approach should be preferred, and the introduction date should be postponed, if needed, so that the affected parties are able to introduce the fully compliant OBW system as soon as possible (e.g. May 2022) - The axle weight determination should be obligatory, so that the road safety as well as the road worthiness could be improved in parallel - Perform analysis, assessments and definitions to be able to introduce more complete version of the Implementing Act, especially in regards to Reliability, Interoperability and Compatibility of the system to be introduced - An indication of the Member States willing to introduce the OBW system could help the industry to make proper decisions
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Response to Radio equipment support access to the E112 emergency services

27 Nov 2018

Continental welcomes the EU commission initiative to improve E112 calls for hand held phones with detailed GNSS/WiFi location information. No impact is currently foreseen in this draft delegated act on telematics control units embedded in the vehicles and that are in charge of eCall on top of many other services. We however anticipate that 2G and 3G networks will soon disappear (in the 2020-2030 timeframe) together with the Circuit Switched technology that the current eCall implementation requires to send mandatory data via the inband modem (MSD). Hence Continental urges the EU commission to work on the roadmap to the next generation eCall system (e.g. NG112) otherwise eCall units in the car will be useless! We foresee that the sending of the MSD via the same mechanism as the AML could be an interesting fall back option to the inband modem. Indeed, when the network reception conditions are weak, inband modem information transfer may be not possible whereas SMS sending is. This is due to the nature of the channels used for the SMS that can cope with weaker RF conditions. AML could also be an interim solution while waiting for the NG112 one. We are open to further discuss these requirements with who it may concern. Thomas de Vial, Djelal Raouf and Erwan Doceux. Continental Interior Business Unit Infotainment and Communication
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Meeting with Violeta Bulc (Commissioner) and

5 Jul 2018 · Meeting on tachographs

Meeting with Christian Linder (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

4 Apr 2017 · Batteries and low-emission mobility

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

26 Jun 2015 · big data, data security, ITS and connected car, real life testing for automated driving