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Amending Regulation as regards obligations of economic operators concerning battery due diligence policies

2025/0129(COD)·10th term·ENVI·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·Completed

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Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): DECARO Antonio (S&D)

Summary

A proposal amending a Regulation as regards obligations of economic operators concerning battery due-diligence policies. The amendments include outright rejection of the Commission proposal, postpone the application of due-diligence obligations and align them with the corporate sustainability due-diligence directive, address removability and replaceability requirements and possible derogations, raw-material sourcing and supply-chain pressures, third-party verification by notified bodies, and the deletion of certain articles of the cited Regulation.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
12 Jun 2025
Plenary vote — Adopted
10 Jul 2025 · On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
Procedure completed

Amendments

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Committee

12 Jun 2025

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Plenary votes

5 roll-call votes

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1. 10 Jul 2025Rejected
  On amendment 1 · recital 2
  Official label: Considérant 2 - Am 1 · what was voted ↗
  191 for452 against6 abstentions70 did not vote
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2. 10 Jul 2025Rejected
  On amendment 2 · text to be inserted after recital 2
  Official label: Après le considérant 2 - Am 2 · what was voted ↗
  210 for429 against9 abstentions71 did not vote
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10 Jul 2025Rejected
On amendment 3 · text to be inserted after recital 2
Official label: Après le considérant 2 - Am 3 · what was voted ↗
220 for416 against12 abstentions71 did not vote
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10 Jul 2025Rejected
On amendment 4 · text to be inserted after recital 2
Official label: Après le considérant 2 - Am 4 · what was voted ↗
143 for424 against80 abstentions72 did not vote
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10 Jul 2025Main voteAdopted
On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
Official label: Proposition de la Commission · what was voted ↗
542 for97 against12 abstentions68 did not vote
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Plenary amendments8 tabled on this text

Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.

Amendment 1PfEProposal for a regulation · Recital 2
Current text
(2) At a time when the geopolitical landscape continues to shift, ~~various~~ ~~challenges~~ ~~need~~ to be ~~overcome,~~ ~~including~~ in ~~sourcing~~ of ~~raw~~ ~~materials.~~ ~~Battery~~ manufacturers need time to analyse and, where necessary, adjust their supply chains as a result.
Amendment
(2) At a time when the geopolitical landscape continues to shift, and the European Union, due to its dogmatic Green Deal and energy policies, is proving increasingly dependent on third countries for the supply of rare metals as well as for batteries and high value-added products, battery manufacturers need time to analyse and, where necessary, adjust their supply chains as a result.
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Amendment 2PfEProposal for a regulation · Recital 2 a (new)
Amendment
(2a) The combustion-engine vehicle industry is heavily penalised by the method for calculating CO₂ emissions set out in Regulation (EU) 2019/631, which is limited to emissions during use (mileage). That calculation excludes the carbon footprint generated upstream, in particular the extraction and refining of raw materials for battery manufacturing. That bias prevents a comprehensive assessment of the real carbon footprint of electric vehicles over their entire life cycle, highlighting the need to promptly review Regulation (EU) 2019/631.
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Amendment 3PfEProposal for a regulation · Recital 2 b (new)
Amendment
(2b) The battery industry is currently facing challenges to meet social and environmental vigilance requirements. It is therefore necessary to provide simplification to enhance the competitiveness of the Union battery industry and to urgently reconsider the ban on the sale of combustion engine vehicles planned for 2035, adopting an approach based on technological neutrality.
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Amendment 4PfEProposal for a regulation · Recital 2 c (new)
Amendment
(2c) While the introduction of battery certification is a prerequisite for ensuring that electric mobility offers real environmental benefits, this tool must also become a lever for competitiveness for the European industry, in that it should shift competition beyond the sole criterion of price by promoting high standards.
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Amendment 5ECRProposal for a regulation · Recital 2
Current text
(2) At a time when the geopolitical landscape continues to shift, various challenges need to be overcome, including in sourcing of raw materials. Battery manufacturers need time to analyse and, where necessary, adjust their supply chains as a result.
Amendment
(2) At a time when the geopolitical landscape continues to shift, various challenges need to be overcome, including in sourcing of raw materials. Battery manufacturers need time to analyse and, where necessary, adjust their supply chains as a result. The automotive industry is particularly under pressure due to the 2035 deadline for the internal combustion engines since that technology is expected to be replaced by batteries within electric vehicles, with binding targets for CO2 emissions set out in Regulation (EU) 2019/631 to achieve the ultimate objective of carbon neutrality by 2050. Bearing that objective in mind, Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 required the Commission to adopt by…
Excerpt — full text in the official PDF.
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Amendment 6ECRProposal for a regulation · Recital 4
Current text
(4) In order to provide sufficient time for the notification of conformity assessment bodies and to allow economic operators placing batteries on the market to be in a position to comply with their obligations, the date of application of the battery due diligence policies set out in Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, should be postponed by two ~~years.~~
Amendment
(4) In order to provide sufficient time for the notification of conformity assessment bodies and to allow economic operators placing batteries on the market to be in a position to comply with their obligations, the date of application of the battery due diligence policies set out in Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, should be postponed by six months for batteries manufactured for electric vehicles and by two years all other batteries.
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Amendment 7ECRProposal for a regulation · Recital 4 a (new)
Amendment
(4a) Consequently, the automotive industry cannot be required to fulfil parallel obligations set out in Regulation (EU) 2019/631 as long as the level-playing field between both technologies and reliable supply or raw material is not ensured. Therefore, the 2035 deadline to achieve an EU fleet-wide target of full electrification referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2019/631 should be postponed sine die.
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Amendment 8ECRProposal for a regulation · Recital 6
Current text
(6) The Commission is to publish, in accordance with Article 48(5) Article of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, guidelines as regards the application of the due battery diligence requirements. The Commission is to make available, in accordance with Article 19(2), point (a) of Directive (EU) 2024/1760, guidelines as regards guidance and best practices on how to conduct due diligence. Consistency between Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and Directive (EU) 2024/1760 is important for companies in the battery supply chain. Therefore, the relevant dates for the publication and making available of those guidelines should be harmonised.
Amendment
(6) The Commission is to publish, in accordance with Article 48(5) Article of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, guidelines as regards the application of the due battery diligence requirements. The Commission is to make available, in accordance with Article 19(2), point (a) of Directive (EU) 2024/1760, guidelines as regards guidance and best practices on how to conduct due diligence. Consistency between Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and Directive (EU) 2024/1760 is important for companies in the battery supply chain. Therefore, the relevant dates for the publication and making available of those guidelines should be harmonised. The Commission should also adopt without any further delay the delegated act…
Excerpt — full text in the official PDF.
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