The countries' environment ministers agreed in a meeting in Luxembourg on Tuesday on their view of how recycling and scrapping of old cars should be carried out.
"The legislation will not only increase the competitiveness of our car and recycling industries, but also reduce bureaucracy to a minimum", promises Poland's climate and environment minister Paulina Hennig-Kloska in a press release.
When the EU Commission presented its original proposal in 2023, there was concern about forced scrapping of old cars. However, this has been dispelled, among other things with the help of the fact that countries can make exceptions for "vehicles of particular cultural interest", as they are now referred to in the proposal.
The European Parliament is also on its way to agreeing on its view on the matter and is expected to vote on it in the autumn, before final negotiations can begin. Swedish member Jonas Sjöstedt (V) sees the issue as one of those that gathers broad Swedish support across party lines.
– I think that no Swedish party is messing with this, he states at a press conference in Strasbourg.
