Recital 107

(107) In view of the need to ensure a high level of environmental protection and to take scientific progress into account, the Commission should submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the application of this Regulation and its impact on the functioning of the single market and on the environment. The Commission should include in its report, inter alia, an evaluation of the provisions on the design of new vehicles, including the targets for re-usability, recyclability and recoverability, on the management of end-of-life vehicles, including the recycling targets, and on penalties as well as an assessment of the need and feasibility of further extending the scope of the provisions applicable to L-category vehicles, heavy-duty vehicles, vehicles that are type-approved in multi-stage type-approval and to motor caravans, and including trailer caravans within the scope of this Regulation. That evaluation should focus not only on aspects concerning treatment of end-of-life vehicles, but also on the relevance and added-value of laying down design requirements and evaluate the extent to which the issue of missing vehicles has been solved, including estimates on the number of missing vehicles and the impact of the measures regarding the export of used vehicles, and the need to include further measures addressing the issue of the traceability of vehicles. In that respect, that evaluation should review the effectiveness, interoperability and reliability of national vehicle registration systems and their cross-border exchange of information in ensuring the accurate identification, status and traceability of vehicles throughout their lifecycle. The Commission should also review the state of technological development and environmental performance of biobased plastic content in vehicles and of elastomers derived from the reprocessing of tyres in new vehicles and could present a legislative proposal to lay down relevant targets, where appropriate. For elastomers derived from the reprocessing of tyres, priority should be given to assessing the extent to which they can be integrated into the existing targets for recycled plastic content.

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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.