March 2025 

Despite our role in fostering sustainable mobility, the sector faces increasingly complex regulatory barriers. Many regulations, particularly under the EU Battery Regulation (Regulation 2023/1542), impose disproportionate burdens on shared mobility operators by treating fleet-managed vehicles as consumer products. This approach does not reflect the unique operational realities of shared micro-mobility and creates unnecessary obstacles to sustainable urban transport, hampering our contribution to the decarbonisation goals enshrined in the Green Deal. 

We urge EU policymakers to streamline regulations in a way that supports innovation, sustainability, and the single market. This is in line with findings of the Draghi Report and the Competitiveness Compass, and we call on EU decision-makers to take the specific needs of our sector into account in the upcoming horizontal Single Market Strategy, which will modernise the governance framework, by removing intra EU-barriers. 

In the following, we outline specific policy recommendations to ensure that the regulatory framework remains fit for purpose.

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