Entries by Secretariat

Marcin Barankiewicz is the new EGEA Secretary General

Marcin Barankiewicz (42) from Poland will coordinate the work of the European Garage Equipment Association (EGEA) and its 11 national member associations from the beginning of April 2024. “We are delighted to have found in Marcin Barankiewicz a worthy and comparably well-qualified successor to Jordi Brunet Garcia. Jordi has done outstanding work for the European […]

The European Garage Equipment Association Joins the Global Right to Repair Movement for Vehicles

Automotive Aftermarket Releases Best Practice Guidelines for Legislators BRUSSELS – March 09, 2023 – EGEA has joined other global association leaders to support the critical global right to repair movement by signing the new right to repair position statement. The statement enumerates the core beliefs of the movement and the objectives and intended outcomes of […]

Release the handbrake!
End delays to legislative proposal on access to in-vehicle data and unleash
Europe’s data-driven mobility markets

A vast majority of the automotive and mobility services ecosystem together with consumersurge the European Commission to urgently propose an effective sector-specific legislation onaccess to in-vehicle data Brussels, 24 January 2023 The Independent Service Providers (ISPs) grouping have written to President von der Leyen and therelevant College of Commissioners to put an end to the […]

European Commission’s proposal for Data Act welcomed,
but robust automotive-specific legislation urgently required

Brussels, 23 February 2022 – A broad coalition representing a wide range of major automotive aftermarket stakeholders, as well as operators in the mobility services value chain, consumers, the insurance and the tyre industries welcomes today’s publication of the proposal by the European Commission for a European Union’s Data Act.The Data Act lays down important […]