What changed between the adopted text of 9 Sept 2025 and the adopted text of 18 Jun 2026

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2: (2) ‘end-of-life vehicle’ means a vehicle which is waste as defined in Article 3, point (1), of Directive 2008/98/EC, or vehicles that are irreparable according to criteria Part A, point 1 of Annex I to this Regulation;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new): (7a) 'reclamation’ means the reprocessing of a recovered air-conditioning system fluid to the equivalent performance of a virgin substance, taking into account its intended use, in authorised reclamation facilities that have the appropriate equipment and procedures in place to enable the reclamation of such fluids and that can assess and attest to the level of the required quality;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9: (9) ‘plastic’ means a polymer within the meaning of Article 3, points (2) and (3), of Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/20111a, to which additives or other substances may have been added, capable of functioning as a main structural component of final materials and articles; / 1a Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 of 14 January 2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (OJ L 12, 15.1.2011, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/10/oj).

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new): (9a) ‘recycled plastic’ means plastic which was waste before recycling as defined in Article 3, point (17), of Directive 2008/98/EC, and which has been produced by recycling;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new): (10a) ‘pre-consumer waste’ means material diverted from the waste stream during a manufacturing process, excluding reutilisation of materials such as rework, regrind or scrap generated in a process and capable of being reclaimed within the same process that generated it;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new): (11a) ‘post-consumer plastic waste stream’ means a stream including, among others, thermoplastics, thermosets, and elastomers waste, as defined in Article 3, point 1, of Directive 2008/98/EC, generated from products containing plastics after they have been placed on the market;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 14: (14) ‘electric vehicle battery’ means electric vehicle battery as defined in Article 3, point (14), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new): (14a) ‘light means of transport battery’ or ‘LMT battery’ means light means of transport battery as defined in Article 3 point (11), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15: (15) ‘authorised treatment facility’ means any establishment or undertaking that is permitted in accordance with Directive 2008/98/EC and this Regulation to carry out either individually or in cooperation with other treatment facilities collection, storage and treatment of end-of-life vehicles or their parts and components;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 18: (18) ‘repair and maintenance operator’ means a natural or legal person, who is directly or indirectly involved in the repair and maintenance of vehicles, including repairers, manufacturers or distributors of repair equipment, tools or spare parts, as well as publishers of technical information, automobile clubs, roadside assistance operators, operators offering inspection and testing services, operators offering training for installers, manufacturers and repairers of equipment for alternative-fuel vehicles; it also means authorised repairers, dealers and distributors within the distribution system of a given vehicle manufacturer to the extent that they provide repair and maintenance services for vehicles in respect of which they are not members of the vehicle manufacturer's distribution system;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 21: (21) ‘waste management operator’ means any natural or legal person dealing on a professional basis with the collection or treatment of end-of-life vehicles or their parts and components;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 22: (22) ‘producer’ means any manufacturer, importer or distributor who, irrespective of the selling technique used, including by means of distance contracts as defined in Article 2, point (7), of Directive 2011/83/EU, supplies a vehicle for the first time for distribution or use, within a territory of a Member States on a professional basis; for multistage vehicles, the producer is the manufacturer of the base vehicle;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23: (23) ‘producer responsibility organisation’ means a non-profit legal entity that financially or financially and operationally organises the fulfilment of extended producer responsibility obligations on behalf of several producers;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 24: (24) ‘authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility’ means a natural or legal person established in a Member State in which the producer makes vehicle available on the market for the first time, which is different from the Member State where the producer is established, and is appointed by the producer in accordance with Article 8a(5), third subparagraph, of Directive 2008/98/EC to fulfil the obligations of that producer under Chapter IV of this Regulation;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 27: (27) ‘post-shredder technology’ means techniques and technologies used to process materials from end-of-life vehicles, after they have been shredded, for further recovery and recycling;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28: (28) ‘remanufacturing’ means a standardised and documented industrial operation in which a new part or component is manufactured to return to same-as-new, or better, condition from parts and components that are either removed from vehicles or end-of-life vehicles and in which at least one change is made to the part or component that affects its safety, performance, purpose or type; the process is in compliance with specific technical specifications, including engineering, quality and testing standards, and yields fully warranted products;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 29: (29) ‘refurbishment’ means actions carried out to prepare, clean, test and, where necessary, repair a part or component that is removed from vehicles in order to restore its performance or functionality;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 35: (35) ‘economic operators’ means producers, collectors, dismantlers, recyclers, vehicle insurance companies, suppliers, repair and maintenance operators, remanufacturers, waste management operators and any other operators involved in design of vehicles, trade in used vehicles, or management of end-of-life vehicles, and their parts, components, core product or part and materials;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 35 a (new): (35a) ‘remanufacturer’ means a natural or legal person or legal entity that undertakes the remanufacturing process;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 35 b (new): (35b) ‘retrofit operators’ means any legal person that is authorised to manufacture an electric conversion kit or to perform the conversion of internal combustion engine vehicles to battery -electric or fuel cell vehicles;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 35 c (new): (35c) ‘collection point’ means economic operator other than an authorised treatment facility which temporarily stores end-of-life vehicles and prepares for transfer end of life vehicles to authorised treatment facilities;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 35 d (new): (35d) ‘registration’ means a registration as defined in Article 2, points (b), of Directive 1999/37/EC; for vehicles falling under categories L1 and L2, where they are not subject to administrative registration under Directive 1999/37/EC in a given Member State, 'registration' means the recording of vehicles in a system that enables their identification, including at the point of placing on the market, during use or at end-of-life, for the purposes of ensuring compliance with this Regulation;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 35 e (new): (35e) ‘repairability’ means the possibility to repair parts or components diverted from a vehicle.

