Directive 2000/53/EC

means all information required for the correct and environmentally sound treatment of end-of life vehicles.

means any of the applicable operations provided for in Annex IIA to Directive 75/442/EEC;

means producers, distributors, collectors, motor vehicle insurance companies, dismantlers, shredders, recoverers, recyclers and other treatment operators of end-of life vehicles, including their components and materials;

means a vehicle which is waste within the meaning of Article 1(a) of Directive 75/442/EEC;

means any substance which fulfils the criteria for any of the following hazard classes or categories set out in Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures;

means measures aiming at the reduction of the quantity and the harmfulness for the environment of end-of life vehicles, their materials and substances;

means the vehicle manufacturer or the professional importer of a vehicle into a Member State;

means any of the applicable operations provided for in Annex IIB to Directive 75/442/EEC;

means the reprocessing in a production process of the waste materials for the original purpose or for other purposes but excluding energy recovery.

means any operation by which components of end-of life vehicles are used for the same purpose for which they were conceived;

means any device used for tearing into pieces or fragmenting end-of life vehicles, including for the purpose of obtaining directly reusable metal scrap;

means any activity after the end-of life vehicle has been handed over to a facility for depollution, dismantling, shearing, shredding, recovery or preparation for disposal of the shredder wastes, and any other operation carried out for the recovery and/or disposal of the end-of life vehicle and its components;

means any vehicle designated as category M1 or N1 defined in Annex IIA to Directive 70/156/EEC, and three wheel motor vehicles as defined in Directive 92/61/EEC, but excluding motor tricycles;