Recycler Mon Véhicule (RMV) says it has signed up 1,060 partner ELV centres in just over a year, exceeding its 1,000-site goal. With accreditation for reused parts and EV/HEV batteries since August 2025, RMV is standardising audits, backing Syderep reporting, and launching battery collection and treatment services via its network from January 2026.
Just over a year after launching, France’s automotive eco-organisation, Recycler Mon Véhicule (RMV), says it has built a national network of 1,060 partner end-of-life vehicle (ELV) centres and has met its early objectives. Now accredited for reused parts and batteries (since August 2025), RMV is shifting focus towards scaling parts reuse, improving data flows and preparing its ELV network for high-voltage battery collection and treatment.
Vincent Salimon, president of the eco-organisation and chairman of BMW Group France, said during an information session with vehicle dismantlers in early December 2025: “The year 2025 was intense, demanding, formative, but above all, a collective one.” He added that RMV’s initial objectives were met and exceeded in some areas.
Market position: strong in two/three-wheelers, early progress in cars and vans
RMV reports a 57% market share in the two/three-wheeled and licence-free vehicle segment, with 36 members, positioning it as the leading scheme in that category.
In the private car and light commercial vehicle (LCV) market, RMV says it holds 10%, which it argues is in line with its launch ambitions given the “multitude of approved individual systems” operating in the category.
More than 1,000 end-of-life vehicle (ELV) centers have joined Recycler Mon Véhicule
RMV describes territorial roll-out as one of its main first-year achievements. It says it has 1,060 partner ELV centres, exceeding its initial “symbolic” target of 1,000.
“Our network is dense, covering the entire country, which allows us to provide a local service,” said Vincent Griffon, head of partnerships.
RMV says its next phase of network development will focus on two themes: simplification and support for partner centres.
Simplification: common audits and a push to avoid ‘system sprawl’
RMV says it has worked with individual systems and the Mobilians and Federec federations to reduce administrative friction for ELV centres. Claire Deroche, performance project manager, said the focus has been on standardising audit expectations.
“On simplification, we have worked with individual systems and the Mobilians and Federec federations to make your daily life easier. We have focused in particular on simplifying audits, with the implementation of a common audit grid, so as not to change the process already in place in your centers,” Deroche said.
Data collection is another stated priority, with RMV aiming to limit the proliferation of parallel reporting tools. The organisation says it has secured continuation of the Syderep tool beyond 2027, and plans further development to automate regulatory declarations.
Environmental performance: reuse trajectory and refrigerants under scrutiny
RMV says its network is currently achieving a 12% reuse rate for passenger cars and commercial vehicles, against a target of 16% by 2028.
“It’s not unattainable, but we need to keep working towards it,” Deroche said.
For two- and three-wheeled vehicles, RMV reports that specialised centres are seeing around a 30% reuse rate, with a target of 40%, while noting that data still needs to be consolidated across stakeholders.
RMV also highlighted refrigerants as a specific focus area. It says a study with volunteer recyclers quantified recoverable volumes in vehicles, with results indicating the sector is performing above regulatory targets.
Tackling illegal channels: overseas territories and consumer awareness
RMV says combating illegal dismantling and distribution networks is a priority, particularly in France’s overseas territories. A study referenced by RMV highlights a “worrying phenomenon”: in 2024, the ELV abandonment rate in these regions exceeded 10%.
As part of its awareness work, RMV has adopted what it calls a more “original” approach aimed at younger audiences: “Car Life Tycoon,” a free Fortnite management game that puts the player in the role of an ELV centre manager dealing with clandestine channels.
Extension to batteries: RMV prepares an ELV-centre-led collection model
With electrification accelerating, RMV says battery accreditation was a key milestone, and it achieved this in August 2025. RMV now positions itself as the only approved eco-organisation in France covering both end-of-life vehicles and batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles.
“This expansion of our mission is in line with our ongoing commitment to manufacturers, importers and operators,” Salimon said.
RMV argues the operational logic is clear: it estimates that 73% of batteries will be collected via ELV centres. From January 2026, it plans to offer a battery collection and processing service through its network.
What’s coming: 50,000 EVs a year from 2030, and new targets for mass and lithium recovery
RMV frames the scale-up challenge as imminent. From 2030, it expects around 50,000 electric vehicles to reach end of life each year.
Regulatory targets will also tighten, including requirements that at least 70% of battery mass must be recycled by the end of the decade, and 80% of lithium recovered by 2031.
To support capacity growth, RMV says it will help ELV operators that are not yet authorised to dismantle high-voltage batteries, with the aim of expanding compliant handling across its network.
What this means for recyclers
For authorised treatment facilities and dismantlers, RMV’s first-year update points to three practical themes: a push towards standardised audits, a continued battle against administrative fragmentation in reporting, and a clear expectation that battery handling capability will become a core requirement for many sites as EV end-of-life volumes rise.
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