We welcome the European Commissions initiative to develop a Circular Economy Act and wish to express our strong support for the key priorities outlined by APRA Europe. We believe the considerations listed in the attached LKQ document are essential for the Acts success and for achieving the EUs environmental and sustainability goals.
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LKQ Europe
Company · Switzerland · EU Transparency Register 371440941030-20
9
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
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legislative files
of 665 tracked
7
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
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Who they are
Among the 1210 companies & groups on this site, they rank #160 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
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self-declared
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EP accreditations
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2021
in the register since
Declares membership of
- FIGIEFA Fédération Internationale des Grossistes, Importateurs & Exportateurs en Fournitures Automobiles/ Internation…
- ADIRA-Associazione Distributori Indipendenti Ricambi Autoveicoli (Italy) https://www.adira.it/
- AICA-Associazione Italiana Costruttori Autoattrezzature (Italy) https://www.asso-aica.it/en/associazione.php
- FEDA-Fédération des Syndicats de la Distribution Automobile (France) https://www.feda.fr/
- TRAXIO/FMA-Fédération du Matériel pour l'Automobile (Belgium) https://www.traxio.be/
- GVA-Gesamtverband Autoteile-Handel (Germany) https://www.gva.de/
- IAAF-Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation (United Kingdom) https://www.iaaf.co.uk/
- RAI-Vereniging/ Autovak “Rijwiel & Automobiel Industrie“ (Netherlands) https://www.raivereniging.nl/
- SAA-Swiss Automotive Aftermarket (Switzerland) https://aftermarket.ch/
- SBF-Sveriges Bildelsgrossisters Förening (Sweden) http://www.bildelsgrossisterna.se/
- SDCM-Stowarzyszenie Dystrybutorów Czesci Motoryzacyjnych (Poland) http://sdcm.pl/en/strona-glowna-en/
- SISA-Sdruzeni Importeru Soucasti Automobilu (Czech Republic) http://www.sisa.cz/cs/sisa-zaruka-kvality
- and 10 more
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Companies & groups
- Head office
- Zug, Switzerland
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
LKQ Europe filed 9 positions between 9 May 2022 and 13 Apr 2026, across 9 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 7 times.
2022 · 3 filed2023 · 1 filed2025 · 3 filed2026 · 2 filed
What they argued
We welcome the Commissions objective to enhance the usability of the EU Taxonomy technical screening criteria and to align them with updated legislation and technological developments. LKQ supports the proposed amendments to Annex II section 5.1 (repair, maintenance, refurbishment and remanufacturing), 5.2 (sale of spare parts), 5.3 (preparation for re-use of end-of-life products and product components) and 5.4…
Please find attached our feedback to the consultation on clean corporate vehicles in which we explain how we are greening our fleet of 8700 vehicles. We also highlight the challenges as well as the economic and operational realities. We urge the Commission to avoid the introduction of ZEV mandates.
LKQ Europe, a subsidiary of LKQ Corporation, with its head office in Zug, Switzerland, is the leading distributor of automotive aftermarket parts for cars, commercial vans and industrial vehicles in Europe. It currently employs approximately 26,000 people with a network of more than 1,000 branches and approximately $6.1 billion in revenue in 2021.
We welcome the Commissions objective to enhance the usability of the EU Taxonomy technical screening criteria and to align them with updated legislation and technological developments. However, the current drafting of proposed Annex I section 3.18 appears to recognise repair and maintenance for M/N vehicles as a substantial contribution to climate change mitigation only when those vehicles have zero specific CO…
LKQ Europe, a subsidiary of LKQ Corporation, with its head office in Zug, Switzerland, is the leading distributor of automotive aftermarket parts for cars, commercial vans and industrial vehicles in Europe. It currently employs approximately 26,000 people with a network of more than 1,000 branches and approximately $6.1 billion in revenue in 2021.
Please find attached our response to the consultation. LKQ Europe, a subsidiary of LKQ Corporation is the leading distributor of automotive aftermarket parts for cars, commercial vans and industrial vehicles in Europe. It currently employs approximately 26,000 people with a network of more than 1,000 branches and approximately $5.7 billion in revenue in 2022.
The attached LKQ Europe position paper highlights the critical importance of adapting regulatory frameworks to address the evolving challenges brought about by advanced vehicle technologies, particularly electric and automated vehicles.
The proposed amendments of the product liability directive and the introduction of the new AI liability directive cut across the operations of LKQ Europe. In the attached response we focus on four issues: Distributor liability: the importer can be held liable in case of import from outside the EU and the proposed time for the distributor to identify an economic operator Circular economy and remanufacturing: the…
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