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Scope of the EU ELV Directive

2023-03-30
482 Author: Shenzhen NTEK Testing Technology Co., Ltd.
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ELV stands for end-of-life vehicle. The ELV Directive is the end-of-life vehicle recycling directive adopted by the European Commission and the European Parliament to protect the environment and reduce the waste generated by scrapped vehicles. It has two elements: first, vehicles produced after July 2003 may not contain the four hazardous substances lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium; second, to increase the recyclability of end-of-life vehicles, all or most of the recycling costs are borne by manufacturers. The directive sets two stages, reuse and recovery, with targets for reuse and recycling and for reuse and recovery, and specifies the limits for recovery rates together with the heavy metals that are banned or restricted. The main ELV directives are 2000/53/EC of 18 September 2000 and 2005/64/EC of 26 October 2005.


Scope of the EU ELV Directive


Scope of the ELV Directive:
All vehicle components and materials.
It applies to passenger cars and light trucks, but not to heavy trucks, vintage vehicles or special purpose vehicles.
Definition of vehicle: vehicles defined as M1 or N1 in Annex IIA to Directive 70/156/EEC, and three-wheel motor vehicles as defined in Directive 92/61/EEC, excluding three-wheel motorcycles.
Restriction requirements:
The content and use of hazardous substances in all vehicle components and materials is restricted, and the use of hazardous substances is reduced during vehicle design. The limits for banned components in all components and materials are: cadmium (Cd) not more than 100 ppm (0.01%); mercury (Hg) not more than 1000 ppm (0.1%); lead (Pb) not more than 1000 ppm (0.1%); hexavalent chromium (CrVI) not more than 1000 ppm (0.1%).

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