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The European Commission has welcomed the provisional political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council on its proposal to delay the start of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) by 12 months, claiming this longer phase-in period will “ensure proper and effective implementation” while “preserving its integrity.”
A report prepared for the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) shows the extent of the European tyre industry’s contribution to the regional economy last year. This analysis by Oxford Economics shows that in 2023, the tyre manufacturing sector supported an estimated total contribution to the European Union’s GDP of around €44 billion and sustained almost 500,000 jobs across the region.
The EU Council has agreed to postpone the application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) by 12 months, a decision that the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers Association “regrets”. The tyre makers’ representative believes that pushing back the start dates “brings a new phase of uncertainty” into an industry that “needs predictability, and action from the European Commission to bring further clarity and solve the remaining issues standing in the way of a full and fair implementation of the Regulation.”
Tomorrow, the European Parliament will vote on a proposed amendment to the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) that would postpone its date of entry into application from 30 December 2024 to 30 December 2025, and until 30 June 2026 for small and micro-enterprises, and delay the benchmarking deadline to 30 June 2025. The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) warns against this postponement.
The Board of the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) approved the application of Linglong Tire to become a full Corporate Member of the Association with immediate effect.
The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has published its members’ replacement tyre sales figures for the third quarter and first nine months of 2024, comparing these results with statistics for tyre imports during the period. Adam McCarthy, the association’s Secretary General, notes that while member sales volumes for Consumer segment tyres are improving, mainly driven by rising demand for all-season tyres, volumes are still negative in the Truck segment. Significantly, both are still far from their pre-pandemic volumes.
Last week, the Coalition of Independent Service Providers (ISP) wrote to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, urging her to prioritise the already-prepared proposal for a legislation on access to in-vehicle data as part of her first 100-day plan. As part of ISP, the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) states that it “strongly agrees” on the importance of ensuring fair competition in the automotive and mobility services markets, emphasising the need for sector-specific regulation to complement the Data Act.
Following a challenging 2023, the European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers Association (ETRMA) has reported positive developments in the first half of 2024. ETRMA members recorded a year-on-year increase in replacement consumer PCLT (passenger car, light truck) and agricultural tyre sales in H1 2024, with particularly strong performance in the second quarter. However, PCLT tyre imports grew at a faster rate than member sales.
The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has joined 109 other European associations in urging the European Union institutions to allocate increased resources to the forthcoming European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP10).
The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has become an associate member of the Global Data Service Organisation (GDSO) for Tyres and Automotive Components, a non-profit organisation established in 2022 with the aim of standardising tyre-related data and facilitating access to and exchange of this data. Adam McCarthy, ETRMA secretary general, comments that the association’s decision to join GDSO “underscores the European tyre industry’s commitment to driving technological advancement and sustainability within the sector.”
The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has published its members’ Q1 2024 replacement tyre sales figures, and the general trend remains towards lower sales volumes. “The general inflationary context continues to affect the demand in all tyre product lines,” comments Adam McCarthy, ETRMA secretary general.
The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has released its Manifesto for the legislative period of 2024-2029, titled “#TRACTION4CHANGE: A shared agenda for a competitive, secure, and inclusive Europe.” This manifesto advocates for strategic initiatives aimed at bolstering the industrial competitiveness of the sector while emphasising its crucial role in advancing zero-emission mobility, circularity, and sustainability.
On 20 February 2024, 73 industry leaders from nearly 20 industrial sectors signed the ‘The Antwerp Declaration for a European Industrial Deal’. Many more have signed since then, including the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA). The ETRMA thus joins over 900 organisations across 25 sectors asking for industry and industrial policy to be at the core of the new European Strategic Agenda for 2024-2029.
The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has formally communicated with the EU Commission and Member States via a cross-commodity letter, urging for “urgent clarifications and workable solutions” in the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).
Michelin reports that it is presenting a “new step forward with the development of a system for analysing small particles” as well as “the first research results to the scientific community and industry” during Tire Technology 2024. Details of this research were published in December 2022 and in March 2023. More recently, Michelin has made the system for analysing emitted light particles available to the tyre industry and to ETRMA (European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers’ Association). The ETRMA will furthermore conduct a campaign of measurements on a larger scale with the aid of an independent third party. The campaign will launch this year and will continue for around 18 months.
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