EU end-of-life-vehicle regulation to become law

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Journal of the EU. At least 20% of these recycled content targets will need to be sourced from end-of-life vehicles (ELVs). This equates to 3% recycled content sourced from ELVs after six years, and 5% recycled content sourced from ELVs after 10 years. Only post-consumer derived material will be allowed to count towards targets. For the purposes of the regulation, post-consumer waste is defined as, “waste that is generated from products that have been placed on the market or supplied for distribution, consumption or use in a third country in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge”. The mandates will apply to passenger cars, light commercial vans, regular heavy-duty vehicles, motorcycles and special purpose vehicles, with the exception of small volume manufacturers of heavy-duty special purpose vehicles. “ICIS estimates that 0.5-0.6...