{"id":119462,"date":"2025-12-12T08:48:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/?p=119462"},"modified":"2025-12-12T08:58:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:58:21","slug":"eus-new-vehicle-regulation-misses-the-turn-toward-a-circular-automotive-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/eus-new-vehicle-regulation-misses-the-turn-toward-a-circular-automotive-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"EU\u2019s new vehicle regulation misses the turn toward a circular automotive sector"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ear<\/span>ly<\/span> on 1<\/span>2<\/span> December<\/span>, EU lawmakers struck a political agreement on new rules meant to make the automotive sector more circular \u2013 but the deal falls short of its promise, warn the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and Environmental Action Germany (Deutsche Umwelthilfe, DUH).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

The\u202ftext, agreed last night, updates and merges the outdated End-of-Life Vehicles Directive and the 3R Type-Approval Directive into a single Regulation on Circularity Requirements on Vehicle Design and on the Management of End-of-Life Vehicles [1]. It was billed as an opportunity to strengthen the EU single market, boost circularity and reduce environmental impacts associated with the design, production, use, and end-of-life treatment of cars.<\/span><\/p>\n

The vehicle regulation introduces promising tools \u2013 including a Circularity Vehicle Passport, an EU-wide Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system, minimum recycled content requirements, and stronger rules on parts reuse and vehicle collection and treatment. In principle, these measures could help drive genuine decarbonisation and circularity. However, environmental organisations had already warned [2] that the negotiations started on weak foundations that did not confront the sector\u2019s biggest challenges. Important gaps therefore remain:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n