Agreement reached on new rules for car recycling

The European Parliament and EU Member States have last night reached an agreement on the end-of-life vehicles directive.

"We have achieved a balanced agreement that promotes a circular economy in the automotive sector, without overburdening the industry. This legislation will help to promote recycling, it will enhance resource security and reduce waste, boost reusability, and will allow for the better traceability of missing vehicles, while avoiding excessive burdens and redundant obligations for our manufacturers. This agreement sets realistic targets and minimises administrative requirements, ensuring certainty for our industry that can continue to innovate and compete on the global stage," says Jens Gieseke MEP, the European Parliament's lead negotiator in the Environment Committee.  

The EPP Group has ensured its priorities are fully reflected in the achieved agreement, as a result, the new rules governing the end-of-life vehicles directive are feasible and respond to the needs of both European manufacturers and consumers.

"The Parliament's negotiating team pushed the new legislation to produce a positive impact on the whole automotive sector, a true level playing field, and competitiveness. All the market players were taken into account: the manufacturers, recycling industry, dismantlers, waste management operators, repair and maintenance facilities, and last but not least - the consumers. While promoting circularity and preserving critical raw materials within the EU, we should not burden the existing European business models. This regulation could become an example of how to manage two different objectives: fight climate change and help our industry to be competitive," says Paulius Saudargas MEP, the lead negotiator in the European Parliament’s Internal Market Committee.