The End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003

Dismantling Information U.K.

18.—(1) A producer shall—

(a) provide dismantling information for each type of new vehicle put on the market within six months after the date that vehicles of that type are first put on the market;

(b) at the request of the enforcement authority submit to it the dismantling information referred to in paragraph (1) (a).

(2) The dismantling information shall identify, in so far as it is needed by treatment facilities, the different materials and components of the vehicle, and the location of all hazardous substances in the vehicle in order to achieve the [F1 following objectives] —

(a) the reuse of components which are suitable for reuse;

(b) the recovery of components which cannot be reused; and

(c) giving preference to recycling when environmentally viable,

without prejudice to requirements regarding the safety of vehicles and environmental requirements such as air emissions and noise control.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 18(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/188), regs. 1(2)(b), 9(8) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1540, regs. 1(2), 11(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)