Recital 42

(42) Access to up-to-date information and timely communication between manufacturers and waste management operators across the automotive value chain are essential to maximise reuse, remanufacturing and refurbishment of parts and components of a vehicle and to ensure high-quality recycling of end-of-life vehicles. Therefore, manufacturers should provide to waste management operators and repair and maintenance operators unrestricted, standardised and non-discriminatory access to information, including via existing tools used by the automotive industry, enabling safe removal of certain parts, components and materials present in a vehicle. Manufacturers should not be obliged to provide such information to repair and maintenance operators where that information has already been made available pursuant to other Union legislation. The information should provide guidance for the waste management operators, publishers of technical information and repair and maintenance operators on the steps required to access and remove electric vehicle batteries and their battery packs, including on the tools or technologies enabling their safe discharge, and e-drive motors. The information should also provide clear instructions on the use of tools or technologies for that access and removal. It should help to identify, locate and remove the parts, components and materials, that should be depolluted and removed from the vehicle prior to shredding, as well as parts and components, containing the critical raw materials in permanent magnets referred to in Regulation (EU) 2024/1252. Manufacturers should also make available rescue and emergency response guidance information to emergency services. It is important that intellectual property rights are duly respected, ensuring that access to technical information does not compromise proprietary technologies or trade secrets. This should be done through communication platforms established by manufacturers and the information should be provided free of charge, excluding non–prohibitive administrative costs. The type-approval authorities should verify that the required information has been submitted by the manufacturers. Taking into account the need to support the vehicles retrofitting as a way to reduce emissions, extend vehicle lifespans, and promote sustainability, manufacturers should also ensure a proper cooperation with retrofit operators.

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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.