The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) sets out its views on the upcoming Circular Economy Act, which should reinforce European industrial competitiveness and resilience while accelerating the transition to a circular economy and strengthening the Single Market for secondary materials.
Vehicle circularity is already comprehensively regulated through the End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation. The Circular Economy Act should therefore avoid additional or overlapping requirements for vehicles and instead support the uptake of secondary materials through market-based economic incentives.
The framework should support reuse, repair, refurbishment, remanufacturing and recycling, while remaining flexible and technology-neutral and recognising the specific characteristics of long-life and highly complex products such as vehicles. (....)