Recital 10

(10) Directives 2000/53/EC and 2005/64/EC apply only to passenger vehicles (M1) and light commercial vehicles (N1), which constitute approximately 85 % of all vehicles registered in the Union. The remaining vehicles, namely two- and three-wheel vehicles, quadricycles, lorries, buses and trailers, are not subject to any Union legislation concerning their eco-design and management at their end-of-life phase. Therefore, in order to ensure a comprehensive circularity framework for all vehicles registered in the Union, including their environmentally sound treatment, as well as to prevent fragmentation of the single market, this Regulation should apply not only to vehicles of categories M1 and N1, but, partially, also to certain L-category vehicles, heavy-duty vehicles and their trailers (M2, M3, N2, N3 and O). There is a lack of comprehensive information regarding the treatment of such vehicles at their end-of-life in the Union, which prevents applying the same regime to them as the one applying to vehicles of categories M1 and N1 upon the entry into force of this Regulation. However, the requirements regarding the collection of end-of-life vehicles, their mandatory delivery to authorised treatment facilities for treatment as well as their depollution, the mandatory removal of certain parts and components for reuse and recycling prior to shredding and the conditions for landfill of non-inert waste from shredding should apply to L-category vehicles and heavy-duty vehicles and their trailers (M2, M3, N2, N3 and O). To facilitate treatment of these end-of-life vehicles, their manufacturers should be required to provide information on the removal and replacement of parts, components and materials from such vehicles. Also, the provisions governing the extended producer responsibility should apply to those vehicle categories, covering the costs of their collection and depollution at their end-of-life.

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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.