Access to in-vehicle data & resources

La descripAFCAR and ETRMA welcome the recent ECJ ruling in the case of Carglass/ATU vs. FCA as a significant leap towards fostering fair competition in the automotive aftermarket industry, ultimately benefiting European consumers. This momentous decision echoes our unwavering commitment to establishing a level-playing field and ensuring equitable access to diagnostic, repair and maintenance information (RMI) and vehicle data. These principles are fundamental in upholding the competitiveness of aftermarket services catering to the 280 million vehicles owned by consumers and businesses across Europe.

AFCAR fully supports the Data Act and its principles. It will be an important piece of legislation which establishes the rights of Users to access the data they generate from their connected products and to entrust these data to a service provider of their choice (of course subject to the GDPR).

We believe that the Data Act represents a significant step towards a more competitive European Data Economy and that it is crucial to unlock the value of data generated by connected products and related services for a more innovative mobility ecosystem. As such, AFCAR urges the European co-legislators to fully maintain the key principles and provisions for access to and sharing of data in the final Act.

Companies representing 4.5 million jobs in the automotive sector across Europe have welcomed a very positive exchange with the European Commission on ensuring innovation in the automotive and mobility sector as European regulators set the rules that will define the industry for at least a decade to come.

The AFCAR coalition welcomes the principles and underlying objectives of the Data Act, particularly with regard to the regulation of B2C and B2B data sharing. We fully endorse the principle of the data sovereignty of Users of connected products, including their right to assign access to the data generated through the use of their products to third party service providers of their choice.

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.

Making Europe fit for the Digital Age” was one of the strategic priorities expressed by President von der Leyen for the 2019-2024 period. We applaud the regulatory building blocks, underpinning Europe’s digital leadership that you have advanced, which seek to preserve the highest level of privacy, security, safety, and ethical standards that Europeans deserves. The forthcoming Data Act will complete the “data family” and establish important overall data transaction principles for all of Europe’s IoT sectors, mobility included.

Ahead of the European Commission’s Workshop on “Access to In-Vehicle Data” on 17 September 2021, a broad coalition representing automotive aftermarket operators, vehicle dealers, mobility services and consumers urges the European Commission to publish an ambitious legislative proposal on access to in-vehicle data by the first quarter of 2022 at the latest.

A large coalition representing the automotive aftermarket and consumers is calling on the European Union to take on board its proposal for a Secure On-board Telematics Platform (S-OTP) when legislating on access to in-vehicle data. In the detailed document, “Creating a level playing field for vehicle data access: Secure On-board Telematics Platform Approach”, publishers of technical information, body repairers, dealers and workshops, garage equipment suppliers, tyre manufacturers, road patrols, parts distributors and leasing and rental companies, as well as consumers, provide technical and commercial arguments sustaining their recommendation.

The emergence of the connected vehicle provides a unique opportunity for the creation of a European Single Market for automotive and mobility services. Putting European consumers in control of access to their vehicle’s data and facilitating their ability to choose their preferred service provider are key enablers of such a market. Ensuring equal opportunities for independent service providers to access to in-vehicle data, functions and resources will also help foster innovation & effective competition and will support the growth of European technology companies and competitive SMEs, while better serving the needs of European consumers.

The emergence of the connected vehicle provides a unique opportunity for the creation of a European Single Market for automotive and mobility services. Putting European consumers in control of access to their vehicle’s data and facilitating their ability to choose their preferred service provider are key enablers of such a market. Ensuring equal opportunities for independent service providers to access to in-vehicle data, functions and resources will also help foster innovation & effective competition and will support the growth of European technology companies and competitive SMEs, while better serving the needs of European consumers