The End-of-Life Vehicles (Producer Responsibility) Regulations 2005

Interpretation U.K.

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Directive” means Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles (1);

“authorised treatment facility” means any establishment or undertaking carrying out treatment operations which holds a site licence that meets the requirements of

(a)

in England and Wales, Part VII and Schedule 5 of the End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003 (2);

(b)

in Scotland, regulations 3 to 6 of the End-of-Life Vehicles (Storage and Treatment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (3);

(c)

in Northern Ireland, regulation 26 and Schedule 5 of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (4);

“certificate of compliance” means the type of certificate referred to in regulation 19;

“certificate of destruction” means the type of certificate referred to in Part V of the End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003;

“compliance notice” means the notice referred to in regulation 16;

[F1 “end-of-life vehicle” means a vehicle which is waste within the meaning of [F2 Article 1(a)] [F2 Article 3(1)] of the Waste Directive;]

[F1 “end-of-life vehicle” means a vehicle which is waste within the meaning of Article 3(1) of the Waste Directive;]

“producer” means the vehicle manufacturer or the professional importer of a vehicle into the United Kingdom;

[F3 “recovery” means any of the applicable operations provided for in [F4 Annex IIB] [F4 Annex II] to the Waste Directive;]

[F3 “recovery” has the meaning given by Article 3(15) of the Waste Directive;]

“recycling” means the reprocessing in a production process of waste materials for the original purpose or for other purposes but excluding the use of combustible waste as a means to generate energy through direct incineration with or without other waste but with recovery of the heat;

“reuse” means any operation by which components of end-of-life vehicles are used for the same purpose for which they were conceived;

“treatment” means any activity after the end-of-life vehicle has been handed over to a facility for depollution, dismantling, shearing, shredding, recovery or preparation for disposal of the shredder wastes, and any other operation carried out for the recovery and/or disposal of the end-of-life vehicle and its components; and “treat” and “treated” shall be construed accordingly;

[F5 “vehicle” means—

(a)

any vehicle designated as category M₁ or N₁ defined in Annex II to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles M1 ; and

(b)

three-wheel motor vehicles within the meaning of Article 4 and Annex 1 of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles M2 as it may be amended from time to time, but excluding any vehicle of category L5e;]

[F6 “the Waste Directive” means Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2 substituted (S.) (27.3.2011) by The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), reg. 1(1), sch. para. 16(a)

F2 Words in reg. 2 substituted (E.W.) (29.3.2011) by The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/988), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 19(a) (with regs. 2, 47(2))

F3 Words in reg. 2 substituted (E.W.) (29.3.2011) by The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/988), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 19(b) (with regs. 2, 47(2))

F4 Words in reg. 2 substituted (S.) (27.3.2011) by The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), reg. 1(1), sch. para. 16(b)

F5 Words in reg. 2 substituted (20.5.2018) by The Motorcycles (Type-Approval) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/235), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2 para. 5 (with reg. 1(c), Sch. 1 paras. 16, 17)

F6 Words in reg. 2 substituted (3.8.2016) by The Waste (Meaning of Recovery) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/738), regs. 1(1), 5

Marginal Citations

M1 OJ No L 263, 9.10.2007, p.1.

M2 OJ No L 60, 2.3.2013, p.52.

(1)

OJ No. L269, 21.10.2000, p.34 as amended by Commission Decision 2002/525/EC (OJ No. L170, 29.06.2002, p.81).

(2)

S.I. 2003/2635.

(3)

S.S.I. 2003/593.

(4)

S.R. 2003/493.