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7. By 30 September 2027, the Commission shall assess the feasibility of establishing a requirement on the minimum share of recycled steel, considering in particular the following: the current and forecast availability of ferrous scrap, considering flat and long steel and, where relevant, stainless-steel product families; the current share of ferrous scrap in various steel semi-products and intermediates related to steel families used in vehicles and expected changes related to the transition of the automotive industry; the potential uptake of ferrous scrap by manufacturers in vehicles to be type-approved in the future and the respective potential contribution to higher scrap utilisation levels considering the different compositional constraints applicable to each steel product family; the relative demand of the automotive sector in comparison to the demand for ferrous scrap of other sectors, considering the ability to tolerate copper content and other unintended tramp inclusions; economic viability, technical and scientific progress, including changes in the availability of recycling technologies concerning steel recycling rates, as well as the necessity to address market failures hindering the utilisation of post-consumer versus pre-consumer steel scrap; the contribution of a minimum share of recycled content of steel in vehicles to the Union’s open strategic autonomy, climate, environmental and industrial objectives, in particular as regards the creation of complementary lead markets for decarbonised steel production; the need to prevent disproportionate negative impacts on the affordability of vehicles; and the influence on the overall costs and competitiveness of the automotive sector and the entire automotive steel value chain. By 30 September 2028, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act, in accordance with Article 51, to supplement this Regulation by establishing a minimum share of steel recycled from post-consumer steel waste and, where relevant, ferrous scrap to be present in and incorporated into vehicle types to be type-approved in accordance with this Regulation and Regulation (EU) 2018/858. That delegated act shall also set the date of application of the obligation to have a minimum share of recycled content no later than 14 August 2033. Steel used as reinforcement materials in tyres shall not be considered to fall within the scope of that delegated act. By 30 September 2028, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act, in accordance with Article 51, establishing the methodology for the calculation and verification of the share of steel recycled from post-consumer steel waste in vehicle types and, if applicable, from ferrous scrap, present in and incorporated into vehicle types.

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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.