approval authority — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (40)

approval authority — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (41)

authorised representative for the cross-border mechanism — a natural or legal person established in a Member State and appointed by the manufacturer in accordance with Article 22 (26)

authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility — a natural or legal person established in a Member State in which the producer makes vehicles available on the market for the first time, other than the Member State or the third country where the producer is established, and is appointed by the producer in accordance with Article 8a(5), third subparagraph, of Directive 2008/98/EC to fulfil the obligations of that producer under Chapter IV of this Regulation (25)

authorised treatment facility — any establishment or undertaking that is permitted in accordance with Directive 2008/98/EC and this Regulation to carry out collection, storage and treatment operations of end-of-life vehicles, including their parts and components (16)

backfilling — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (39)

base vehicle — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (40)

base vehicle — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (41)

biobased plastics — biobased plastics as defined in Article 3, point 53, of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (51)

cancellation of registration — registration, registration certificate, holder of registration certificate, suspension and cancellation of registration as defined in Article 2, points (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), respectively, of Directive 1999/37/EC (42)

collection — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (39)

collection point — an economic operator, other than an authorised treatment facility, which temporarily stores end-of-life vehicles and prepares the transfer of the collected end-of-life vehicles to authorised treatment facilities for treatment (38)

component — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (40)

component — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (41)

critical raw materials — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (10)

customs authorities — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (45)

data carrier — substance of concern and data carrier as defined in Article 2, points (27) and (29), respectively, of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 (44)

disposal — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (39)

distributor — type-approval, multi-stage type-approval, component, parts, spare parts, base vehicle, vehicle produced in small series, special purpose vehicle, market surveillance authority, approval authority, manufacturer, importer and distributor as defined in Article 3, points (1), (8), (19), (21), (23), (24), (30), (31), (35), (36), (40), (42) and (43), respectively, of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 (40)

distributor — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (41)

e-drive motor — an electric motor that converts electrical input power into mechanical output power to provide traction to a vehicle (14)

economic operator — a producer, collector, vehicle insurance company, supplier, repair and maintenance operator, waste management operator, including a dismantler or recycler, and any other operator involved in design of vehicles, trade in used vehicles, dismantling, reuse, or management of end-of-life vehicles, remanufacturing and refurbishment of parts, components and materials from vehicles (35)

electric vehicle battery — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (15)

end-of-life vehicle — a vehicle which is waste as defined in Article 3, point (1), of Directive 2008/98/EC, or which is waste according to Annex I of this Regulation (2)

extended producer responsibility scheme — waste, waste oils, waste holder, waste management, collection, prevention, recovery, recycling, backfilling, disposal and extended producer responsibility scheme as defined in Article 3, points (1), (3), (6), (9), (10), (12), (15), (17), (17a), (19) and (21), respectively, of Directive 2008/98/EC (39)

holder of registration certificate — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (42)

importer — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (40)

importer — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (41)

inert waste — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (32)

light means of transport battery — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (48)

LMT battery — light means of transport battery or LMT battery, respectively, as defined in Article 3, point (11), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 (48)

making available on the market — a supply of a vehicle for distribution or use on the market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge (20)

manufacturer — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (40)

manufacturer — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (41)

market surveillance authority — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (40)

market surveillance authority — type-approval, base vehicle, component, parts, spare parts, manufacturer, importer, distributor, approval authority, and market surveillance authority as defined in Article 3, points (1), (11), (16), (18), (21), (47), (49), (50), (56) and (57), respectively, of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 (41)

multi-stage type-approval — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (40)

non-inert waste — waste that does not meet the conditions of definition of ‘inert waste’ laid down in Article 2, point (e), of Council Directive 1999/31/EC (36) (32)

online platform — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (46)

packaging waste — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (49)

parts — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (40)

parts — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (41)

placing on the market — making available a vehicle for the first time on the Union market (21)

plastic — a polymer within the meaning of Article 3, point (5), of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, to which additives or other substances may have been added and which can function as a main structural component of final products, with the exception of natural polymers that have not been chemically modified (9)

post-consumer waste — 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 (12)

post-shredder technology — techniques and technologies used to process materials from end-of-life vehicles, after they have been shredded, for further recovery in accordance with Part G, point 2, of Annex VIII (29)

pre-consumer waste — material diverted from the waste stream during a manufacturing process, excluding reutilisation of materials such as rework, regrind or scrap generated in a process and capable of being reclaimed within the same process that generated it (11)

prevention — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (39)

producer — any manufacturer, importer or distributor who, irrespective of the selling technique used, including by means of distance contracts as defined in Article 2, point (7), of Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (35), makes available a vehicle for the first time for distribution or use, within a territory of a Member State on a professional basis (23)

