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

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

Removed: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.

Removed: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.

Removed: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:

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

Removed:Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point b: deleted

Removed:Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point e: (e) the share of materials and substances preventing a high-quality recycling process;

Removed:Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point a: (a) designate by a written mandate an authorised representative to act on its behalf in relation to specified tasks with regard to the producer’s obligations for the extended producer responsibility in each Member State;

Removed:Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new): A producer that sells vehicles to end-users through distance contracts and is established in a third country shall appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in each Member State where it places vehicles on the market. That appointment shall be made by means of a written mandate.

Removed:Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph -1 (new): Producers shall ensure that all end-of-life vehicles that they have placed on the market in the territory of a Member State are collected when those vehicles become end-of-life vehicles.

Removed:Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: To this end, the producers or, where appointed in accordance with Article 18, producer responsibility organisations shall set up, or participate in the setting up of, collection systems, including collection points.

Removed:Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point b: (b) ensure adequate availability of authorised treatment facilities and collection points, taking into account population size and density, expected volume of end-of-life vehicles, not being limited to areas where the collection and subsequent management is most profitable;

Removed:Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point c: deleted

Removed:Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point d: (d) enable collection of end-of-life vehicles that they have made available on the market, irrespective of their origin;

Removed:Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point e: (e) enable the delivery of all end-of-life vehicles free of charge to authorised treatment facilities or collection points, as provided in Article 24(2).

Removed:Article 23 – paragraph 3: 3. Producers or, where appointed in accordance with Article 18, producer responsibility organisations shall publish and regularly update the list of collection points and authorised treatment facilities on their websites and carry out educational campaigns promoting the collection system for end-of-life vehicles and informing about environmental consequences of improper collection and handling of end-of-life vehicles.

Removed:Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1: Collection points other than authorised treatment facilities may collect end-of-life vehicles.

Removed:Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new): (ba) hold a permit in accordance with Article 23 of Directive 2008/98/EC;

Removed:Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b b (new): (bb) transfer the collected end-of-life vehicles to authorised treatment facilities;

Removed:Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c: (c) guarantee that all collected end-of-life vehicles are transferred to an authorised treatment facility within 6 months from receipt of the end-of-life vehicle; and

Removed:Article 23 – paragraph 5: 5. The collection points or the authorised treatment facilities shall issue a document in electronic format, confirming receipt of an end-of-life vehicle, to the vehicle owner, and provide it through an electronic notification procedure established in accordance with Article 25(2) to the relevant authorities of the Member State, including the competent authorities designated under Article 14.

Removed:Article 23 – paragraph 5 a (new): 5a. Member States may adopt measures requiring that the collection points are cooperating with the producers or, where appointed in accordance with Article 18(1), with the producer responsibility organisations.

Removed:Article 24 – paragraph 2: 2. Delivery of an end-of-life vehicle to an authorised treatment facility or a collection point shall be free of charge for the last owner of a vehicle unless the end-of-life vehicle lacks any of the essential vehicle parts or components or contains waste which has been added to the end-of-life vehicle.

Removed:Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. Where the electric vehicle battery is missing from an end-of-life vehicle, the delivery of the end-of-life vehicle shall remain free of charge if the last owner of the vehicle provides documentation which proves that the electric vehicle battery has been handled by a professional operator in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2023/1542.

Removed:Article 25 – paragraph 5 a (new): 5a. Member States that provide for a possibility of temporary de-registration of vehicles in their national legislation shall: / (a) set out a maximum period for which such de-registration may be granted, but not longer than four years; / (b) ensure that renewals of temporary de-registration, are granted only for a defined and limited period and only where it can be ascertained that the de-registered vehicle still exists.

Removed:Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a: (a) deliver the end-of-life vehicle to an authorised treatment facility or, in cases referred to in Article 23(4), to a collection point, without undue delay after receiving information that the vehicle meets any of the criteria for irreparability laid down in Part A, point 1, of Annex I;

Removed:Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b: (b) present a certificate of destruction to the relevant registration authority, except in cases in which there is an online procedure that allows the communication or processing of the deregistration of the end-of-life vehicle from the authorised treatment facilities.

