What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text

Article 7 – paragraph 2: 2. Each vehicle belonging to a new vehicle type that is type-approved as of [OP: Please insert the date = the first day of the month following 72 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] under Regulation (EU) 2018/858 shall be designed including as regards joining, fastening and sealing elements so as to enable, in a readily and non-destructive manner, the removal and replacement of electric vehicle batteries and their battery packs and e-drive motors from the vehicle by authorised treatment facilities or repair and maintenance operators during the use phase and waste phase of the vehicle.

Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new): 4a. Manufacturers shall not hinder the removal and replacement of vehicle parts and components using software updates. Manufacturers shall ensure access to necessary software documentation and diagnostic tools.

Article 8 – paragraph 1: 1. Manufacturers shall demonstrate that new vehicles types that they have manufactured and that are placed on the market, are type-approved in accordance with the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 and of this Regulation.

Article 8 – paragraph 2 – introductory part: 2. For the purposes of type-approval of vehicles to which the requirements in Articles 4, 5 (1), (2), 6 or 7 apply, the manufacturer shall provide the documentation showing compliance with those requirements and shall:

Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a: (a) include it in the information folder referred to in Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 or in Article 27 of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013, as applicable; and

Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b: (b) submit it to the type-approval authority in accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 or in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013, as applicable.

Article 8 – paragraph 3: deleted

Article 8 – paragraph 4: 4. For the purposes of type-approval of vehicles to which the requirements set out in Article 10 apply, the manufacturer shall draw up the information referred to in Article 10(1) and submit it, in accordance with Article 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 168/2013.

Article 9 – paragraph 1: 1. Vehicle manufacturers shall as of [OP: Please insert the date = the first day of the month following 36 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], draw up a circularity strategy at manufacturer level and provide a copy to the Commission. / Notwithstanding subparagraph 1, manufacturers may also draw up a circularity strategy at vehicle category level.

Article 9 – paragraph 2: 2. The circularity strategy shall describe which actions the manufacturers will take to follow-up on their obligations to ensure that the circularity requirements in Chapter II are met. The circularity strategy shall take into account the capacities and information actually available from suppliers, in particular SMEs.

Article 9 – paragraph 4: deleted

Article 9 – paragraph 5: 5. The manufacturer shall monitor and follow up on the actions contained in the circularity strategy and update the strategy, indicating the relevant new changes of the circularity strategy, every five years in accordance with Part B of Annex IV.

Article 9 – paragraph 7: deleted

Article 9 – paragraph 8: 8. By [OP: Please insert the date = the last day of the month following 83 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall draw up and publish a report on the circularity of the automotive sector. The report shall be based in particular on circularity strategies and updates to such strategies.

Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part: Manufacturers shall declare, for each new vehicle type that is type-approved as of ... [OP: Please insert the date = the first day of the month following 12 months after the adoption of the delegated acts establishing the methodologies for the calculation and verification of recycled content present in vehicles in accordance with Article 6] under Regulation (EU) 2018/858, the respective share of recycled content of:

Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d: (d) steel and its alloys;

Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new): (da) plastics.

Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: The declaration shall concern the recycled content of these materials present in the vehicle type and indicate, per material share, and for plastic components heavier than 100 g, whether the material is recycled from pre-consumer waste or from post-consumer waste.

Article 10 – paragraph 3: 3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the requirement to declare the share of recycled content of a certain material shall not apply where a target has been established for that material under Article 6(1), (3) or (4).

Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part: 1. From [OP: Please insert the date = the first day of the month following 36 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], manufacturers shall, for new vehicle types that have been type-approved, provide waste management operators, repair, maintenance operators and emergency services unrestricted, standardised and non-discriminatory access including via existing tools used by the automotive industry, to the information listed in Annex V, enabling access to, and safe removal and replacement of, the following:

Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a: (a) electric vehicle batteries and their battery packs incorporated in the vehicle;

Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e: (e) parts and components, containing the critical raw materials as referred to in Article 28(1), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 at the time of the type-approval of the vehicle;

Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new): 1a. Manufacturers shall provide rescue and emergency response guidance information.

Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1: Manufacturers shall ensure cooperation with the authorised, treatment operators, retrofit operators, and repair and maintenance operators by establishing necessary communication platforms to provide and keep up-to-date the information referred to in paragraph 1 and the information specified in Annex V.

Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2: The manufacturers shall provide the information referred to in the first subparagraph free of charge. The manufacturers may collect reasonable and proportionate charges from waste management operators and repair and maintenance operators to the extent necessary to cover the actual administrative costs incurred for making the required information accessible through communication platforms.

Article 11 – paragraph 3: deleted

Article 12 – paragraph 2: 2. From ....[OP: Please insert the date = the first day of the month following 36 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] manufacturers shall ensure that vehicle parts and components containing permanent magnets bear a conspicuous, clearly legible and indelible label indicating the information in accordance with Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1252.

Article 13 – title: Digital Circularity Vehicle Passport

Article 13 – paragraph 1: 1. From [OP: please insert a date = the first day of the month following 72 months after entry into force of the Regulation] each vehicle placed on the market shall have a digital circularity vehicle passport, which shall be aligned and interoperable with and, where possible, integrated in other vehicle related environmental passports established under Union law.

Article 13 – paragraph 2: 2. The circularity vehicle passport shall contain the information referred to in Article 5(2) and (3), and in Articles 10 and 11 of this Regulation in digital format and shall be accessible free of charge.

Article 13 – paragraph 3: 3. The manufacturer shall, at the time of placing the vehicle on the market, ensure that the information in the circular vehicle passport is accurate, complete and up to date.

Article 13 – paragraph 5: 5. The circularity vehicle passport of a vehicle that has become an end-of-life vehicle shall cease to exist at the earliest 6 months after the certificate of export or destruction for that end-of-life vehicle was issued.

