S.L. 549.36 ст. 4Prevention.

(1) In order to promote the prevention of waste, the competent authority shall, wherever appropriate and practicable, encourage:

(a) vehicle manufacturers, in liaison with material and equipment manufacturers, to limit the use of hazardous substances in vehicles and to reduce them as far as possible from the very first production of the vehicle onwards, so as in particular to prevent their release into the environment, make recycling easier, and to avoid the need to dispose of hazardous waste;

(b) the design and production of new vehicles which take into full account and facilitate the dismantling, reuse and recovery, in particular the recycling, of end of life vehicles, their components and materials;

(c) vehicle manufacturers, in liaison with material and equipment manufacturers, to integrate an increasing quantity of recycled material in vehicles and other products, in order to develop the markets for recycled materials.

(2) Materials and components of vehicles put on the market after the date of coming into force of these regulations shall not contain lead, mercury, cadmium or hexavalent chromium other than in cases listed in Schedule 3 under the conditions specified therein.