S.L. 549.36 Art. 7Re-use and recovery.

(1) Economic operators shall, as far as practicable and without prejudice to requirements regarding the safety of vehicles and environmental requirements such as air emissions and noise control, reuse components which are suitable for reuse, recover components which cannot be reused and give preference to recycling when this is environmentally viable.

(2) The competent authority shall take necessary measures to ensure that the following targets shall be attained by economic operators:

(a) no later than the 1st January, 2006, for all end of life vehicles, the reuse and recovery shall be increased to a minimum of 85% by an average weight per vehicle and year. Within the same time limit the reuse and recycling shall be increased to a minimum of 80% by an average weight per vehicle and year; for vehicles produced before the 1st January, 1980, the competent authority may lay down lower targets, but not lower than 75% for reuse and recovery and not lower than 70% for reuse and recycling; and

(b) no later than the 1st January, 2015, for all end of life vehicles, the reuse and recovery shall be increased to a minimum of 95% by an average weight per vehicle and year. Within the same time limit, the re-use and recycling shall be increased to a minimum of 85% by an average weight per vehicle and year.