Article 23

1. Producers shall ensure that all vehicles that they have made available on the market for the first time in the territory of a Member State are collected when those vehicles become end-of-life vehicles. 2. For the purpose of paragraph 1, the producers or, where appointed in accordance with Article 17(1), the producer responsibility organisations shall set up, or participate in the setting up of, collection systems, including collection points. Member States shall adopt the necessary measures to ensure that producers or, where appointed in accordance with Article 17(1), producer responsibility organisations set up collection systems for all end-of-life vehicles. 3. The producers or, where appointed in accordance with Article 17(1), the producer responsibility organisations shall ensure that collection systems referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article: cover the whole territory of the Member State; are provided with adequate availability of authorised treatment facilities or collection points, taking into account population size and density, expected volume of end-of-life vehicles, not being limited to areas where the collection and subsequent management is most profitable; ensure collection of waste parts from repairs of vehicles; enable collection of end-of-life vehicles, irrespective of their origin; enable the delivery of all end-of-life vehicles free of charge to collection points or authorised treatment facilities as provided in Article 24(2). 4. Producers or, where appointed in accordance with Article 17(1), producer responsibility organisations shall publish and regularly update the list of collection points and authorised treatment facilities on their websites and carry out educational campaigns promoting the collection systems for end-of-life vehicles and informing about environmental consequences of improper collection and handling of end-of-life vehicles. Member States may require that the educational campaigns be coordinated within the Member State, in collaboration with both the producers or, where appointed in accordance with Article 17(1), producer responsibility organisations and the competent authorities. 5. Member States may authorise collection points other than authorised treatment facilities to collect end-of-life vehicles. The collection points shall obtain a permit from the competent authority in accordance with Article 23 of Directive 2008/98/EC and shall comply with the conditions laid down in that permit. In order to issue a permit, the competent authority shall verify that such establishment or undertaking has the capacity necessary to carry out the following obligations: collect end-of-life vehicles and temporarily store them in accordance with Part A of Annex VIII; prepare for the transfer of the collected end-of-life vehicles to authorised treatment facilities by preventing the accidental leakage of fluids and unauthorised access to the collection point; guarantee that all collected end-of-life vehicles are transferred to an authorised treatment facility within two months of their receipt. 6. The collection points shall issue a document in electronic format, confirming receipt of the end-of-life vehicle, to the vehicle owner, and provide it through an electronic notification procedure established in accordance with Article 25(2) to the relevant authorities of the Member State, including the competent authorities designated under Article 14.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.