The End of Life Vehicles (ELV) Directive (2000/53/EC) aims to reduce the amount of waste from ELVs.  In particular it:

• restricts the use of certain heavy metals in new vehicles from 1 July 2003;

• introduces a “certificate of destruction” for scrapped vehicles;

• requires producers to mark certain vehicle components to aid recycling;

• requires producers to make available dismantling information in respect of new vehicles;

• states that producers must provide free take back for vehicles put on the market from 1 July 2002, if such vehicles have a negative value when scrapped;

• requires that ELVs can only be scrapped (‘treated’) by authorised treatment facilities, which must meet tightened environmental standards.

This is the Government’s second consultation on implementation of the ELV Directive.  The current consultation seeks comments on draft regulations covering the above provisions of the Directive, but further consultation covering other aspects, including arrangements for achieving the 2006 recycling/recovery targets, and for free take back of ELVs with a negative value from 2007, will follow in due course.  We should welcome comments on the consultation and draft regulations from all interested parties.

A separate consultation will take place regarding implementation in Northern Ireland, and, in respect of authorised treatment facilities, in Scotland.

End of Life Vehicles Regulations 2003-RIA  (6.7 Mb)

DTI Consultation Paper on the transposition of Articles 4, 5, 8, 9 and Annex II of Directive 2000/53/EC - The End of Life Vehicles Regulations 2003: Summary of Responses. Posted 06 October 2003 (3027 Kb)

Click here for the consultation document (423 Kb)

Click here for the ELV Directive (135 Kb)

Peter Cottrell
Environment Directorate
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
151 Buckingham Palace Road
LONDON SW1W 9SS
e-mail peter.cottrell@dti.gov.uk
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