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Czech Automotive Industry Association

AutoSAP

Represent the interest of the companies involved in the automotive production and R&D value chain in the Czech Republic.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Jana Nagyová (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Nov 2025 · Automotive industry

Response to Revision of the CO2 emission standards for cars and vans

10 Oct 2025

The European Commissions review of Regulation (EU) 2019/631 must recalibrate the path towards climate-neutral mobility. Market reality shows that the 2030 and 2035 targets are not achievable under todays conditions. It is therefore imperative to revise these targets and introduce flexibilities, ensuring that the transition remains credible, affordable and safeguards industrial competitiveness. Unrealistic goals force counter-productive penalties, weaken EUs global competitiveness, limit customer choice and keep older, more polluting vehicles on Europes roads. A credible and successful pathway means technology neutrality in practice allowing multiple technologies like BEVs, PHEVs, REEVs, and CO neutral fuels all contribute to our common climate ambition.
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Meeting with Alexandr Vondra (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Sept 2025 · CO2 standards review

Response to Clean corporate vehicles

8 Sept 2025

The Czech automotive industry is committed to Europes decarbonisation goals and already plays a central role in the transition. As the EUs third-largest passenger-car producer, Czech plants built nearly 147,000 electric cars in the first half of 2025 equivalent to about one in nine of all electric vehicle registrations in the EU. The transition, however, will only succeed if it is both operationally and economically viable. Experience shows that positive, targeted incentives not quotas are what make the transition viable for businesses and consumers alike. Binding green corporate fleet targets misdiagnose the problem: uptake is not constrained by a lack of corporate demand, but by structural barriers negative total cost of ownership, high electricity and charging prices, uneven charging and hydrogen refuelling networks, a shortfall in battery production capacity, long permitting processes, and grid bottlenecks. Unless these obstacles are addressed, Europe cannot win the race.
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Meeting with Jan Dusik (Deputy Director-General Climate Action)

26 Jun 2025 · Challenges of the automotive sector in Europe

Meeting with Ondřej Krutílek (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Jun 2025 · Strategic dialogue with automotive sector

Response to Methods, requirements and tests for type-approval of OBFCM devices, OBD and OBM systems of M1 and N1 vehicles and EVP

13 May 2025

While we appreciate the complexity of the Euro 7 package and the efforts invested in its preparation by the Commission, delays in the adoption of the secondary legislation are creating significant uncertainty for the automotive industry. These delays disrupt production planning, delay new model introductions, and hinder investment decisions due to the lack of clarity on compliance requirements. The first set of implementing acts is already behind schedule. Adoption is now expected around late June 2025, while Euro 7 rules for new vehicle types are set to apply from May 2026leaving less than 12 months for industry and national authorities to implement the necessary changes. Moreover, the second package covering key elements like brakes and battery durability remains significantly delayed, with no clear timeline for finalisation. This situation severely limits preparation time and risks derailing the launch of planned vehicle typesultimately contradicting the very aim of this Regulation and the broader ambition of reducing emissions from LDVs. Despite these delays, the first package must not be rushed. Its quality, clarity, and legal certainty must be improved before adoption to provide the planning stability that both industry and type-approval authorities need. Therefore, we urge the Commission to resolve the following critical open points before any TCMV vote: Clarify provisions on manipulation devices, Type 6 testing, OBM, OBFCM, and EVP burden. Address unresolved technical and legal concerns to ensure regulatory certainty. Introduce a transitional, time-limited Euro 7 TEMP type-approval (valid 24 years) for vehicles developed under the first package, to bridge the gap until the full framework is complete. Although not included in this package, the Commission should maintain continuity and feasibility by revising the Utility Factor (UF) methodologyretaining the Euro 6 EB baseline with a 2,200 km distance parameter. Given the complexity of the package, the Czech Automotive Industry Association (AutoSAP) is submitting a summary of our key priorities. For the full technical detail, and in light of our close coordination with ACEA, AutoSAP fully endorses and refers to ACEAs submission. This avoids unnecessary duplication and reflects our aligned views. We kindly ask that ACEAs position be considered as fully representative of AutoSAPs own. We trust that this approach will be duly respected and taken into account in the ongoing decision-making process. ACEA amendments on Euro 7 MIA https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14333-Vehicle-emissions-methods-tests-and-requirements-for-Euro-7-emissions-type-approval-of-cars-and-vans/F3551492_en. ACEA amendments on Euro 7 OBM https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14332-Vehicle-emissions-methods-and-tests-for-Euro-7-on-board-monitoring-systems-cars-and-vans-emissions-type-approval-/F3551496_en
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Response to Emissions type-approval methods, tests, requirements and methodologies for M1 and N1 motor vehicle categories

