- base vehicle
means a vehicle as defined in Article 2, fourth indent of Directive 70/156/CEE, which is used at the starting stage of a multi-stage construction;
- competent body
means an entity, e.g. a technical service or another existing body, notified by a Member State to carry out preliminary assessment of the manufacturer and to issue a certificate of compliance, in accordance with the prescriptions of this Directive.
- component part
means any part or any assembly of parts which is included in a vehicle at the time of its production.
- end-of-life vehicle
means a vehicle as defined in point 2 of Article 2 of Directive 2000/53/EC;
- energy recovery
means energy recovery as defined in the second sentence of point 7 of Article 2 of Directive 2000/53/EC;
- mass
means the mass of the vehicle in running order as defined in point 2.6 of Annex I to Directive 70/156/EEC, but excluding the driver, whose mass is assessed at 75 kg;
- multi-stage built vehicle
means a vehicle resulting from a multi-stage construction process;
- multi-stage construction
means the process by which a vehicle is produced in several stages by adding component parts to a base vehicle or by modifying those component parts;
- recoverability
means the potential for recovery of component parts or materials diverted from an end-of-life vehicle;
- recoverability rate of a vehicle (Rcov)
means the percentage by mass of a new vehicle, potentially able to be reused and recovered;
- recovery
means recovery as defined in point 8 of Article 2 of Directive 2000/53/EC;
- recyclability
means the potential for recycling of component parts or materials diverted from an end-of-life vehicle;
- recyclability rate of a vehicle (Rcyc)
means the percentage by mass of a new vehicle, potentially able to be reused and recycled;
- recycling
means recycling as defined in the first sentence of point 7 of Article 2 of Directive 2000/53/EC;
- reference vehicle
means the version within a type of vehicle, which is identified by the approval authority, in consultation with the manufacturer and in accordance with the criteria laid down in Annex I, as being the most problematic in terms of reusability, recyclability and recoverability;
- reusability
means the potential for reuse of component parts diverted from an end-of-life vehicle;
- reuse
means reuse as defined in point 6 of Article 2 of Directive 2000/53/EC;
- strategy
means a large-scale plan consisting of coordinated actions and technical measures to be taken as regards dismantling, shredding or similar processes, recycling and recovery of materials to ensure that the targeted recyclability and recoverability rates are attainable at the time a vehicle is in its development phase;
- vehicle
means a motor vehicle;
- vehicle type
means the type of a vehicle as defined in part B, points 1 and 3, of Annex II to Directive 70/156/EEC;