Waste
A study to examine the benefits of the End of Life
Vehicles Directive and the costs and benefits of a revision of the
2015 targets for recycling, re-use and recovery under the ELV Directive,
GHK / BIOIS, May 2006.
The Commission has now received a report from GHK and BIOIS that
investigates the costs and benefits of targets for re-use, recycling
and recovery in 2015. This report also investigates benefits from
the Directive and the 2006 targets and builds on case studies of
practices in different member states, information on technologies
and life cycle analysis of treatment processes.
This report provides some useful information to inform the Commission's
thinking, although it represents the thinking of the consultants
rather than our view. There are areas where the report either lacks
information, or builds on assumptions not held by the Commission.
In considering policy for 2015 and onwards, we are considering
a broader range of information – and are making the GHK/BIOIS report
public to check the information contained in the report and investigate
its assumptions.
The report is long: in "Issue
for Stakeholders" we have extracted some of the important
issues from the report, specifically to check facts with stakeholders
and external experts. This summary of the issues of greatest interest
to us includes a few specific questions addressed to stakeholders,
related to facts from the report. We would welcome information relating
to the issues and facts raised in this document, including those
suggested by our questions.
The Commission would also be glad to know of any information which
supports or contradicts other facts contained in the report. We
would like to hear from you by the end of 11th June.
Please send your information by e-mail to "env-elv@ec.europa.eu"
or, if in paper form to "ELV Directive, European Commission,
BU-5 5/182, B-1049, Brussels"
- Introduction, Conclusions and Recommendations (P1-22)
- Current Benefits of the Directive (p23-71)
- Future Costs and Benefits of the Directive – Options and Economic
Impacts (p72-113)
- Future Costs and Benefits of the Directive – Environmental Impact
(p114-186)
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