Article 50

1. From 1 September 2029, Member States shall make publicly available in an aggregated form for each calendar year and in the format established by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 5, the following data, which shall be based on information and data received from producers, producer responsibility organisations and waste management operators: the number of vehicles registered in the Member State; the number of vehicles made available on the market for the first time in the territory of the Member State; the number and weight of end-of-life vehicles collected and depolluted in the Member State; the number and weight of end-of-life vehicles recycled in the territory of the Member State; the number and weight of end-of-life vehicles exported or shipped for further treatment to another Member State or a third country; the number and weight of end-of-life vehicles imported or shipped for further treatment from a third country; the number of used vehicles released for export and the number of used vehicles imported; the number of certificates of destruction issued; the total weight and, where relevant, the amount of parts, components and materials removed from end-of-life vehicles for purpose of: reuse; remanufacturing or refurbishment; recycling; recovery, including energy recovery; disposal; the amount and weight of end-of-life vehicles treated in a manner different from that indicated in point (d); the amount and weight of end-of-life-vehicles used for backfilling; the rates of the targets laid down in Article 33 attained by all waste management operators that are active in the Member State; the use of the exemption provided for in Article 29(2), and how it was monitored by the reporting Member State; data on the producer responsibility organisations, including the names of the legal persons they represent; data on the implementation of Article 21; the quantities of parts and components containing relevant amounts of critical raw materials removed from end-of-life vehicles and the quantities of critical raw materials recovered from these parts and components. Member States shall make the data referred to in the first subparagraph publicly available within 18 months of the end of the reporting period for which it is collected. The data shall be machine readable, sortable and searchable, and shall respect open standards for third party use. Member States shall notify the Commission when the data referred to in the first subparagraph is made available. The first reporting period shall be the first calendar year after the adoption of the implementing act referred to in paragraph 5. 2. The data made available by Member States in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be accompanied by a quality check report. That information shall be presented in the format established by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 5. 3. Every five years, Member States shall draw up a report summarising: incentives introduced to promote the reuse, remanufacturing and refurbishment of parts and components in accordance with Article 32 and their estimated impact; the application of penalties and other sanctions envisaged in their national law for infringements of this Regulation adopted in accordance with Article 49, including a list of type of infringements notified and types of measures taken; results of inspections carried out in accordance with Article 47; the manner of application of definitions of ‘end-of-life vehicle’ and ‘used vehicle’, including practical difficulties encountered in that context. Member States shall submit that report to the Commission within six months of the end of the five year period which it covers. The first report shall be provided to the Commission by 1 September 2032. The Commission shall review the reports submitted by the Member States and shall draw up and publish reports on the information received in order to support the evaluation of the implementation of this Regulation in Member States and to facilitate the exchange of information on best practices applied in the Member States. 4. For the purpose of monitoring the implementation of this Regulation, the Commission shall collect and review the information made available in accordance with this Article. 5. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down: the methodology and rules for the calculation, verification and reporting of data in accordance with paragraph 1, including: the methodology for determining the amount and weight of parts, components and materials removed for purposes referred to in paragraph 1, points (i), (j), (k) and (p); the methodology for determining the weight of recycled waste, including determination of calculation points and measurement points, and, if necessary, possibilities of applying average loss rates; the methodology for calculation and verification of the attainment of the reuse, recycling and recovery targets referred to in Article 33, including in the case of combined shredding of end-of-life vehicles with other waste referred to in Article 27 and Part G, point 3, of Annex VIII; the format for the reporting to the Commission referred to in paragraph 1, as well as the format for the quality check report. Those implementing acts shall be adopted by 31 March 2029, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 52(2). 6. Producers, producer responsibility organisations, waste management operators and other relevant economic operators shall provide competent authorities with accurate and reliable data allowing Member States to fulfil their reporting obligations under this Article.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.