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End of Life Vehicles (ELV) Directive (2000/53/EC)


Directive 2000/53/EC is meant to minimize the impact of the end of life of vehicles on environment by restricting the use of certain heavy metals in new vehicles from 1 July 2003. The objective is to ensure that 85% of an end of life vehicle by weight will be recycled by the year 2006, increasing to 95% by the year 2015 with additional de-pollution tasks being progressively introduced.

In particular it:

  • prohibits the use of lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium. These heavy metals should only be used in certain applications according to a list which will be regularly reviewed. This will help to ensure that certain materials and components do not become shredder residues, and are not incinerated or disposed of in landfills. 
  • 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.
The annexe II of the EC Directive 2000/53/EC is amended by the Decision 2002/525/EC, which specifies that the use of Cr(VI) is forbidden except for corrosion preventing of key components not exceeding a maximum of 2 g of Cr(VI) per vehicle.


Related information

Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of life vehicles - Commission Statements

2002/525/EC: Commission Decision of 27 June 2002 amending Annex II of Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles : Tolerated contaminations and exemptions

2005/63/EC: Commission Decision of 24 January 2005 amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of life vehicles: Exemptions for spare parts

2005/438/EC: Commission Decision of 10 June 2005 amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of life vehicles: Exemption of spare parts

2005/673/EC: Council Decision of 20 September 2005 amending Annex II of Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles: Tolerated contaminations and exemptions



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