Simple changes in the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation (#MVBER) Guidelines are not enough to address the current market problems, and the European Commission should act now! EU Competition Margrethe Vestager #Automotive #Aftermarket LKQ Euro Car Parts reuters.com/business/autos…

Ein #Monopol kostet Kund:innen viel Geld. Das gilt für Traktoren in den USA genauso wie für #PKW & Nutzfahrzeuge in #Europa. Der Trend zu Monopolteilen bzw. #captiveparts ist auch bei uns auf dem Vormarsch. #MVBER EU Competition orf.at/stories/330064…

Sinnvoll und stärkt die regionale Wertschöpfung: #Wartung & #Reparatur. Auch sinnvoll: #Reparaturklausel & #Reparaturbonus. Sinnlos: #Abwrackprämie & Wrackbörse. #RightToRepair Leonore Gewessler Martin Kocher patentamt.at AK Österreich oe1.orf.at/programm/20230…

"Ohne funktionierenden, fairen Wettbewerb stünden Fahrzeugnutzern finanziell harte Zeiten bevor", betont VFT-Obmann Birner. #Automotive #Aftermarket #AATP #MVBER #DataAct #AccessToData #RightToRepair Agenda Austria autoservice.co.at/werkstatt/zuse…

The automotive sector is set to be one of the largest data generators, with the number of connected cars increasing. Consumer protection concerns about #CarData need to be urgently addressed. Sector-specific legislation is needed now. 📑 fiaregion1.com/study-on-gdpr-… #MyCarMyData

Concerns about the impact on consumers shared by IMCO Committee Press Vice Chair Krzysztof Hetman in question to Margrethe Vestager calling for action on #MVBER; "how will it ensure legal certainty for independent operators & effective safeguards for aftermarket competition?" mlexmarketinsight.com/news/insight/e…

FIGIEFA signs with 9 other European associations petition to Ursula von der Leyen and the whole European Commission as urgent action is needed on pro-consumer and pro-competitive access to in-#vehicle #data legislation. #AccessToData for #DigitalMobility 🧵

Wie wird der Kfz-Reparatursektor in #Österreich in 10 Jahren aussehen? Antworten gibt's beim VFT-Branchentreff 2023: #Mobilitätswende, #Datenwirtschaft und die Folgen für den #Automotive #Aftermarket. #KfzTechniker #RightToRepair #AccessToData #MyCarMyData vft.at/news/detail/vf…

Es hakt! "Blockade verhindert Weiterentwicklung von Mobilitätsangeboten", betont VFT-Obmann Birner & fordert Ende von Verzögerung bei sektorspezifischer #Datengesetzgebung. Margrethe Vestager Ursula von der Leyen European Commission Austria at EU Florian Tursky #AccessToData autoundwirtschaft.at/news/39826-es-…

Jetzt aber 🙏 wirklich Europaparlament: ein #Europa, eine #Reparaturklausel. Ist mittlerweile der vierte Anlauf der European Commission zur Harmonisierung (1993, 1997, 2004, 2023). Und wir unterstützen das Vorhaben gemeinsam mit ECAR - Freedom of Repair auch dieses Mal wieder ... #RightToRepair

Is the European Commission ready to sacrifice the whole #automotive and mobility services ecosystem to the benefit of Vehicle Manufacturers and their Hyperscaler partners? #AccessToData for #DigitalMobility Thierry Breton Margrethe Vestager @EURACTIV euractiv.com/section/transp…

🗨 There is a wealth of applications that could be developed by the automotive aftermarket if given sufficient access to #CarData. FIA Region I Director General, @lkrid2, speaks on Access to Vehicle Data in FIGIEFA podcast #AutoMotives. 🎧 soundcloud.com/figiefa/auto-m…

EU regulators must compel car manufacturers to share vehicle-generated data with independent repairers to avoid raising costs for car owners and imperiling businesses, repair companies have said. ift.tt/6fK8TUu

Lorraine Frega (Michelin): "Accessing data has given Michelin the way to give better service to our clients, innivative products, and safer mobility." Give #AccessToData for #DigitalMobility European Commission

Discussing access to car data is like having old wine in a new bottle. Consumers are at the heart of a rough battle to influence their choice: the data generated while driving is personal data and they must have control over it. x.com/figiefa/status…

VFT fordert rasche Einführung der Reparaturklausel autoundwirtschaft.at/news/40390-vft…

#DataAct Intense week with #Coreper meeting today after trilogue meeting yesterday. A very important issue to still be defined properly in order to guarantee fair competition and free choice of the service provider by the European consumers: the scope of #data. ALL data

No #RightToRepair for 10 more years because of the new EU #design directive? European Commission wants to divide by >50 the potential annual saving gain of consumers on product repairs… according to its own impact assessment

Georg Ringseis ist im Vorstand des VFT für die Belange der freien #Kfz-Werkstätten verantwortlich. Seine Sicht auf deren Zukunft hat er im Interview mit Peter Seipel vom Online-Portal der KFZwirtschaft geteilt. #righttorepair automotive.at/kfz-technik/di…

🎙️#AutoMotives is back! In this episode, Álvaro de la Cruz and Jan Willem van der Linden (BOVAG) discuss the #SERMI authorisation scheme, a real game-changer in car repair and maintenance across Europe. Don't miss them! #RightToRepair soundcloud.com/figiefa/auto-m…