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• Technology, safety, environment protection, energy, labour safety, hazardous materials, research standardisation, quality management, logistics

• DIN, CEN, ISO, DVR, TÜV, Stifterverband für die deutsche Wissenschaft, VDI, ODETTE
• Vintage vehicles

• Coordination Technical Department
  (Vehicle Safety, Emissions/Energy, Materials), Technical Committee ATSU
  R&D Committee Suppliers, Materials Committee, Technical Congress
  GOING (Engineers for the Automobile Industry), VDA Design Award (newcomers to the international design profession)

• Active Safety, Brakes and Steering Systems, SIM-TD, Road Tank Vehicles and Tank Transport Systems, brake and steering systems

• Vehicle Safety, SIM-TD, Commercial Vehicle Technology (trucks and buses), Safety of Electric vehicles, View
  and Handling

• Vehicle Emissions, Energy/Fuels/CO2
  Noise Emissions

• Networked vehicle systems and automated driving (incl. sim^TD), technical customer services (incl. exhaust and general inspections), standardization and harmonization of specifications and testing procedures

• Type Approval Procedure for Vehicles and Parts, Export Homologation,
  Lighting, Anti Theft Device

• Container standardization (CoC packaging), Working Group Digital Factory, Working Group Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), RFID, VDA’s logistics events, Global MMOG/LE (suppliers’ assessment tool)

• Logistics,
• Logistics processes, invoicing processes, Odette, advisory council UPIK,
• Co-operation:
  AWV, BVL CEN, DIN, DSLV, ENX, Fraunhofer, logistics service providers, universities

• EDI and ebusiness, invoicing processes,
• working group KIT, working group
  E 12-Automotive,
• UPIK advisory

• General environmental policy, production-related energy issues, product-related environmental issues, recycling, occupational safety,hazardous materials, fire protection, industrial engineering

• Product-related environmental issues

• Joint pre-competition research and development:
  Safety, technical environmental research, energy efficiency and electrical integration, materials/production technologies and calculation methods, the commercial vehicle transport system

• National/international standardisation strategy, electric mobility and alternative drive train technologies, co-operation with national/international standardisation organisations, cross-industry standardisation

• Standardisation at national/European/international level for the departments vehicle dynamics / chassis technology, general vehicle an engine technology, accident protection and restraint systems

• Standardisation at national/European/international level for the departments electrical/electronic components and systems, load securing in commercial vehicles, containers and swap bodies

• Standardisation at national/European/international level for the departments communication technologies, traffic control and management systems (traffic telematics) and driver assistance systems

• Director

• VDA-QMC event management

• Head of vocational and further education

• Marketing

•   Witness audits / office assessments

•   Training, international relations

• Head of VDA-QMC specialist department, IATF oversight

• Co-ordination of open training sessions

• ISO/TS certification bodies

• Inhouse training co-ordination

• International projects

• Support of traditional areas, manufacturers and suppliers, cooperation with associations regarding tradition and vintage vehicles

• Fundamental questions
• Automotive supply industry, medium-sized businesses and aftermarket
• Exhibitions
• Taxes and customs duties, law and insurance

• CLEPA, OICA, BDI, DAT
• HR and finance

• Professional issues of manufacturer group III, VDA medium-sized business sector, cooperation with domestic and foreign supplier associations and institutions, specific aspects of the automotive supply industry

• VDA manufacturer index ("VDA key”), VDA cooperation portal, specific questions concerning the automotive industry

• Aftermarket business issues, suppliers‘ trade business, coordination and representation of specific aftermarket needs, cooperation with national and international associations

• International Automobile Fair (IAA), International Exhibition Committee (OICA), other exhibition issues

• IAA-Organisation

• Booth planning and allocation, booth construction regulations, review and approval of booth designs, booth assembly and disassembly

• Exhibitor service

• Booth planning and allocation, booth construction regulations, review and approval of booth designs, booth assembly and disassembly

• Tax policy and tax-based legal issues of the automotive industry, road traffic taxation, driver taxation, EU taxes, "finance and taxes” institute, customs duties

• Law, financial services, customer support issues, distribution affairs, DAT, DVS, DVW, FIW, organisation and member management

• Law, public procurement, insurance

• Law, industrial property rights, Public procurement, Data protection, insurance issues, DKF

• Annual financial statements, finance and insurance, facility management,
  travel and fleet management, health and safety committee,
  commercial projects 

• Contribution management – member companies, Reporting – International Automobile Fair (IAA)

• Other accounts payable and receivables, wages/salaries

• Accounting/controlling QMC/ HR processing

• VDA membership fees, VDA accounting (customers),International Motor Show (IAA) accounting

• Economic policy, markets, climate
• Utility vehicles, transport policy,
• European policy, Brussels office
• Inhouse communication

• ACEA, IRU, CLCCR, Pro Mobilität

• Technical matters in Manufacturer Group II, specific questions for commercial vehicle and bus manufacturers, CLCCR General Secretariat

• Project-related questions in the commercial vehicle industry, Support for selected bodies in Manufacturer Group II

• Economic policy, foreign economic and trade policy,national and international matters in climate-action policy

• Head of Foreign Economics

• The economy and economic policy

• Head of Department

• Production and Export Statistics, Structural Analysis and Emissions

• Foreign Statistics and Analyses

• Economic Situation, Forecasts, Foreign Statistics and Analyses

• German Domestic Statistics

• Statistics Turnover, Employees and Foreign Trade

Tel.: +32 2 50460-67

Fax: +32 2 50460-68

• Political Communication Berlin

• National and international transport policy, energy-, environment- and social-political issues related to traffic, telematics, and transport in the automotive industry

• Passenger and goods transport issues, data analyses and forecasts

• IT business strategy, EDP network responsibility, telecommunication and mobile communication