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The establishment of EVISA is funded by the EU through the Fifth Framework Programme (G7RT- CT- 2002- 05112).

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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.