PURPOSE: to implement aspects of the end of life vehicles Directive
LEGISLATIVE ACT: Commission Decision establishing component and material coding standards for vehicles pursuant to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end of life vehicles.
CONTENT: This Decision has been adopted in accordance with provisions laid out in Directive 2000/53, which award the Commission the right to establish component and material coding standards to be used by producers and material and equipment manufacturers. This allows them to identify those components and materials which are suitable for reuse and recovery. Under the terms of the Decision, Member States are expected to ensure that producers, together with material and equipment manufacturers, use the nomenclature of ISO component and material coding standards, (which can be found in Annex to the Decision), for the labelling and identification of components and materials of vehicles. The Decision will be reviewed two years after the Decision has entered into force on the basis of practical experience gained in the recycling and recovery of end-of-life vehicles.
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 1 July 2003.