Consultation participation and their own register declarations, side by side. Counts, not judgments — participation is not influence.
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 583 consultation files tracked so far (42,224 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Register facts self-declared (snapshot 2 Sept 2026); cost bands are floors. Shared files are shared attention, not evidence of coordination.
What each said, in their own words
Their opening passages on the files they share, verbatim and in filing order. We do not summarize, compare, or characterize positions — read them at source.
The ELV Directive, which came into force 20 years ago largely delivered on its initial objectives due to the significant efforts made by the automotive and the recycling industry. The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) fully supports the European Commission’s initiative to ensure a better consistency with the objectives of the European Green Deal, including the Circular Economy Action Plan and the…
The ECF supports the move to a better environmentally friendly industry and is working with its partners on many aspects to improve this including the materials used in the manufacture to enable a reduction in our effect on the environment. However, we feel the inclusion of trailers in the End-of-life vehicle Regulation will have a very minimal benefit with an out of proportion cost to the industry.
The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) is firmly committed to advancing the EU towards a modern, resource-efficient, and competitive economy. We welcome the European Commission's Proposal for a Regulation on circularity requirements for vehicle design and on management of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs), which envisages a transformation towards enhanced sustainability, circularity, and innovation.
The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) represents the 16 major Europe-based car, van, truck and bus makers. The activities of ACEA members sustain 13.8 million jobs for Europeans in the auto industry (directly and indirectly), accounting for 6.1% of all EU jobs.
The European Caravan Federation (ECF) is the umbrella organisation representing the national organisations of the European Caravanning Industry. Membership of the ECF consists of 13 caravanning federations and numerous national members of the caravanning industry within the EU member states.
The European manufacturers of cars, vans and heavy-duty vehicles (trucks, buses and coaches), represented by ACEA, are fully committed to providing the right vehicles to swiftly move Europes mobility and transport sector to climate neutrality and to minimise the impact of our sector on air pollution. ACEAs members support the aim to improve air quality in Europe.
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