End of Life Vehicles
Every year, end of life vehicles generate between 8 and 9 million tonnes of waste in the Community which should be managed correctly. In 1997, the European Commission adopted a Proposal for a Directive which aims at making vehicle dismantling and recycling more environmentally friendly, sets clear quantified targets for reuse, recycling and recovery of vehicles and their components and pushes producers to manufacture new vehicles also with a view to their recyclability.
This legislation was officially adopted by the EP and Council in September 2000 and was published in Official Journal L269 on 21st October. (Directive 2000/53/EC). The text is available in all languages on the EUR-Lex database. Click on the language icons below to access the text directly.
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Summary of EU Waste Legislation on ELVs
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Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of- life vehicles
Ancillary/subordinate legislation on ELVs:
- Commission Decision 2001/753/EC concerning a questionnaire for Member States reports on the implementation of Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles
- Commission Decision 2002/151/EC on minimum requirements for the certificate of destruction issued in accordance with Article 5(3) of Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles
- Commission Decision 2002/525/EC amending Annex II of Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles
Other related ELV instrument(s):
- Commission Decision 2002/204/EC on the waste disposal system for car wrecks implemented by the Netherlands
The Commission will also establish European standards on material coding and identification and detailed rules on compliance control with the reuse, recyling and recovery targets set by the Directive.
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