Revision of the End-Of-Life vehicles Directive and the Directive on the type approval of motor vehicles - Related links

European Commission

• Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on circularity requirements for vehicle design and on management of end-of-life vehicles, amending Regulations (EU) 2018/858 and 2019/1020 and repealing Directives 2000/53/EC and 2005/64/EC, COM(2023) 451 final
• Press release: Circular economy: improving design and end-of-life management of cars for more resource-efficient automotive sector, 13 July 2023
• Q&A: Questions and Answers: rules on circular design of vehicles and end-of-life management
• Web page on proposed rules on ELV
• Results of the consultation on End-of-life vehicles – revision of EU rules
• Commission Staff Working Document, Evaluation of Directive (EC) 2000/53 of 18 September 2000 on end-of-life vehicles (SWD(2021) 61 final), 15 March 2021
• European Commission, Inception impact assessment on the Revision of Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, 22 October 2020
• Legislative framework webpage on End-of-life-vehicles
• Implementation report: Report on the implementation of the ELV Directive for the period 2014-2017, 30 January 2020
• Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of life vehicles
• Directive 2005/64/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their reusability, recyclability and recoverability

European Parliament

• Legislative Train Schedule: Revision of the end-of-life vehicles directive and the directive on the type approval of motor vehicles (REFIT)
• Report - ELVs: Legal aspects, national practices and recommendations for future successful approach, EP, DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR INTERNAL POLICIES POLICY DEPARTMENT A: ECONOMIC AND SCIENTIFIC POLICY, 2010

Other

• Fit for future platform, Fit for Future opinion on End-of-life vehicles and 3R-type approval  (drafted by CoR representative of the the platform, 5 December 2022
• EuRIC – Press statement , 13 July 2023 and European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) Position Paper on the revision of the ELV and 3R Type Approval Directives, 26 October 2021 and Position Paper on Recycled Plastic Content in Cars
• European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) Press Release End-of-life vehicles: EU must balance conflicting waste, product, and chemical objectives, 13 July 2023
• EUROBAT (Association for European automotive and industrial battery manufacturers), High level statement ‎ on the revision of the End-of-Life Vehicles Directive, 13 July 2023
• Eurometaux, Press release: End-of-Life Vehicles proposal: A step forward for Europe’s raw materials supply, 13 July 2023
• Transport and Environment, How the EU’s car scrapyard law can bring clean steel and aluminium to Europe, 6 July 2023
• European Aluminium, Revving Up Recycling: Our expectations for the future of end-of-life vehicle treatment in Europe, 24 March 2023 and European Aluminium’s top priorities for the revision of the ELV Directive, October 2020
• ECOS (Environmental Coalition on Standards) Highlights of ECOS recommendations on ELV Directive revision, April 2022
• IEEP (Institute for European Environmental Policy) Report, European Circular Economy policy landscape overview, September 2022
• EEB (European Environment Bureau) Revision of the End-of-Life Vehicles Directive – EEB comments, 19 November 2020
• German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt) UBA - Effectively tackling the issue of millions of vehicles with unknown whereabouts, July 2020
• Mehlhart, Georg and Kosińska, Izabela 2017: Assessment of the implementation of Directive 2000/53/EU on end-of-life vehicles (the ELV Directive) with emphasis on the end-of-life vehicles of unknown whereabouts. Viewed 18 October 2018: https://publications.europa.eu/s/i2Ov Terra
• Deloitte, Biois 2015: Évaluation économique de la filière de traitment des véhicules hors d’usage
• DE – Umweltbundesamt
  • Study - Enhancing the Separation of Components and Materials from End-of-Life Vehicles Aiming at the Recovery of Critical Metals.(EN abstract p4, and summary p36 – 48)
  • UBA study about ELV targets monitoring (EN summary p55-74)
• Webinar, Recyclers' Talks #6: Revision of the ELV Directive - Challenges & Opportunities for the automotive value chain, November 2021 (including recording and presentations)