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Artificial intelligence is increasingly central to Spanish automotive sector, influencing everything from manufacturing to mobility services. To enable this transformation, the industry needs a regulatory framework that is clear, coherent, and practical.

The automotive sector is at the centre of an unprecedented digital transition. In this context, it is essential to ensure a coherent, harmonised and technologically realistic digital regulatory framework that enables companies to innovate, invest and develop new data-driven solutions.

ANFAC supports the strengthening of European industry, the reduction of external dependencies in key technologies for electrified mobility, and the development of strategic European value chains, particularly in battery manufacturing, where significant investments are already being made in Europe and Spain.

Please find attached detailed comments for the CRMA as well as associated NZIA. In general, Spanish automotive industry welcomes the activities to facilitate and simplify procedures but is aware of the subsidiarity and lack of EU competencies in that area - member states will be key to deliver. Streamlined and enhanced financial instruments are missing as well, especially for NZIA.

Regarding the public consultation opened by the European Commission on Inception Impact Assessment for the Revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive, ANFAC (Spanish Automobile Manufacturers' Association) expounds its comments bellow. In the first place, we remain doubtful of the appropriateness of the timing for this revision, given that several BREFs have yet to be adopted.

We thank the Commission for the initiative to revise the Directive on weights and dimensions within the framework of the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy. Since the aim is to assess whether the rules of the current directive are sufficient to ensure the free movement of goods and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, from the automotive sector, as an important industrial sector in Spain and Europe, and…

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The Spanish Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ANFAC) 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).

The Spanish Association of Car and Truck Manufacturers (ANFAC) is fully committed to the long-term 2050 climate neutrality objectives and supports the Green Deal objectives. In this sense, regarding the inception impact assessment for the CO2 Regulation review for cars and vans (expected June 2021), ANFAC considers that key elements need to be taken into account when investigating possibilities for a higher ambition…

ANFAC, the Spanish Association of Automobile and Truck Manufacturers, considers that the sustainability criteria for plastic recycling technologies should be objective, transparent, verifiable and technologically neutral. It is also crucial that the future delegated act identifies the criteria used to assess such technologies and the documentation by which their compliance can be demonstrated.

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In the context of the initial impact assessment of the revision of Directive 2014/94/EU on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, the Spanish Association of Automobile and Lorry Manufacturers (‘ANFAC’), has attached a document with its comments on the subject, which can be summarised as follows: Mandatory registration of recharging and delivery points accessible to the public Setting targets and…

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ANFAC, the Spanish Association of Automobile and Truck Manufacturers, considers that the methodology provided for in Article 7 (8) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste will be a key element in ensuring a harmonised application of recycled content requirements across the European Union.

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The European automotive sector is going through a hotspot, marked by rapid technological developments, trade restrictions and growing global competition, in a context very different from that of the current CO reduction targets.

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As the Spanish association of automobile and truck manufacturers, ANFAC supports the Commissions Digital Fitness Check initiative as an important step toward a more coherent and business-friendly regulatory framework, and puts forward proposals in key areas that we believe will encourage innovation, enhance competitiveness, and help ensure that Europe continues to lead globally in automotive technology and digital…

ANFAC, the Spanish Association of Automobile and Truck Manufacturers, considers that the future provisions establish clear, harmonised and verifiable requirements to demonstrate the equivalence of recycled materials from third countries.

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The Spanish Automobile and Truck Manufacturers Association (ANFAC) expresses its support for the Commissions initiative on digitalisation and fully shares the Commissions ambition to simplify administrative processes for businesses, reduce unnecessary administrative complexity, and promote the adoption of digital solutions, including tools like digital product passports.

The Spanish Association of Automobile and Truck Manufacturers (ANFAC) considers that European Commissions Roadworthiness Package (RWP) aims to enhance road safety and environmental standards through updated regulations on Periodic Technical Inspections (PTI), Roadside Inspections (RSI), and vehicle registration.

The Spanish Association of Automobile and Truck Manufacturers (ANFAC) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the draft amendments to the tachograph specifications following the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2024/1258, as well as on the proposed improvements to the smart tachograph.

The Spanish Cars and Trucks manufacturers’ Association (ANFAC) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed Euro 7 secondary legislation for light-duty vehicles, particularly the amendment to Regulation (EU) 2025/1706 addressing battery durability, low-temperature electric vehicle range, and system power determination.

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The Spanish Association of Car and Truck Manufacturers (ANFAC) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the consultation on the draft Commission Implementing Regulation supporting Regulation (EU) 2024/1257 (Euro 7), which establishes the technical provisions, testing procedures, methodologies, and administrative requirements for brake particle emissions from M1 and N1 vehicles.

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