Article 25

1. Authorised treatment facilities shall issue a certificate of destruction to the last vehicle owner upon delivery of the end-of-life vehicle to the authorised treatment facility. The certificate of destruction shall be issued in accordance with the template set out in Annex X. 2. The certificate of destruction shall be issued in an electronic format and provided through an electronic notification procedure to the relevant authorities of the Member State, including the competent authorities designated under Article 14. The authorised treatment facility shall provide a copy of the electronic notification to the last vehicle owner and any economic operator acting on behalf of the vehicle owner. 3. Where the end-of-life vehicle, for which a certificate of destruction has been issued in a Member State, is registered in another Member State, the relevant authorities designated by the Member State where the certificate of destruction was issued shall inform the relevant authorities designated by the Member State where the vehicle is registered that a certificate of destruction has been issued for the vehicle in question. 4. The relevant vehicle registration authorities shall cancel the registration of an end-of-life vehicle only after receiving the certificate of destruction for that vehicle. 5. Certificates of destruction issued in a Member State shall be recognised in all other Member States.

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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.