Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles
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Adopted. The legislative procedure is complete.
Last active 24 Jul 2026
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What this bill does
In plain terms: what it changes and who it affects.
It sets EU-wide rules for designing vehicles to be more reusable and recyclable, and for collecting, treating, and exporting end-of-life vehicles.
Who it affects
It affects car, van, lorry, bus, trailer, and motorcycle manufacturers, vehicle owners, dismantlers, recyclers, and treatment facilities. It also affects businesses exporting used vehicles and authorities enforcing vehicle registration and customs rules.
Core of the proposal
- Sets design requirements for reusability, recyclability, recoverability, and removable components.
- Requires recycled plastic content in new vehicles and allows future targets for other materials.
- Creates rules for end-of-life vehicle collection, depollution, dismantling, and recycling.
- Restricts export of used vehicles unless they are roadworthy and not end-of-life vehicles.
Key provisions
- Transitional law
- A three-year transition applies for the new plastics recycling target, while current reuse, recycling, and recovery targets continue in the meantime.
Articles changed · 4 across 4 laws
- Directive 2000/53/EC (32000L0053)
- entire act: repeals the entire directive
- Directive 2005/64/EC (32005L0064)
- entire act: repeals the entire directive
- Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 (32019R1020)
- art. Annex II: deletes Directives 2000/53/EC and 2005/64/EC from the list
- Regulation (EU) 2018/858 (32018R0858)
- entire act: amends the regulation for type-approval alignment with the new circularity requirements
Latest update
26 Jul 2026The most recent development in this bill's progress.
Moved to Adopted
Documents
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