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e: (e) ‘substance of concern’ and ‘data carrier’ laid down in Article 2, points (27) and (29), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new): (ea) ‘small-volume manufacturer’ laid down in Article 3, point (48), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1257.

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part: 1. 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 constructed so that it is:

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c: (c) check the completeness of the information received from suppliers;

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. The obligation laid down under paragraph 2, points (a) and (c), is subject to the availability of information and data along the supply chain, taking into account the size and specific organisational characteristics of SMEs.

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1: The Commission shall, by [OP: please enter the date = the last day of the month following 35 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], adopt an implementing act establishing a methodology for calculation and verification of the rates of reusability, recyclability and recoverability of a vehicle, taking into account the elements set out in Annex II and ISO standard 22628:2002.

Removed:Article 5 – paragraph 1: 1. The presence of substances of concern in vehicles and in their parts and components shall be minimised as far as possible to the extent needed to prevent adverse effects on human health and the environment, throughout their life-cycle. / The Commission, assisted by the European Chemicals Agency set up under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, shall, by ....[OP: please enter the date = last day of the month following 18 months after the entry into force of this Regulation] prepare a report on substances of concern, namely substances having an adverse effect on health or the environment or hampering recycling for safe and high quality secondary raw materials, present in vehicles. The Commission shall submit that report to the European Parliament and to the Council setting out its findings and shall consider the adoption of delegated acts establishing a list of substances of concerns, applicable specifically to vehicles, and appropriate follow-up measures. / The report referred to in the second paragraph shall not cover vehicle parts and components for which an identification or assessment is already required by other Union legislation.

Removed:Article 5 – paragraph 2: 2. Any 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, or any new parts or components placed on the market for such a vehicle shall not contain lead, mercury, cadmium or hexavalent chromium.

Removed:Article 5 – paragraph 5: 5. Upon request from the Commission, and within 12 months from the request, the European Chemicals Agency (the ‘Agency’) shall prepare a report, based on consultation with stakeholders and industry experts, on the technical and economic feasibility of alternatives pertaining to existing exemptions listed in Annex III and, based on such assessment, a motivated proposal for the specific amendment of the exemption.

Removed:Article 5 – paragraph 6: 6. As soon as it receives the request from the Commission, the Agency shall publish on its website a notice that a report on a possible amendment of an exemption in Annex III will be prepared and invite all interested parties to submit comments within 12weeks from the date of publication of the notice. The Agency shall publish on its website all comments received from the interested parties.

Removed:Article 5 – paragraph 7: 7. At the latest 12 months following the submission of the report referred to in paragraph 4 to the Commission, the Committee for Socio-economic Analysis of the Agency, set up pursuant to Article 76(1), point (d), of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, shall adopt an opinion on the report and on the specific amendments proposed. The Agency shall submit that opinion to the Commission without delay.

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: The plastic contained in each 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 the Regulation] under Regulation (EU) 2018/858 shall contain a minimum of 20 percent of plastic recycled by weight from post-consumer plastic waste streams attributed via a chain of custody in accordance with standard ISO 22095:2020.

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new): All end-of-life vehicle parts and components removed for replacement during the use-phase of a vehicle shall account to the post-consumer plastic waste stream as feedstock for recycled plastics.

