On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on circularity requirements of 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
TRAN-PA-771845
Committee on Transport and Tourism · Rapporteur: Alexandra Mehnert
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This draft opinion proposes amendments to the proposed regulation on circularity requirements for vehicles and end-of-life vehicles, focusing on simplification, competitiveness, and including motorcycles in the scope.¶¶¶ It adjusts recycled content targets for plastics, steel, and other materials, clarifies definitions for remanufacturing and cores, and exempts pedelecs and small series motorcycles.¶¶¶ It also aims to reduce administrative burdens, avoid double payments in cross-border producer responsibility, and ensure that cores are not treated as waste.¶¶¶
Committee position. The rapporteur proposes amendments to simplify requirements, boost competitiveness, and extend scope to motorcycles, while adjusting recycled content targets and clarifying definitions.¶¶¶
Key points
- Reduces the mandatory recycled plastic content target from 25% to 20%, including biobased plastics, and lowers the end-of-life vehicle share from 25% to 15%.¶¶¶
- Requires the Commission to consider global market and impacts on other steel-using sectors before setting a recycled steel target.¶¶
- Clarifies that recycled content targets for steel and other materials should account for pre-consumer scrap and its role in steelmaking.¶¶¶
- Extends the scope to include all L-category vehicles (motorcycles) but exempts pedelecs and small series.¶¶¶
- Exempts vehicles of historical interest and their parts from the regulation.¶
- Defines 'biobased plastics' and revises the definition of 'remanufacturing' to reflect standardized industrial processes.¶¶¶
- Introduces definitions for 'remanufacturer' and 'core' to clarify that cores are not waste.¶¶¶
- Requires manufacturers to provide circularity strategies every 5 years instead of per vehicle type, and the Commission to report every 5 years.¶¶¶
- Mandates that circularity vehicle passports be interoperable with other passports and cease to exist for exported vehicles.¶¶
- Allows authorised treatment facilities to skip mandatory removal of parts if post-shredder technologies are efficient or there is no demand.¶
- Requires the Commission to establish a single portal linking national producer registers.¶
- Calls for an impact assessment within 36 months to evaluate plastic recycling targets, with possible adjustments via delegated acts.¶¶
Who is affected
- Vehicle manufacturers: must meet revised recycled content targets and provide circularity strategies every 5 years.¶¶
- Motorcycle producers: new L-category vehicles fall under the regulation, but pedelecs and small series are exempt.¶¶¶
- Dismantlers and remanufacturers: benefit from clearer definitions of cores and parts not considered waste.¶¶¶
- Authorised treatment facilities: may avoid mandatory removal of parts under certain conditions.¶
- Producers: must register in each member state and avoid double payments in cross-border extended producer responsibility.¶¶