Article 13 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part: By [OP: please insert a date = the first day of the month following 60 months after entry into force of the Regulation at the latest] the Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down rules on the following:

Article 13 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point a: (a) the manner and basic requirements of the technical solution to be used for accessing the circularity vehicle passport in a manner that does not preclude any technological solution;

Article 13 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point b – point i: (i) the interoperability and alignment of the circularity vehicle passport with other passports required by Union legislation;

Article 13 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new): (ca) the conditions for access to the circularity vehicle passport, including the right of access and the relevant rules for the protection of data and the protection of intellectual property rights;

Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. Member States may adopt measures to require that producers or, where appointed in accordance with Article 18, producer responsibility organisations conclude contracts with authorised treatment facilities for the purposes of implementing their producer responsibility obligations.

Article 15 – paragraph 4 a (new): 4a. The Commission shall, by ... [OP: please enter the date = the last day of the month following 24 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], adopt an implementing act laying down detailed requirements applicable to the contracts referred to in paragraph 3a, with a view to ensuring fair, transparent and non-discriminatory terms and conditions. The implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 51(2).

Article 16 – paragraph 1: From [OP: Please insert the date = the first day of the month following 36 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] producers shall have extended producer responsibility for vehicles that they make available on the market for the first time within the territory of a Member State. The scheme established by producers to exercise that responsibility shall comply with Articles 8 and 8a of Directive 2008/98/EC and comply with the requirements of this Chapter.

Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: By [OP: Please insert the date = the last day of the month following 35 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] Member States shall establish a register of producers, or use an existing register of producers, which shall serve to monitor compliance of producers with the requirements of this Chapter.

Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: The register shall provide links to other national registers of producers’ websites to facilitate, in all Member States, registration of producers or authorised representatives for the extended producer responsibility.

Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new): By [P.O. Please insert the date = the last day of the month following 35 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] the Commission shall establish a single portal which contains the links to all national registers to facilitate the registration of producers in all Member States.

Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3: Producers shall only make available vehicles on the market of a Member State, if they or, in case of authorisation, their authorised representatives for the extended producer responsibility, are registered in such Member State.

Article 17 – paragraph 6: 6. The obligations under this Article may be fulfilled on a producer’s behalf by an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility. If more than one producer is represented in the country by one authorised representative, that authorised representative shall provide the name and the contact details for each of the represented producers separately.

Article 17 – paragraph 11: 11. The producer, or, where applicable, the producer’s authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility or the producer responsibility organisation appointed on behalf of the producers it represents shall without undue delay notify the competent authority of any changes to the information contained in the registration and of any permanent cessation as regards the making available on the market within the territory of the Member State of the vehicles referred to in the registration.

Article 17 – paragraph 12: 12. The producer or, where applicable, the producer’s authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility or the producer responsibility organisation shall report to the competent authority responsible for the register on the performance of extended producer responsibility obligations. / Where the information in the register of producers is not publicly accessible, Member States shall ensure that providers of online platforms allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with producers are granted access, free of charge, to that information.

Article 18 – paragraph 2: 2. Producer responsibility organisations shall ensure the confidentiality of the data in their possession as regards proprietary information or information directly attributable to individual producers or their authorised representatives for the extended producer responsibility.

Article 18 – paragraph 3: 3. In addition to the information referred to in Article 8a(3), point (e), of Directive 2008/98/EC, producer responsibility organisations or individual producers shall publish on their websites at least each year, subject to commercial and industrial confidentiality, the information on the collection of end-of-life vehicles and achievement of targets on reuse and recycling, reuse and recovery and plastic recycling by the producers which entrusted the producer responsibility organisation or by the producer fulfilling its obligations individually.

Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. In addition to the information referred to in paragraph 3, producer responsibility organisations shall make publicly available information on the selection procedure for waste management operators selected in accordance with paragraph 4a.

Article 18 – paragraph 4: 4. Producer responsibility organisations shall ensure a proportionate representation of producers and waste management operators active in collection and treatment of end-of-life vehicles in their governing bodies, including in the executive and advisory boards.

Article 18 – paragraph 4 a (new): 4a. Waste management operators shall be subject to a non-discriminatory selection procedure, based on transparent award criteria, carried out by producers or producer responsibility organisations and which does not place a disproportionate burden on small and medium-sized enterprises.

Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a: (a) the costs of the collection of end-of-life vehicles that is necessary to meet the requirements in Articles 23 to 26 and the costs of the treatment of end-of-life vehicles that is necessary to meet the requirements in Articles 27 to 30, 34 and 35, taking into account any revenues of waste management operators obtained from the sales of used spare parts and used spare components, of depolluted end-of-life vehicles, or of secondary raw materials recycled from end-of-life vehicles;

Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point b: (b) the costs of conducting awareness raising campaigns aimed to inform the public and to improve collection of end-of-life vehicles;

Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c: deleted

Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point d: (d) the administrative costs of making data available, gathering and reporting to the competent authorities;

Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new): (da) average costs for transporting the end-of-life vehicles to the closest collection points or authorised treatment facility.

Article 20 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1: In the case of individual fulfilment of extended producer responsibility obligations, the producers shall provide a guarantee for vehicles that they make available on the market for the first time in the territory of a Member State. That guarantee shall ensure that the operations referred to in paragraph 1 relating to those vehicles will be financed, including in the event of permanent cessation of their operations or insolvency.

Article 21 – paragraph 1 – introductory part: 1. In the case of a collective fulfilment of extended producer responsibility obligations, producer responsibility organisations shall ensure that the financial contributions paid to them by producers are modulated at east by taking into account the following:

Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a: (a) the weight of the vehicle, excluding electric vehicle batteries;