Removed:Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new): In the event that the ownership of a used vehicle is transferred by an economic operator, the economic operator shall indicate to the acquiring person that the vehicle is not an end-of-life vehicle in accordance with part A of Annex I or provide a roadworthiness certificate.

Removed:Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 b (new): In the case of end-of-life vehicles, the economic operator shall ensure that those vehicles will only be transferred to an authorised treatment facility.

Removed:Article 27 – paragraph 2: 2. Authorised treatment facilities shall ensure that all treatment for end-of-life vehicles comply, as a minimum, with Articles 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35 and 36 and Annex VII of this Regulation, and shall apply best available techniques as defined in Article 3(10) of Directive 2010/75/EU.

Removed:Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c: (c) remove the parts and components listed in Part C of Annex VII from the end-of-life vehicle, prior to shredding or compacting by means of manual dismantling or (semi-) automated disassembly in a non-destructive way for components with a reuse, remanufacturing or refurbishment potential in accordance with Articles 30 and 31, taking into account the market potential for reuse, remanufacturing or refurbishment of those parts and components and the need for the high quality of the scrap;

Removed:Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d: (d) treat all end-of-life vehicles and their parts, components and materials in accordance with the waste hierarchy and the general requirements laid down in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC;

Removed:Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new): (da) send all end-of-life vehicles after depollution and removal of parts to a facility where their shredding is carried out;

Removed:Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d b (new): (db) treat the received end-of-life vehicle within 6 months of the delivery date.

Removed:Article 27 – paragraph 4: 4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 50 to amend Annex VII by adapting the minimum treatment requirements for end-of-life vehicles to scientific and technical progress in treatment technologies, including: / (a) by adding, deleting or revising the parts and components listed in Part C of Annex VII; / (b) by amending or supplementing the requirements listed in of Part G of Annex VII.

Removed:Article 27 – paragraph 5: 5. Member States shall encourage authorised treatment facilities to introduce certified environmental management systems and to conduct audits in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009.

Removed:Article 28 – 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] authorised treatment facilities and other waste management operators shall request that end-of-life vehicles delivered to them for shredding are depolluted in accordance with Article 29 and their parts and components removed in accordance with Article 30 and are accompanied by the following:

Removed:Article 28 – paragraph 3: 3. Authorised treatment facilities and waste management operators conducting shredding of end-of-life vehicles shall be able to mix end-of-life vehicles, their parts, components and materials with packaging waste and waste electrical and electronic equipment, provided that the criteria and limit values of part G of Annex VII are met and traceability related to reporting is ensured, the shredding process does not lower the quality of waste streams compared to separate treatment and that output complies with high quality standards.

Removed:Article 28 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. Waste management operators, while carrying out shredding, shall ensure that steel, aluminium and copper output complies with high quality standards as set out by the delegated act referred to in paragraph 3b (new).

Removed:Article 28 – paragraph 3 b (new): 3b. The Commission shall [by OP: Please insert the date = the first day of the month following 12 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] adopt the delegated acts in accordance with Article 50 to supplement this Regulation by setting-up quality requirements for the shredding output fractions, including: / (a) the total copper content of the main steel fraction; / (b) aluminium cast alloys fraction and wrought alloy fraction; / (c) the necessary separation processes and the residue fraction of these processes.

Removed:Article 29 – paragraph 1: 1. Within 30 days of delivery of an end-of-life vehicle to the authorised treatment facility, that facility shall depollute those vehicles before they are further treated, in compliance with the minimum requirements set out in Part B of Annex VII.

Removed:Article 29 – paragraph 2: 2. The fluids and liquids listed in Part B of Annex VII shall be separately collected and stored, in line with the requirements set out in Part A of Annex VII. Waste oils shall be collected and stored separately from the other fluids and liquids and be treated in accordance with Article 21 of Directive 2008/98/EC. Air-conditioning system fluids used in thermal management systems shall be collected and stored separately from the other fluids and shall be recovered in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2024/573 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a and, where technically and economically feasible, recycled or reclaimed and reused. / 1a Regulation (EU) 2024/573 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 February 2024 on fluorinated greenhouse gases, amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 (OJ L, 2024/573, 20.2.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/573/oj).