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 b (new): The weight of the plastic recycled and the total weight of plastics referred to in the first subparagraph shall exclude elastomers and thermosets other than polyurethane foams.

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new): 1a. Each new vehicle type that is type-approved as of [OP: Please insert the date = the first day of the month following 120 months after the date of entry into force of the Regulation], shall meet a target of at least 5 percentage points above the target set out in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, unless the lack of availability or excessive prices of specific recycled plastics makes compliance with that target excessively difficult.

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new): 1b. Manufacturers may meet up to a maximum of 50 percent of the targets set out in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 and paragraph 1a by using pre-consumer waste.

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 1 c (new): 1c. At least 15 percent of the targets set out in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 and in paragraph 1a shall be achieved by including plastics recycled from end-of-life vehicles in the vehicle type concerned.

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 2: 2. By .... [OP: Please insert the date = the last day of the month following 15 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 50 to supplement this Regulation by establishing the methodology for the calculation and verification, for the purposes of paragraph 1 of this Article, of the share of plastics recovered from pre-consumer and post-consumer waste, and from end-of-life vehicles respectively, to manufacture the vehicle type which takes into account the best available recycling technology.

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1: By ....[OP please insert the date = the last day of the month following 24 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] the Commission shall adopt a delegated act, in accordance with Article 50, to supplement this Regulation by establishing a minimum share of steel recycled from ferrous scrap and a minimum share of recycled aluminium and its alloys to be present and incorporated into vehicle types to be type-approved in accordance with this Regulation and Regulation (EU) 2018/858. That delegated act shall also set the date of application of the obligation to have a minimum share of recycled content. Steel used as reinforcement materials in tyres shall not be considered to fall within the scope of that delegated act.

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part: The minimum share of recycled steel and aluminium and its alloys referred to in the first subparagraph shall be based on a feasibility study, carried out by the Commission. The study shall be finalised by [OP: Please insert the date = the last day of the month following 12 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], looking in particular at the following aspects:

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a: (a) the current and forecasted availability of ferrous scrap considering flat and long carbon steel and stainless-steel product families;

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point b: (b) the current share of ferrous scrap in various steel semi-products and intermediates related to steel families used in vehicles and expected changes related to the transition of the automotive industry;

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c: (c) the potential uptake of ferrous scrap by manufacturers in vehicles to be type-approved in the future considering the different compositional constraints applicable to each steel product family;

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point d: (d) the relative demand of the automotive sector in comparison to the demand for ferrous scrap waste of other sectors considering the ability to tolerate copper content, and other unintended tramp inclusions;

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point e: (e) economic viability, technical and scientific progress, including changes in the availability of recycling technologies concerning steel recycling rates as well as the existing contribution of pre-consumer scrap recycling;

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point f: (f) the contribution of a minimum share of recycled content of steel, low CO2 steel and aluminium and its alloys in vehicles to the Union’s open strategic autonomy, climate and environmental and industrial objectives, in particular as regards the creation of lead markets;

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point g: (g) the need to prevent disproportionate negative impacts on the affordability of vehicles;

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point h: (h) the influence on the overall costs and competitiveness of the automotive sector and the entire value chain;

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point h a (new): (ha) the current and forecasted availability of aluminium and its alloys recycled from pre-consumer and post-consumer waste;

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point h b (new): (hb) the current shares of recycled content from post-consumer waste in aluminium and its alloys in vehicles placed on the market; and

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point h c (new): (hc) possible impacts on the functioning of vehicles from incorporating recycled content of the aluminium and its alloys into vehicle parts and components;

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3: By .... [OP please insert the date = the last day of the month following 24 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall adopt a delegated act establishing the methodology for the calculation and verification of the recycled content of aluminium and its alloys and of steel from ferrous scrap, and, where relevant, the share of low CO2 steel present in and incorporated into vehicle types.

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4: Those delegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 50.

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part: By [OP: Please insert the date = the last day of the month following 36 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall adopt a delegated act, in accordance with Article 50, to supplement this Regulation by establishing a minimum share of:

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a: (a) magnesium and its alloys, recycled from pre-consumer and post-consumer waste and incorporated into vehicle types; and

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b: (b) neodymium, dysprosium, praseodymium, terbium, samarium or boron recycled from pre-consumer and post-consumer waste and incorporated into permanent magnets in e-drive motors.

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2: The delegated act referred to in the first subparagraph shall also set the date of application of the obligation to have a minimum share of recycled content.