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Automotive issues monitoring.

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Meeting with Léon Delvaux (Director Trade) and

14 Jan 2026 · Issues relevant for EU UK trade in automotives

Response to Persistent organic pollutants: medium-chain chlorinated paraffins.

18 Dec 2025

Please consider attached comments intended to provide constructive input from the standpoint of actual regulatory implementation & compliance, while fully respecting the high-level objectives of EU environmental & chemicals policies and the spirit of the Stockholm Convention.
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Meeting with Mark Nicklas (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

21 Oct 2025 · Automotive topics (made in Europe, EU-UK, small cars)

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

10 Oct 2025

To ensure a fair and inclusive transition to zero-emission mobility, this transformation must benefit all Europeans, leaving no workers, regions or consumers behind. In order to maintain social acceptance, measures must support employment, affordability, and regional cohesion. Dedicated social funds and retraining programmes are essential to help automotive workers adapt to new technologies and value chains. At the same time, incentives such as targeted subsidies should make electric vehicles accessible to low-income households and small businesses, thereby preventing mobility poverty. To boost EV uptake, their total cost of ownership must be reduced to make them more attractive than other options. This requires action on three fronts: 1. Firstly, reduce upfront costs through purchase incentives, tax breaks and reduced registration fees. 2. Secondly, manufacturing costs should be cut by simplifying regulation, streamlining compliance, and fostering competitiveness among OEMs. 3. Thirdly, running costs should be reduced by ensuring affordable electricity prices, expanding charging infrastructure and promoting services such as vehicle-to-grid integration. Equitable investment in charging infrastructure remains vital. Deployment should prioritise underserved and rural areas to ensure that the transition benefits all regions. This is essential for consumer confidence and wider market adoption. If managed properly, the transition can create high-quality jobs and industrial opportunities while maintaining affordable mobility. This requires a balanced approach that supports innovation and competitiveness while establishing realistic implementation timelines. Besides the range of targeted measures to ensure the CO2 emission standards help the European automotive industry to transition (which Nissan has more comprehensively outlined in its response to the public consultation questionnaire related to this initiative), fresh thinking on how these standards can support a just transition to cleaner mobility is needed. One such approach would be broadening the scope of the regulatory framework to include quadricycles (categories L6e and L7e) within zero-emission vehicle targets and pooling provisions. Extending these targets would incentivise the production of electric quadricycles in Europe and recognise their clear advantages. Including quadricycles in the targets would give car manufacturers more flexibility to comply, diversify their offerings and stimulate growth in a new market segment. It would also support small, innovative vehicle manufacturers while promoting affordable, sustainable urban mobility solutions. The CO2 emission standards are intended to reduce transport emissions and improve quality of life for inhabitants of the EU. Greater uptake of quadricycles would support both of these goals. Even non-electric quadricycles have lower emissions than full-size vehicles, making them particularly suited to urban environments, as do their compact size, low energy consumption and minimal space requirements. The value to Europe of a shift back towards smaller, affordable cars has already been acknowledged by the Commission inclusion of quadricycles in the standards would be fundamentally in line with this position. Inclusion of these vehicles within the standard would provide an additional flexibility for manufacturers to earn credits towards overall compliance with the regulation, without undermining any climate or clean air commitments, as well as providing a boost to an additional segment of European industry. A socially just and economically balanced approach, combining social support, cost reduction, infrastructure equity and technological diversity, will be central to ensuring that Europe's shift to zero-emission mobility is both fair and successful. Adding quadricycles to the standard is a straightforward, quickly deliverable option towards this.
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Meeting with Apostolos Tzitzikostas (Commissioner) and

26 Sept 2025 · Exchange of views

Meeting with Anna Panagopoulou (Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas), Simone Ritzek-Seidl (Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas) and

21 Feb 2025 · Exchange of ideas with regard to the automotive dialogue

Meeting with Joaquim Nunes De Almeida (Director Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

21 Feb 2025 · Automotive industry