Removed:Article 30 – title: Mandatory removal of parts and components for reuse, remanufacturing, repair, and recycling prior to shredding

Removed:Article 30 – paragraph 1: 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] authorised treatment facilities shall ensure that the parts and components listed in Part C of Annex VII, are removed from an end-of-life vehicle prior to shredding, In order to verify its market potential for reuse, remanufacturing and repair, those parts shall be assessed in accordance with Article 31 before dismantling. That assessment shall be conducted after the depollution operations referred to in Article 29, have been completed.

Removed:Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new): 1a. Authorised treatment facilities shall ensure that the parts and components removed in accordance with paragraph 1 that do not have a market potential for reuse, remanufacturing and repair are sent for recycling according to the treatment requirements indicated in Part F of Annex VII.

Removed:Article 30 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1: Where parts and components do not have a market potential for reuse, remanufacturing and repair, it shall not be mandatory to remove them prior to shredding if an authorised treatment facility demonstrates, that post-shredder technologies separates materials from parts and components listed in Part C, entries 6, 13 to 19, of Annex VII, as efficiently and delivers equivalent recycled material as manual dismantling processes or semi-automated disassembly processes.

Removed:Article 30 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2: For the purposes of the first subparagraph, the authorised treatment facility shall comply with high quality shredding output as set out in the delegated act referred to in Article 28(4) and provide the information listed in Part G of Annex VII.

Removed:Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new): Parts and components removed during a repair and maintenance operation, excluding parts and components listed in Part E of Annex VII shall not be considered waste and shall be assessed if they fit for the purposes of reuse, remanufacturing or refurbishment.

Removed:Article 32 – paragraph 1 – introductory part: 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] any economic operator selling used, remanufactured or refurbished spare parts and components shall:

Removed:Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new): (ba) prove that the parts and components were sourced from an authorised economic operator.

Removed:Article 32 – paragraph 1 1 a (new): Those requirements on economic operators shall apply irrespective of the trading technique used, including online sales.

Removed:Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 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] Member States shall take necessary incentives to promote the reuse, remanufacturing, retrofitting and refurbishment of parts and components, whether removed during the use or end-of-life phase of a vehicle.

Removed:Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b: (b) the use of economic incentives designed to reward manufacturers which exceed the minimum standards, so as to further stimulate the used, remanufactured or refurbished spare parts and components.

Removed:Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new): Member States shall inform the Commission of the incentives adopted in accordance with this Article without undue delay.

Removed:Article 34 – paragraph 1 – introductory part: 1. From [OP: Please insert the date = the first day of the calendar year following 36 months after the date of entry into force of the Regulation], Member States shall adopt the necessary measures to ensure that the following targets are met by the waste management operators:

Removed:Article 34 – paragraph 2: 2. From [OP: please insert a date = the first day of the calendar year following 60 months after the date of entry into force of the Regulation] Member States shall ensure that waste management operators achieve a yearly target for the recycling of plastics of at least 30 percent of the total weight of plastics contained in the end-of-life vehicles.

Removed:Article 34 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. The weight of the plastic recycled and the total weight of plastics as referred to in the paragraphs 1 and 2 shall exclude elastomers as well as thermosets other than polyurethane foams.

Removed:Article 36 – paragraph 1: 1. Treatment of end-of-life vehicles may be undertaken outside the Union, provided that the shipment of end-of-life vehicles is in compliance with Regulation (EU) 2024/1157.

Removed:Article 36 – paragraph 2: 2. Shipments of end-of-life vehicles from the Union to a third country in accordance with paragraph 1 shall only count towards the fulfilment of obligations and targets set out in Article 34 if the exporter of the end-of-life vehicles provides documentary evidence approved by the competent authority of destination demonstrating that the treatment took place in conditions that are considered equivalent to the requirements laid down in this Regulation and to human health and environmental protection requirements laid down in other Union legislation.

Removed:Article 36 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. In order to distinguish between shipments of used vehicles and end-of-life vehicles, the competent authorities of the Member States may carry out inspections and verify whether used vehicles suspected of being end-of-life vehicles comply with the minimum requirements laid down in Annex I. / Where inspections confirm that the vehicles in question qualify as end-of-life vehicles, the costs of the inspection and any related storage may be charged to the economic operator responsible for the shipment.