{"id":53433,"date":"2025-05-05T14:31:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acea.auto\/?post_type=publications&p=53433"},"modified":"2025-05-05T14:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:32:05","slug":"acea-position-on-omnibus-package-1","status":"publish","type":"publications","link":"https:\/\/www.acea.auto\/publication\/acea-position-on-omnibus-package-1\/","title":{"rendered":"ACEA position on Omnibus Package 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The European Automobile Manufacturers\u2019 Association (ACEA) welcomes the Omnibus Package 1, as it will simplify corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence and the EU Taxonomy, providing much-needed regulatory relief, while still supporting climate neutrality commitments.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Simplification in these areas will significantly benefit manufacturers, who have called on the European Commission to boost the competitive capabilities of European industries through a coherent, realistic and simplified regulatory framework.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, to ensure meaningful and actual simplification, while maintaining climate goals in mind, ACEA highlights nine aspects that need to be addressed in the ongoing legislative procedure: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Ensure a level playing field until legal clarity is reached<\/strong>: Postponing CSRD for Waves 2 and 3 is welcome, but reporting should also be voluntary for Wave 1, including a pause on new data and audits, until legal clarity exists across all member states.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Harmonise reporting timelines across Member States:<\/strong>
    Align report publication timelines across the EU to ensure consistent data collection and avoid requiring reports within six months of fiscal year-end.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Clarify expectations for Climate Transition Plans under CSRD\/CS3D<\/strong>
    Define and harmonise expectations for climate plans, allowing companies to align with the Paris Agreement based on reasonable efforts, and refer to CSRD\/ESRS E1 for consistency, despite limited sector-specific benchmarks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Prevent over-transposition (\u201cgold plating\u201d) under CS3D<\/strong>
    Discourage member states from adding national rules beyond CS3D to avoid legal fragmentation and extra business costs across the EU.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Exempt subsidiaries from separate reporting<\/strong>
    Allow group subsidiaries to skip individual CSRD reports if covered by their parent\u2019s consolidated sustainability report.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Clarify auditor role and limit checks to every three years<\/strong>
    Avoid excessive audit requirements resembling financial audits; ESG data is still developing, and frequent reviews raise costs without added value.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Simplify stakeholder definitions<\/strong>
    Apply a pragmatic stakeholder definition, excluding unions\/employees of business partners, and limit consultation to the risk mapping stage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Exempt critical suppliers from suspension rules<\/strong>
    Allow exceptions from suspending suppliers if they provide essential goods or services with no alternatives, such as rare earth materials.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Clarify due diligence thresholds and legal language<\/strong>
    Define vague terms in Article 8\u2014replace \u201cplausible information\u201d with \u201creliable and relevant information\u201d\u2014to support effective due diligence beyond Tier 1.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n\t\t
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    The European Automobile Manufacturers\u2019 Association (ACEA) welcomes the Omnibus Package 1, as it will simplify corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence and the EU Taxonomy, providing much-needed regulatory relief, while still supporting climate neutrality commitments.<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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    ACEA position on Omnibus 1 package<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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