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Supporting the evaluation of the Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles
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This report presents the findings of an evaluation study contracted by the European Commission in support of the evaluation of Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles (ELVs). A combination of research methods and analytical tools have been used, including literature review and consultation via both open public questionnaires as well as targeted questionnaires and interviews. Overall, this study finds the Directive effective, relevant, coherent, and adding value at EU level, although it identifies a number of issues that could be improved. Member States have broadly achieved their recycling and recovery targets, the capacity to treat ELVs has increased and hazardous substances have been removed. The current system of ELVs and vehicle registration is resulting in an under reporting in the number of ELVs. Recycling of some ELV material is hampered by their low market value. There is no minimum frequency for evaluating the exemptions for hazardous substances. Overall costs and benefits are hard to quantify and isolate, but there are no clear excess burdens. New materials and the increase in electric vehicles will bring new issues and there is need to consider how the costs and benefits of these are distributed. The need for the ELV Directive remains. There is environmental justification for widening the scope to include more vehicle types, but the economic and other reasons for originally limiting the scope to cars remain valid.
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- Corporate author(s): Directorate-General for Environment (European Commission) , Oeko-Institut e.V , Trinomics
- Personal author(s): Williams, Rob ; Keeling, William ; Petsinaris, Foivos ; Baron, Yifaat ; Mehlhart, Georg
- Themes: Environment — Ecology
- Subject: added value , cost-benefit analysis , dangerous substance , directive (EU) , product life , research method , sample survey , vehicle , waste recycling
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-76-21421-2 | DOI 10.2779/937866 | Catalogue number KH-02-20-633-EN-N |
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