producer responsibility organisation — a legal entity that financially or financially and operationally organises the fulfilment of extended producer responsibility obligations on behalf of several producers (24)

reclamation — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (52)

recoverability — the possibility for recovery of parts, components or materials diverted from an end-of-life vehicle (7)

recovery — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (39)

recyclability — the possibility for recycling of parts, components or materials diverted from an end-of-life vehicle (6)

recycling — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (39)

reference vehicle — the version within a vehicle type, which is identified by the type-approval authority, in consultation with the manufacturer and in accordance with the criteria laid down in Part A, as being the most problematic in terms of reusability, recyclability and recoverability anx_III__para

refurbishment — actions carried out to prepare, clean, test, service and, where necessary, repair a part or component that is removed from vehicles or end-of-life vehicles in order to restore its performance or functionality within the intended use and range of performance originally conceived at the design stage at the time of the placing of the part or component on the market (31)

registration — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (42)

registration certificate — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (42)

remanufacturing — professional actions through which a new part or component is manufactured to return to same-as-new condition from parts and components that are removed from vehicles or end-of-life vehicles and through which at least one change is made that affects the safety, lifetime, performance, purpose or type of the part or component, in a process that is in compliance with specific technical specifications, including engineering, quality and testing standards (30)

removal — manual, mechanical, chemical, thermal or metallurgic handling with the result that the targeted parts, components or materials from end-of-life vehicles are individually identifiable as a separate output stream or part of an output stream (13)

repair and maintenance operator — a natural or legal person who pursues a professional activity directly or indirectly involving the repair and maintenance of vehicles, including repairers, manufacturers or distributors of repair equipment, tools or spare parts, as well as publishers of technical information, automobile clubs, roadside assistance operators, operators offering inspection and testing services, operators offering training for installers as well as manufacturers and repairers of equipment for alternative-fuel vehicles (19)

retrofit operator — any legal person that manufactures an electric conversion kit or performs the conversion of internal combustion engine vehicles to battery-electric or fuel cell vehicles (37)

reusability — the possibility for reuse of parts or components diverted from an end-of-life vehicle (5)

reuse — any operation by which parts or components of end-of-life vehicles are used again for the same purpose for which they were conceived (4)

roadworthiness certificate — vehicle of historical interest, roadworthiness test and roadworthiness certificate as defined in Article 3, points (7), (9) and (12), respectively, of Directive 2014/45/EU (43)

roadworthiness test — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (43)

roadworthy vehicle — a vehicle that is roadworthy in accordance with Directive 2014/45/EU (36)

secondary raw materials — materials that can substitute for primary raw materials and that have been obtained through recycling processes (27)

shredding — an operation used for tearing into pieces or fragmenting end-of-life vehicles (17)

small-volume manufacturer — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (47)

spare parts — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (40)

spare parts — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (41)

special purpose vehicle — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (40)

substance of concern — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (44)

supplier — any natural or legal person who supplies parts, components or materials to a manufacturer who uses them to manufacture vehicles (8)

suspension — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (42)

treatment — any activity taking place after the end-of-life vehicle has been handed over to a facility for depollution, dismantling, compacting, shearing, shredding, recovery or preparation prior to disposal of the shredder waste, and another operation carried out for the recovery or disposal of the end-of-life vehicle and its parts, components and materials (18)

type-approval — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (40)

type-approval — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (41)

used vehicle — a vehicle which has been registered in a Member State or a third country and is not an end-of-life vehicle (33)

used vehicle to be exported — a used vehicle that is to be placed under the customs procedure, as laid down in Article 269 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 (34)

vehicle — any vehicle as defined in Article 3, point (15), of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 or listed in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 (1)

vehicle of historical interest — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (43)

vehicle owner — any natural or legal person holding the ownership right of a vehicle or the holder of the vehicle registration certificate or, if neither the holder of the ownership right nor the holder of the vehicle registration certificate can be identified, the holder of the vehicle (28)

vehicle produced in small series — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (40)

vehicle produced in small series — vehicle produced in small series as referred to in Article 42 of that Regulation (41)

vehicle type — any type of vehicle as defined in Article 3, point (32), of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 or vehicle type as defined in Article 3, point (73), of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 (3)

waste — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (39)

waste electrical and electronic equipment — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (50)

waste holder — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (39)

waste management — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (39)

waste management operator — any natural or legal person dealing on a professional basis with the collection or treatment of end-of-life vehicles, including their parts and components (22)

waste oils — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (39)