Recital 88

(88) It is necessary to ensure that where an insurance company or any automotive expert acting on its behalf carries out an assessment of damage to a vehicle involved in an accident, such an assessment should, in particular, involve a verification of whether the vehicle qualifies as an end-of-life vehicle, in accordance with the criteria laid down in this Regulation. In order to tackle illegal activities and ensure the proper identification of end-of-life vehicles, the competent authorities of Member States should be empowered, in case of doubt as to the status of a used vehicle, to request documentation from the vehicle owner to confirm that the vehicle is not an end-of-life vehicle. Such documentation should be either an end-of-life assessment conducted in accordance with this Regulation or a valid roadworthiness certificate. Competent authorities can make use of this prerogative irrespective of whether the vehicle has been involved in an accident or not. This empowerment is also applicable to special purpose vehicles, which otherwise should not be subject to the rules governing the status of vehicles. Member States should be able to exempt vehicles of L1e, L2e, and L6e-category from the rules on status of the vehicle in national legislation. The power to adopt acts under Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to amend the criteria in this Regulation for determining whether a vehicle is an end-of-life vehicle by removing criteria according to which a vehicle is considered an end-of-life vehicle where technological advancements in the areas of traceability, repairability and safety provide sufficient justification for such a deletion.

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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.