Directive 2000/53/EU on End-of-life vehicles (ELV) Screening SERBIA Brussels, 16 September 2014
Outline 1. The E.L.V Directive 2. Extended Producer Responsibility in ELV 3. The importance of car recycling for a resource efficient Europe 4. Towards the Future
Legislative Set-Up Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles Commission Decision 2001/753/EC concerning a questionnaire for Member States tri-annual reports on the implementation of Directive 2000/53/EC Commission Decision 2002/151/EC on minimum requirements for the certificate of destruction Commission Decision 2003/138/EC establishing component and material coding standards Commission Decision 2005/293/EC laying down detailed rules on the monitoring of the reuse/recovery and reuse/recycling targets
Objectives Minimising the environmental impact of ELVs Reduce the final disposal Improve environmental performance of economic operators Ensuring proper functioning of the internal market and avoid distortions of competition
Scope Vehicles category M1 and N1 M1: Vehicles used for the carriage of passengers and comprising no more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat N1: Vehicles used for the carriage of goods and having a maximum mass not exceeding 3,5 tonnes. If these conditions are met: motor caravans are included Three wheel motor vehicles Only the collection requirements and the treatment rules apply Special purpose vehicles and motor tricycles are excluded from the reuse/recovery/recycling targets
Prevention Limit the use of hazardous substances in vehicles Design new vehicles taking into account dismantling, reuse and recycling Develop market for recycled materials in vehicles Substance ban Pb, Hg, Cd, CrVI Materials and components of vehicles (also spare parts) Applies since 1 July 2003 List of exemptions in Annex II Annex II to be revised by the Commission on a regular basis according to technical and scientific progress
Collection Economic operators to set up collection systems Member States to guarantee adequate availability of collection facilities End-user needs certificate of destruction (CoD) for the deregistration of ELV Producer's responsibility
ELV -Producer's Responsibility Design responsibility Producers to limit the use of hazardous substances in vehicle production (Annex II to the ELV Directive) Producers to design more recyclable vehicles (in order to reach the targets) Standards for dismantling, recoverability and recyclability in the type-approval directive (EU Directive 2005/64/EC) Producers to integrate more recycled materials in new vehicles Organisational responsibility Economic operators to set up collection systems and achieve reuse, recovery and recycling Financial responsibility (free take back) Information responsibility (coding standards)
ELV - Design Responsibility Producers to limit the use of hazardous substances in vehicle production Reduction of hazardous substances achieved Annex II to the ELV Directive: driver for lifecycle emission reduction (2010 ACEA report) 99,6% in the use of lead 96% in the use of cadmium 0% in the use of mercury (which is phasing-out) 99,9% in the use of hexavalent chromium
ELV Reuse/Recycling/Recovery Targets to be reached as from 2006: Minimum reuse and recovery: 85% Minimum reuse and recycling: 80% Targets to be reached as from 2015: Minimum reuse and recovery: 95% Minimum reuse and recycling: 85% Lower targets for vehicles produced before 1980: Minimum reuse and recovery: 75% Minimum reuse and recycling: 70% Commission to be informed
ELV - Recycling materials in vehicles
Calculation of targets and Valuable Waste Description of the monitoring process: an average weight of 900kg used for the incoming ELVs, determined through a representative weighing campaign. Non-metallic reuse 1.6% Recycling of fluids 1.5% Recycling of tyres 2.4% Energetic recovery of tyres 1.2% Recycling of glass 2.4% (manual dismantling) 3% (glass separated at the shredder) Fix metal content of an ELV 75% traded as scrap Catalytic Converters ( cats ) extract of precious metals Batteries
ELV - Future actions Seventh amendment of Annex II to the ELV Directive to be adopted in 2014 Eight amendment of Annex II in 2015 (exemptions to the use of hazardous substance when their use is unavoidable and substitution is not available) ELVs with unknown whereabouts Guidelines for reporting prepared by DG ESTAT to be considered as compulsory if COM DEC 2005/293 will be amended Improving recycling techniques to achieve 2015 targets Fitness check
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