What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text

Added:Recital 1: (1) The Communication of the Commission of 11 December 2019 on ‘The European Green Deal’37 (the ‘European Green Deal’) is Europe’s growth strategy that aims to transform the Union into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy where there are no net greenhouse gas emissions in 2050 at the latest and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use. In order for the Union’s product policies to contribute to lowering carbon emissions on a global level, it needs to be ensured that products marketed and sold in the Union are sourced, manufactured and treated at their end-of-life in a sustainable manner. / 37 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The European Green Deal (COM(2019)0640).

Removed:2. Approves its statement annexed to this resolution;

Removed:Recital 1: (1) The Communication of the Commission of 11 December 2019 on ‘The European Green Deal’37 (the ‘European Green Deal’) is Europe’s growth strategy that aims to transform the Union into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy where there are no net greenhouse gas emissions in 2050 at the latest and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use. In order for the Union’s product policies to contribute to lowering carbon emissions on a global level, it needs to be ensured that products marketed and sold in the Union are sourced, manufactured and treated at their end-of-life in a sustainable manner.

Changed:Recital 47: (47) The authorised treatment facility should be responsible for issuing a certificate of destruction to document that an end-of-life vehicle was treated. This is necessary to ensure a proper supervision of management of end-of-life vehicles. The minimum requirements for this certificate are currently laid down in Commission Decision 2002/151/EC57 and the content of this Decision should be included in this Regulation, with necessary adaptations. This certificate should be issued in an electronic format and provided to the last owner of an end-of-life vehicle, and then transmitted by the authorised treatment facilities and the last owner to the relevant authorities of the Member State, as its presentation allows for cancelling the registration of a vehicle. The electronic notification system should enable transmitting both the document confirming collection of end-of-life vehicle and the certificate of destruction. / 57 Commission Decision 2002/151/EC of 19 February 2002 on minimum requirements for the certificate of destruction issued in accordance with Article 5(3) of Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles (OJ L 50, 21.2.2002, p. 94).

Changed:Recital 69: (69) The EU Action Plan: “Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil”59 stressed the need for the Commission to propose new measures to address the Union’s external environmental footprint linked to the export of end-of-life vehicles and used vehicles. Taking into account that the export of used vehicles raises important environmental and public health challenges as documented by the UN Environmental Programme60 , and that the Union is the biggest exporter of used vehicles worldwide, it is necessary to lay out specific requirements at Union level governing the export of used vehicles [from the Union]. The requirements should be based on objective criteria according to which a used vehicle is not an end-of-life vehicle or is to be roadworthy pursuant to Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council61 and is to be included in a national vehicle registry. This should ensure that only used vehicles which are suitable to be driven on the Union roads can be exported to a third country, thereby reducing risks that the export of used vehicles from the Union contributes to air pollution or road accidents in third countries. To allow customs authorities to verify that those requirements are met upon export, any person exporting a used vehicle should be required to provide those authorities with the vehicle identification number and a statement confirming that the used vehicle is not an end-of-life vehicle or that it is considered roadworthy. / 59 COM(2021)0400 …

Changed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c: (c) from [OP: Please insert the date = the first day of the month following 60 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] to vehicles and end-of-life vehicles of L categories as set out in Article 4(2), of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013.

Changed:Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c b (new): (cb) vehicles of L categories produced in small series as referred to in Article 42 of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013;

Changed:Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c d (new): (cd) vehicles designed and constructed for use by the armed services, civil defence, fire services, forces responsible for maintaining public order and emergency medical services, as referred to in Article 2 (2), point (e), of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013;

Changed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1: (1) ‘vehicle’ means any vehicle as defined in Article 3, point (15), of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 or listed in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013;

Changed:Article 8 – paragraph 5: 5. For the purposes of type-approval of vehicles to which the requirements set out in Article 11 apply, the manufacturer shall submit the declaration confirming compliance with the requirement set out in Article 11(1), in accordance with 24(1), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, to the type-approval authority together with the application for type-approval referred to in Article 23 of that Regulation or in accordance with Article 27(1) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 to the type-approval authority together with the application for type-approval referred to in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 168/2103.168/2013.

Changed:Article 55 – paragraph 2 – point a: (a) the need to extend the scope of this Regulation, in particular provisions of Chapters II and III, as well as Chapter IV Section II, to vehicles of categories L1e, L2e, L3e, L4e, L5e, L6e and L7e as defined in Article 4(2), of the Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 and vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2, N3 and O as defined in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858;

Changed:Annex VII – Part B – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point b: (b) air conditionings systems and refrigerants shall be treated in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 2024/573;

Changed:Recital 16: (16) Directive 2000/53/EC provides exemptions to the restrictions on the use of lead and cadmium in batteries used in vehicles, which are taken over by this Regulation. However, the use of substances in batteries is comprehensively regulated in Regulation (EU) No 2023/1542 of the European Parliament and of the Council50 . Therefore, such substances should be addressed and eventually their restrictions and related exemptions transferred, as appropriate, to that Regulation and should not be regulated in this Regulation. Prior to introducing such restrictions under Regulation (EU) No 2023/[Batteries], a comprehensive assessment should be carried out under that Regulation to evaluate, if an exemption is still required and in what scope. / 50 Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2023 concerning batteries and waste batteries, amending Directive 2008/98/EC and Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Directive 2006/66/EC (OJ L 191, 28.7.2023, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj).