Why Paris matters
Renault and Stellantis corporate EV programmes. Active names in and around the city include Renault Group, Stellantis.
OEM head offices and engineering centres produce prototype and validation packs, recall and warranty returns routed through central teams, and programme fleet retirements. Volumes are lumpy but the packs are often high-value and come with full engineering data.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Serving site | Lyon — Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Refinery (Hydrometallurgical Refinery) |
| Pickup SLA | 72 hours |
| Coverage radius | 227 km |
| Collection cadence | Called off against a framework agreement |
| Regulatory framework | EU Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and the French EPR (REP) system |
How collection works here
We work under a framework take-back agreement with the OEM's central sustainability or aftersales team, covering pricing methodology, EPR certificate transfer and confidential handling of prototype hardware, including destruction certificates where required.
Loads move in Class 9 compliant transport with pre-filled dangerous goods paperwork to Lyon, France, where they are weighed, logged and graded.
- OEM sustainability and aftersales teams
- Engineering and validation centres
- Programme and demo fleets
- Recall coordination teams
What the rules require in France
The EU Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 applies directly, replacing the old Batteries Directive with extended producer responsibility, collection and material recovery targets, recycled-content rules and, from February 2027, a digital battery passport for EV and larger industrial batteries. France has a long-established producer responsibility system for batteries, run through approved eco-organisations and individual schemes, with ADEME keeping the producer register.
Road transport follows ADR, and cross-border shipments follow the EU Waste Shipment Regulation.
- Register as a producer and meet take-back duties through an approved scheme
- Use permitted (ICPE-classified) sites for storage and treatment
- Report quantities placed on the market and collected
- Prepare battery passport and due-diligence information for in-scope batteries
Field note
What you get paid and what you file
Settlement is quoted per pack after measured state of health, not by guesswork on age. Modules holding 75% or more of rated capacity settle at second-life rates; the remainder settle against black mass metal content.
Certificates carry achieved recovery percentages and downstream vendor disclosure for reporting under EU Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and the French EPR (REP) system.