On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on circularity requirements for vehicle design and on management of end-of-life vehicles, amending Regulations (EU) 2018/858 and 2019/1020 and repealing Directives 2000/53/EC and 2005/64/EC
A-10-2025-0158
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection · Rapporteur: Jens Gieseke; Paulius Saudargas
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Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation sets circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles, covering design, production, and waste treatment.¶¶ It sets recycled content targets for plastics, steel, and aluminium, and requires manufacturers to provide information and a digital circularity vehicle passport.¶¶¶ It extends producer responsibility, collection and treatment obligations to more vehicle categories, and lays down rules for exports of used vehicles.¶¶¶
Committee position. The Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety and the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection propose to amend the Commission proposal, adjusting recycled content targets, extending scope to more vehicle categories, and strengthening export controls.¶¶¶
Key points
- New vehicle types must be constructed so as to be reusable or recyclable to at least 85 percent by mass and reusable or recoverable to at least 95 percent by mass.¶
- New vehicle types must contain at least 20 percent plastic recycled from post-consumer plastic waste, with at least 15 percent from end-of-life vehicles; targets rise by 5 percentage points after 120 months.¶¶¶
- The Commission shall adopt delegated acts setting minimum shares of recycled steel from ferrous scrap and recycled aluminium and its alloys in vehicle types.¶
- Manufacturers must draw up a circularity strategy at manufacturer level and provide it to the Commission, updating it every five years.¶¶
- Manufacturers must provide unrestricted, standardised and non-discriminatory access to information for waste management operators, repair and maintenance operators and emergency services.¶
- Each vehicle placed on the market must have a digital circularity vehicle passport, aligned and interoperable with other environmental passports.¶
- Producers have extended producer responsibility for vehicles they place on the market, and must ensure collection of all end-of-life vehicles they placed on the market.¶¶
- Authorised treatment facilities must depollute end-of-life vehicles within 30 days of delivery and remove certain parts and components prior to shredding.¶¶
- Member States must ensure waste management operators achieve a yearly target for recycling at least 30 percent of plastics from end-of-life vehicles.¶
- Used vehicles to be exported must not be end-of-life vehicles and must be roadworthy; customs must verify this electronically.¶¶
- Member States must carry out inspections covering at least 10 percent of authorised treatment facilities and operators each year.¶
Who is affected
- Vehicle manufacturers: must meet design, recycled content, information and passport obligations.¶¶¶
- Authorised treatment facilities: must depollute, remove parts, and meet recycling targets.¶¶¶
- Producers: have extended producer responsibility and must ensure collection of end-of-life vehicles.¶¶
- Exporters of used vehicles: must provide documentation proving vehicles are not end-of-life and are roadworthy.¶¶
Figures and deadlines
- 85 percent and 95 percent by mass reusability/recyclability and recoverability targets.¶
- 20 percent recycled plastic content, 15 percent from end-of-life vehicles.¶¶
- 5 percentage points increase after 120 months.¶
- 30 percent plastic recycling target from end-of-life vehicles.¶
- 10 percent of authorised treatment facilities inspected each year.¶
- 30 days to depollute end-of-life vehicles.¶
Legal basis: Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union¶