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DRAFT REPORT (COM(2025)0981 – C100334/2025 – 2025/0397(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and Regulation (EU) 2024/1244 as regards simplification of some requirements and reduction of administrative burden

ENVI-PR-788000

Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety · Rapporteur: Susana Solís Pérez

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This is the rapporteur's draft report on the Commission proposal to amend Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and Regulation (EU) 2024/1244 to simplify requirements and cut administrative burden. The draft proposes exemptions from carbon footprint, recycled content and due diligence rules for spare batteries for discontinued vehicle models, and a time-limited derogation from battery passport rules for industrial and electric vehicle batteries under pre-existing contracts. It would allow digital labels to replace physical ones, delay removability and replaceability rules for certain products to 2030, and delete an article on battery passport requirements. It also changes the definition of spare parts and the threshold for reporting substances of very high concern.

Committee position. The rapporteur supports the Commission proposal and proposes amendments to exempt spare batteries for discontinued vehicle models and batteries under pre-existing contracts from certain requirements, allow digital labelling, delay removability rules for some products, and adjust the definition of spare parts and the threshold for substances of very high concern.

Key points

  1. The draft report adopts Parliament's position at first reading on the Commission proposal.
  2. It adds a recital exempting starting, lighting and ignition batteries and electric vehicle batteries placed on the market exclusively as spare parts for discontinued vehicle models from carbon footprint declarations, recycled content thresholds and supply chain due diligence obligations.
  3. It adds a recital justifying a targeted derogation for industrial and electric vehicle batteries placed on the market under pre-existing contracts, subject to a time limit and proof of contractual arrangements.
  4. It inserts a definition of 'spare parts' referring to Regulation (EU) 2018/858.
  5. It amends Article 11(5) so that LMT batteries must be readily removable and replaceable by an independent professional, and where the battery pack is 800 Wh or more, individual modules must also be removable and replaceable.
  6. It inserts a new Article 13a allowing information obligations to be fulfilled through a digital label, with exceptions for the separate collection symbol, the digital label itself and CE marking.
  7. It deletes Article 74(5).
  8. It amends Article 96(1)(a) so that Article 11 applies from 18 February 2027, and for products under Article 11(2) from 18 February 2030.
  9. It adds Article 96(2a) exempting industrial and electric vehicle batteries placed on the market under pre-existing contracts from Article 77 until 18 February 2033, with proof of contractual arrangements on request.
  10. It amends Annex VI Part A point 8 to remove 'equal or' from the threshold for substances of very high concern, leaving 'above 0,1% weight on weight'.

Who is affected

  • Producers of spare batteries for discontinued vehicle models, who would be exempt from carbon footprint, recycled content and due diligence rules.
  • Producers of industrial and electric vehicle batteries under pre-existing contracts, who could benefit from a derogation from battery passport rules until 2033.
  • Economic operators, market surveillance authorities and waste management operators, who would access information via digital labels.
  • Manufacturers of products incorporating LMT batteries, who must ensure removability and replaceability by independent professionals.

Figures and deadlines

  • 800 Wh: rated capacity threshold above which individual battery modules must be removable and replaceable.
  • 18 February 2027: date from which Article 11 applies.
  • 18 February 2030: date from which Article 11 applies for products referred to in Article 11(2).
  • 18 February 2033: deadline for placing on the market batteries under the Article 77 derogation.
  • 0,1% weight on weight: threshold for reporting substances of very high concern.

Legal basis: Article 294(2), Article 114 and Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.