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That there is a need for a revised battery directive and new regulation to fully benefit from the potential of a growing battery industry is evident. Northvolt would like to underline a few points regarding the inception impact assessment in order to have the new regulation in place as timely and effectively as possible. The full feedback will be submitted as attached file.

Batteries are an essential product to ensure decarbonisation in the EU and its demand is set to grow substantially in the upcoming years. As an environmental civil society organisation, we strongly welcome the initiative of the European Commission to update the legislation that ensures a circular and sustainable value chain for all batteries produced in the EU and placed on the single market.

ECOS welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a new Regulation on batteries and waste batteries (replacing the current Battery Directive) and is pleased to contribute to the consultation on this matter. Together with other European NGOs, namely the EEB (The European Environmental Bureau), Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH – Environmental Action Germany), and Transport & Environment, we have developed a joint paper…

Northvolt welcomes the European Commissions carbon footprint methodology for batteries for electric vehicles in its current form, as a balanced compromise between different policy considerations. It is important and urgent to have a framework set in the immediate term, both for the sake of regulatory certainty for industry and for the sake of transparency on the carbon intensity of production to ensure a sustainable…

ECOS welcomes the draft Delegated Act on a methodology for calculating the carbon footprint of electric vehicle batteries. ECOS considers the methodology an integral part of further reducing vehicle and battery-related emissions and we are pleased to see it has been delivered swiftly.