Alliance for the Freedom of the CAR Repair
Acronym: AFCAR
General Information
Identification Code: 668292216120-05
Entity Form: association de fait
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 2/19/2015
Last Update: 3/12/2024
Mission & Interests
Goals: Created in 1997, the AFCAR Alliance speaks on behalf of a wide range of stakeholders representing motoring consumers, the leasing and rental industry, the lubricants industry, and a major part of the automotive aftermarket ranging from test equipment and diagnostic tool manufacturers, parts wholesalers, data publishers as well as independent and authorised repairers (please find a more detailed description at the end of this paper).
Our aim is to promote free competition and fair access to technical information and more generally to all features that allow multi-brand market operators, employing 3.5 million people in over 500.000 companies, to offer competitive repair and maintenance services to the 285 million motoring consumers and duty vehicles operators in the EU. Together, our SMEs constitute a dedicated supply chain, which ensures the competitiveness and dynamism of the automotive industry sector as a whole. Our members are an integral part of the European economy.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Business and industry
- Climate action
- Competition
- Employment and social affairs
- Energy
- Environment
- Single market
- Trade
- Transport
Levels of Interest:
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: - eCall & Telematics
- C-ITS
- Access to repair and maintenance information for passenger cars (Euro 5/6), heavy-duty vehicles (Euro VI), motorcycles (L-cat) and agricultural & forestry vehicles (T-cat)
- Electric Vehicles
- Revision of Vehicle Type-approval Framework Directive 2007/46/EC
- GEAR 2030
- Digital single market / Digitalisation / Digital Platforms
- Internal market strategy
- Industry 4.0
- IoT
- EU Data Economy
- Free flow of data
- Autonomous driving
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: C/O FIGIEFABoulevard de la Woluwe 42 bte 5
Post Code: 1200
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
Phone:
Indic Phone: 32
Phone Number: 27619510
EU Office
Address: C/O FIGIEFABoulevard de la Woluwe 42 bte 5
Post Code: 1200
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
Phone:
Indic Phone: 32
Phone Number: 27619510
Financial Data
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Total Budget: 0
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Membership Information
Members50 Percent: 3
Members: 3
Members F T E: 1.5
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: The Members of the AFCAR Alliance are: ADPA (Automotive Data Publisher Association), CECRA (European Association of Motor Trade and Repairs), EGEA (European Garage Equipment Association), FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile), FIGIEFA (International Federation of Automotive Aftermarket Distributors), LeasEurope (European insurance and reinsurance federation) and AIRC (Association Internationale des Réparateurs en Carrosserie).
Current Job Opportunities
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Posted: 8/21/2025