End of Vehicle (ELV) Regulations 2003
End of Life Vehicle (ELV) Regulations 2003
These Regulations came into force on the 3rd November 2003. They introduce the licensing of authorised ELV treatment sites and outline how authorised handlers should dismantle, recycle and dispose of vehicle materials.
For the purposes of the Regulations a vehicle is defined as
• a passenger vehicle with no more than 9 seats (including the drivers)
• a three wheel motor vehicle (but excluding motor tricycles)
• a goods vehicle below 3.75 tonnes.
In all cases the vehicle must have a maximum design speed of 25km/h.
The Regulations provide that:
• Owners must be able to have their complete ELVs accepted by collection systems free of charge, even when they have a negative value, from the 1st January 2007 at the latest.
• Producers (vehicle manufacturers or professional importers) must pay all or a significant part of the costs of take back and treatment of complete ELVs.
• Rising targets for re-use, recycling and recovery must be achieved by economic operators by 1st January 2006 and 2015.
An ELV is defined as a vehicle which is waste within the meaning of the legislation.
Waste is defined as “any substance or object ………….. which the, holder discards or intends or is required to discard”.
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