Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of life vehicles.

This Directive lays down measures aimed at the prevention of waste from vehicles and, in addition, at the reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery of end-of life vehicles and their components so as to reduce the disposal of waste, as well as at the improvement in the environmental performance of all of the economic operators involved in the life cycle of vehicles and especially the operators directly involved in the treatment of end-of life vehicles. The Directive specifies the measures to be adopted in this field by Member States regarding waste prevention, collection, treatment, reuse and recovery.