The proposed Directive on End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs); its relationship with existing mandatory and voluntary measures; the environmental issues - high recyclability of end-of-life vehicles, relationship with the life-cycle; The legislative background; Key features of the proposal; The legal issues - costs of compliance, implementation, legal basis, retroactivity, legislative controls and vehicle disposal, the legal status of vehicles, stakeholder liabilities; Definitions - stakeholder liabilities, de minimis provisions, information, recycling targets, certificates of destruction, air bags; Conclusion that the targeting of EL Vs for mandatory control is inconsistent with moves towards voluntary control in other areas and that mandatory controls "offer little added value in terms of environmental benefit yet have the potential for imposing a significant and generally counterproductive burden on the economic sectors involved".
European Energy and Environmental Law Review