Recital 16

(16) Special purpose vehicles are designed to perform a specific function and require special bodywork arrangements which are not entirely under the control of the manufacturer. This complicates the calculation of reusability, recyclability and recoverability rates. For special purpose vehicles of category M1 and N1, the costs of collection, depollution, mandatory removal for parts and components and treatment should be covered by producers within the extended producer responsibility scheme. For special purpose vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2, N3 and O only a limited set of rules should apply. Provisions on substances of concern in vehicles should apply to special purpose vehicles of categories M1 and N1, as it is the case under Directive 2000/53/EC. Other parts of a special purpose vehicle that have been type-approved in multi-stage type-approval should be covered to the same extent as the category of the vehicle concerned. Special purpose vehicles of all categories except M1 and N1 that are produced by a small-volume manufacturer should not be covered by this Regulation.

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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.