13 May 2025

While we appreciate the complexity of the Euro 7 package and the efforts invested in its preparation by the Commission, delays in the adoption of the secondary legislation are creating significant uncertainty for the automotive industry. These delays disrupt production planning, delay new model introductions, and hinder investment decisions due to the lack of clarity on compliance requirements. The first set of implementing acts is already behind schedule. Adoption is now expected around late June 2025, while Euro 7 rules for new vehicle types are set to apply from May 2026leaving less than 12 months for industry and national authorities to implement the necessary changes. Moreover, the second package covering key elements like brakes and battery durability remains significantly delayed, with no clear timeline for finalisation. This situation severely limits preparation time and risks derailing the launch of planned vehicle typesultimately contradicting the very aim of this Regulation and the broader ambition of reducing emissions from LDVs. Despite these delays, the first package must not be rushed. Its quality, clarity, and legal certainty must be improved before adoption to provide the planning stability that both industry and type-approval authorities need. Therefore, we urge the Commission to resolve the following critical open points before any TCMV vote: Clarify provisions on manipulation devices, Type 6 testing, OBM, OBFCM, and EVP burden. Address unresolved technical and legal concerns to ensure regulatory certainty. Introduce a transitional, time-limited Euro 7 TEMP type-approval (valid 24 years) for vehicles developed under the first package, to bridge the gap until the full framework is complete. Although not included in this package, the Commission should maintain continuity and feasibility by revising the Utility Factor (UF) methodologyretaining the Euro 6 EB baseline with a 2,200 km distance parameter. Given the complexity of the package, the Czech Automotive Industry Association (AutoSAP) is submitting a summary of our key priorities. For the full technical detail, and in light of our close coordination with ACEA, AutoSAP fully endorses and refers to ACEAs submission. This avoids unnecessary duplication and reflects our aligned views. We kindly ask that ACEAs position be considered as fully representative of AutoSAPs own. We trust that this approach will be duly respected and taken into account in the ongoing decision-making process. ACEA amendments on Euro 7 MIA https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14333-Vehicle-emissions-methods-tests-and-requirements-for-Euro-7-emissions-type-approval-of-cars-and-vans/F3551492_en. ACEA amendments on Euro 7 OBM https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14332-Vehicle-emissions-methods-and-tests-for-Euro-7-on-board-monitoring-systems-cars-and-vans-emissions-type-approval-/F3551496_en
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Meeting with Alexandr Vondra (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Mar 2025 · CO2 Emission Targets

Meeting with Alexandr Vondra (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Mar 2025 · Industrial Action Plan for the European automotive sector

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

19 Feb 2025 · Dialogue on the future of the automotive sector – Suppliers Session

Meeting with Alexandr Vondra (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Feb 2025 · Automotive competitiveness

Meeting with Lucie Šestáková (Cabinet of Commissioner Jozef Síkela)

20 Jan 2025 · Exchange of views on current challenges of European automotive sector, reflection on EU initiatives in this area

Meeting with Alexandr Vondra (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Oct 2024 · Automotive industry

Meeting with Ondřej Krutílek (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Oct 2024 · Crisis of automotive industry

Meeting with Ondřej Krutílek (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Sept 2024 · Automotive industry and challenges for the future

Response to Revision of EU legislation on end-of-life vehicles

4 Dec 2023

The Association of the Automotive Industry of the Czech Republic (AutoSAP) and its members support the objectives of increasing the use of recycled materials and reducing the consumption of primary materials in production, as well as the proper handling of end-of-life vehicles. This is already common practice in our industry. According to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), the European automotive recycling value chain today achieves an exceptional reuse and recovery rate of around 95%. In the case of cars, the recycling rate is a remarkable 85%, with a further 10% of materials being used to generate energy. Central to this success of the European circular economy is the industry's commitment to 'design for sustainability' practices and to increase the use of recycled materials in new vehicles. We also welcome the European Commission's efforts to establish harmonised standards for the reporting of recycled content. The End-of-Life Vehicles legislation should be the cornerstone for setting automotive recycling targets, so we see the need for automotive circularity to be determined by a single piece of legislation. Not that the setting of partial and smaller targets should be included in other pieces of legislation and proposals, such as the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation and the Directive on common rules promoting the repair of goods (Right to Repair). Legislators need to ensure a coherent regulatory environment that allows manufacturers to increase investment in vehicle recycling. In this context, we see the draft ELV Regulation as the right regulatory framework to ensure consistent implementation across Member States. For this reason, we believe that the flexibility of nation states in the area of implementation should be limited in order to avoid diverging obligations in the implementation framework. This would reduce disproportionate administrative and financial burdens. In addition, the automotive industry is made up of highly complex, cross-sector supply chains, so we believe that a fair distribution of rights and obligations among actors along the value chain is essential for the successful implementation of the legislation. Please, find our recommendations in the attached document (in CZ language).
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Meeting with Tomáš Zdechovský (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Nov 2023 · Meeting with the representatives of Czech Automotive Industry Association on the impact of EURO 7 on Czech automotive industry

Meeting with Juraj Nociar (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

7 Sept 2023 · Automotive Industry.

Meeting with Kateřina Konečná (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

1 Sept 2023 · CO2 emission standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles

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

8 Mar 2023

The Czech Automotive Industry Association - AutoSAP fully supports the joint position of ACEA, CLCCR and CECRA regarding the new smart tachograph version 2 using OSNMA. Please, find the document attached. Kind regards, Marco Boggian Czech Automotive Industry Association - AutoSAP
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