{"id":11582,"date":"2026-06-18T21:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11582"},"modified":"2026-06-18T21:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:25:00","slug":"the-european-car-market-is-changing-new-strict-rules-for-recycling-and-used-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11582","title":{"rendered":"The European car market is changing\u2014New, strict rules for recycling and used cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>     A <b>new, strict European framework<\/b> is radically changing <b>the automobile market<\/b> with an emphasis <b>on recycling, used cars<\/b>, and <b>vehicle inspections<\/b>. <\/p>\n<p>     At <b>a time of intense upheaval in Europe\u2019s<\/b> industrial and environmental policy, <b>Brussels<\/b> has chosen to <b>take decisive action in one of the most critical and economically significant sectors of the single market<\/b>: the <b>automotive industry<\/b>. Against the backdrop of <b>the transition to a new model of sustainable development<\/b> and <b>growing pressure to reduce the environmental footprint, the new European framework<\/b> for <b>vehicle recycling and stricter inspection<\/b> of used vehicles mark <b>a profound political and economic shift<\/b>, which is expected <b>to affect not only the automotive industry<\/b> and the <b>supply chain<\/b>, but also the very <b>functioning of the market across the entire continent<\/b>. <\/p>\n<p>     The <b>European Union is steering the automotive sector<\/b> toward <b>a circular economy<\/b>: to this end, the <b>European Parliament<\/b> today gave the <b>green light to new rules covering both new<\/b> and <b>used cars<\/b>. The baton, according to <b>Topspeed.gr<\/b>,\u00a0<b>is now being passed on to the Council of the EU <\/b>for formal <b>approval <\/b>, and it will take 24 months<\/b> for the new provisions to <b>take effect<\/b>. <\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s changing in new vehicles<\/h3>\n<p>     The logic is simple: car manufacturers will have to design new vehicles in such a way that the greatest possible number of their components and parts can be easily removed. <\/p>\n<p>     In addition, plastic parts in vehicles should contain at least 15% recycled material within six years and 25% within ten years. At least 20% of the recycled plastic must come from materials recovered from end-of-life vehicles or from used parts (<strong>\u201cclosed-loop recycling\u201d \u2013 closed loop<\/strong>). <\/p>\n<p>     At a later stage, the European Commission may also set targets for the use of recycled steel, aluminum, magnesium, and critical raw materials. <\/p>\n<p>     Three years after the rules take effect, the <strong>extended producer responsibility<\/strong> scheme will be activated, under which manufacturers will bear the cost of processing vehicles at the end of their life cycle. <\/p>\n<h3>     Transfers of ownership of used vehicles: the future rules <\/h3>\n<p>     In the event of the sale of a used company vehicle, companies must prove that the vehicle is not considered to be at the end of its life cycle or provide a valid technical inspection certificate. <\/p>\n<p>     And what will apply to transactions between private individuals? One of these two documents will be required only if the vehicle has been classified as <strong>a total economic loss<\/strong> or when the sale takes place online. <\/p>\n<h2>     Combating illegal dismantling practices <\/h2>\n<p>     To prevent illegal dismantling practices, the legislation will prohibit the export of vehicles that have been deemed unfit for use on public roads. <\/p>\n<p>     This measure, which aims to address so-called <strong>\u201cghost cars\u201d<\/strong>, will take effect five years after the regulation enters into force. <\/p>\n<p> To prevent illegal dismantling, the legislation will prohibit the export of vehicles that have been declared unfit for use on public roads. The measure against \u201cghost cars\u201d will take effect five years after the regulation enters into force. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n    A new, strict European framework is radically changing the automotive market, with an emphasis on recycling, used cars, and vehicle inspections&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}