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Schaeffler AG

Seit über 75 Jahren treibt die Schaeffler Gruppe als ein weltweit führender Automobil- und Industriezulieferer zukunftsweisende Erfindungen und Entwicklungen in den Bereichen Bewegung und Mobilität voran.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Bonifacio Garcia Porras (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG

13 Jan 2026 · Implementation of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) and potential strategies by Chinese steel exporters to circumvent EU fair competition rules

Response to Digital package – digital omnibus

14 Oct 2025

As a major German automotive and industry supplier actively engaged in the digital and green transition, working with stakeholders ranging from global big tech to local SMEs, we can provide the European Commission with a comprehensive picture of the different challenges encountered by the current legislative framework. In order to complement more extensive position papers that are currently circulating, the aim of the attached position paper is to provide concrete examples of challenges faced and potential solutions without lowering the level of ambition originally intended by the European Commission.
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Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament) and Robert Bosch GmbH and

8 Oct 2025 · Austausch mit den Betriebsräten zu EU-Verkehrspolitik

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament) and Robert Bosch GmbH and

8 Oct 2025 · Austausch mit Betriebsrät:innen: Klimafreundliche Mobilität und Sicherung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Zulieferindustrie in Deutschland & Europa

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

5 Sept 2025 · - Compétitivité des entreprises - Marché intérieur - Protection de la souveraineté et du pouvoir d’achat - Relation US/EU

Meeting with Manfred Weber (Member of the European Parliament) and thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG and ORMAZABAL ELECTRIC

2 Jul 2025 · Politischer Austausch

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and

1 Jul 2025 · Discussion on the current situation in the steel value chain.

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

Response to Delegated act on primarily used components under the Net-Zero Industry Act

20 Feb 2025

On behalf of Schaeffler the feedback is all contained in the attached document to which we kindly ask the Commission to refer.
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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 Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Dec 2024 · Climate and Transport Policy

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament) and Stadtwerke München GmbH

19 Sept 2024 · Environmental Policy

Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner) and

10 Sept 2024 · High-level executive roundtable: preventing the circumvention of EU sanctions on sensitive goods.

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President) and BUSINESSEUROPE and

10 Sept 2024 · Preventing the circumvention of EU sanctions on sensitive goods

Response to Carbon footprint methodology for electric vehicle batteries

27 May 2024

For over 75 years, the Schaeffler Group, as a leading global automotive and industrial supplier, has been driving pioneering inventions and developments in the areas of motion and mobility. With innovative technologies, products, and services in the fields of CO2-efficient drives, electromobility, Industry 4.0, digitalization, and renewable energies, Schaeffler is a reliable partner for making motion and mobility more efficient, intelligent, and sustainable. Schaeffler produces precision components and systems for powertrain and chassis, as well as rolling and plain bearing solutions for a variety of industrial applications. Therefore, the battery regulation is relevant for Schaeffler and we would like to provide the following feedback on the elaboration of the carbon footprint methodology for batteries for electric vehicles. 1. The system boundary rules defined in section 2.2.1 are not clearly defined and contradictory: a. The life cycle stage of main product production is supposed to cover all components that are physically contained in or permanently attached to the battery housing. However, it is unclear, whether the list of activities (points (a) to (i) of section 2.2.1. (b)) covers all components as described above, or whether the scope of all components is broader than those activities listed. b. Concretely, would a component that is not listed under the list of activities, but which e.g. is permanently attached to the battery housing, be covered or not? 2. The data collection requirements and quality requirements detailed in section 2.3. of the draft annex are too extensive and require further clarification: a. Section 2.3.1. requires suppliers to provide sensitive information to manufacturers, some of which today is not being measured or published. Moreover, the formulation that the company-specific datasets communicated by the suppliers to the manufacturer shall be accompanied with the information needed by the manufacturer or another of its suppliers raises concerns related to intellectual property rights. b. In section 2.3.1. (c), it is unclear which data is covered by the company-specific dataset for different processes and whether the dataset includes only company-specific activities or also upstream activities. c. There is no timeline provided, clearly defining by when the information has to be submitted. 3. The choices of databases laid out in section 2.3.4. are incoherent and not aligned with other EU legislation: a. Section 2.3.4. states that the nomenclature shall be aligned with the EF 3.1 reference package and other datasets available on the European Platform on LCA. It remains unclear, what to do when future versions of datasets are released. b. Moreover, there is no clear timeline yet, when the carbon footprint data stock will be available on the LCDN, leaving companies with insufficient planning certainty. 4. The requirement to base the carbon footprint of the consumption of electricity on the national average electricity consumption mix in section 2.4 is counterproductive, rejecting the use of renewable energy certificates, and is not in line with other EU legislation: a. Using the national average electricity consumption mix as reference effectively makes the instrument of Power Purchasing Agreements which are promoted in the Critical Raw Materials Act, worthless and removes the incentive for companies to invest in local Green Power Purchase Agreements. b. Moreover, the gap between countries with low-carbon and high-carbon energy mixes will be further widened as investments would be directed towards the former. c. Finally, this would negatively impact the accuracy and coherency of companies sustainability reports.
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Meeting with Angelika Niebler (Member of the European Parliament) and Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft and

30 Jan 2024 · Standard essential patents

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and European Association Automotive Suppliers

16 Jan 2024 · Introductory visit for the new CLEPA president. Role of CLEPA in supporting the electric and digital transition in the automotive sector

Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Dec 2023 · Current legislative files