Recital 73

(73) In order to maximise the potential of reuse, remanufacturing and refurbishment of parts and components, and preserve a high value for the secondary materials which derive from end-of-life vehicles, certain parts and components should mandatorily be removed from an end-of-life vehicle prior to shredding. Those parts and components should be removed in a manual dismantling process, a semi-automated or automated disassembly process in a non-destructive way. It should be possible to deviate from the requirement on mandatory non-destructive removal of parts and components, when an authorised treatment facility demonstrates that the manual dismantling, semi-automated or automated disassembly in a non-destructive way entails disproportionate economic costs that cannot be compensated by the revenues expected from the reuse, remanufacturing or refurbishment of these parts and components. In such a case, it should be possible for these parts and components to be removed in a destructive way for the purposes of separation of relevant materials prior to shredding. Parts and components can be exempted entirely from mandatory removal, if they are designated as such in this Regulation, if the authorised treatment facility demonstrates that post-shredder technologies separate materials from the parts and components concerned as efficiently as manual, semi-automated or automated processes, and that the criteria and limit values of this Regulation are met. In order to take into account technical and scientific progress, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the relevant Annex.

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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.