European Agenda

With the European Green Deal, the EU aims to become the world's first climate-neutral continent. The transformation of the automotive industry is determined by a variety of measures.

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European Agenda

Important decisions are made in Brussels

The European Union decides on important framework conditions for the German automotive industry. You can find the current programs here.

The "Fit for 55" package

Emissions legislation for cars

Zero Pollution Action Plan

EU industrial strategy

EU mobility strategy

Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS)

The latest developments

Things to know from our experts

EU charging network ranking

Rank	Country	Charging points Q1 2021	Passenger car fleet	Car per charging point
1	Netherlands	82,263	8,938,572	109
2	Norway	19,119	2,816,038	147
3	Sweden	13,854	4,887,904	353

Press releases

"Fit for 55"-package

Ambitious targets need all technologies and appropriate regulatory conditions

Automotive industry with record investments

Fleet limits

EU apparently wishes to stop embracing all technologies

On the EU Commission's deliberations on the distribution of CO₂ reduction targets across Europe.

Euro 7

Ban on internal combustion vehicles would have been harmful to the climate

Revision of Euro 7 standard for passenger cars - de facto ban on combustion engine off the table

Supply chain act

Common European regulation on human rights in supply chains now essential

VDA President Hildegard Müller pleads for a European regulation.

Brussels office

Mitja Schulz

Head

mitja.schulz@vda.de

+32 2 70499-71