Directive 2000/53/EC

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This text since 30 Mar 2023law://eu/dir/2000/53/art_7__para_4@2026-11-14

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4.In order to prepare an amendment to Directive 70/156/EEC, the Commission shall promote the preparation of European standards relating to the dismantlability, recoverability and recyclability of vehicles. Once the standards are agreed, but in any case no later than by the end of 2001, the European Parliament and the Council, on the basis of a proposal from the Commission, shall amend Directive 70/156/EEC so that vehicles type-approved in accordance with that Directive and put on the market after three years after the amendment of the Directive 70/156/EEC are re-usable and/or recyclable to a minimum of 85 % by weight per vehicle and are re-usable and/or recoverable to a minimum of 95 % by weight per vehicle.

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Key facts

Type: Directive · 2000/53/EC
Adopted: 18 Sept 2000
In force: 21 Oct 2000
Applies from: 1 Jul 2002
Applies from: 1 Jan 2007
Text current to: 30 Mar 2023
Made by: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Official: EUR-Lex 32000L0053 · ELI

Topics

environmental protection vehicle waste waste disposal waste recycling Approximation of laws Environment Internal market - Principles Technical barriers

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Cited by 3: Regulation (EU) 2023/15422 provisions; Regulation (EU) 2024/1157; Regulation (EU) 2026/173822 provisions
Cites 1: Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers

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dismantling information
means all information required for the correct and environmentally sound treatment of end-of life vehicles.
disposal
means any of the applicable operations provided for in Annex IIA to Directive 75/442/EEC;
economic operators
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;
end-of life vehicle
means a vehicle which is waste within the meaning of Article 1(a) of Directive 75/442/EEC;
hazardous substance
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;
prevention
means measures aiming at the reduction of the quantity and the harmfulness for the environment of end-of life vehicles, their materials and substances;
producer
means the vehicle manufacturer or the professional importer of a vehicle into a Member State;
recovery
means any of the applicable operations provided for in Annex IIB to Directive 75/442/EEC;
recycling
means the reprocessing in a production process of the waste materials for the original purpose or for other purposes but excluding energy recovery.
reuse
means any operation by which components of end-of life vehicles are used for the same purpose for which they were conceived;
shredder
means any device used for tearing into pieces or fragmenting end-of life vehicles, including for the purpose of obtaining directly reusable metal scrap;
treatment
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;
vehicle
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;

Defined terms · 13

Show every defined term

dismantling information
means all information required for the correct and environmentally sound treatment of end-of life vehicles.
disposal
means any of the applicable operations provided for in Annex IIA to Directive 75/442/EEC;
economic operators
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;
end-of life vehicle
means a vehicle which is waste within the meaning of Article 1(a) of Directive 75/442/EEC;
hazardous substance
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;
prevention
means measures aiming at the reduction of the quantity and the harmfulness for the environment of end-of life vehicles, their materials and substances;
producer
means the vehicle manufacturer or the professional importer of a vehicle into a Member State;
recovery
means any of the applicable operations provided for in Annex IIB to Directive 75/442/EEC;
recycling
means the reprocessing in a production process of the waste materials for the original purpose or for other purposes but excluding energy recovery.
reuse
means any operation by which components of end-of life vehicles are used for the same purpose for which they were conceived;
shredder
means any device used for tearing into pieces or fragmenting end-of life vehicles, including for the purpose of obtaining directly reusable metal scrap;
treatment
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;
vehicle
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;