End of Life Vehicles Working Group

The End of Life Vehicles Working Group has been formed to:

• provide and empower a competent negotiating team that represents the industry.
• handle discussions with government concerning all aspects of the End of Life Vehicle Directive implementation into the UK.

The End of Life Vehicles Working Group responded to the government consultation paper in October 2001 with a comprehensive plan for UK implementation. The group meets in order to consider an appropriate response to:

• issues around the replacement of restricted materials listed in Annex II of the Directive
• recyclability calculations for Type Approval
• meeting recovery/recyclability targets in 2006 and 2015
• issues around the network of Authorised Treatment Facilities (ATF)
• the economics of depollution and treatment, defining negative value
• reporting and information

Additional, ad-hoc sub-groups are convened as needed, to deal with specific issues, as they arise. The Working Group reports to the Executive Committee and is annually reviewed by the Environmental Policy Committee. Full SMMT members may apply to join the group. A ‘one page’ synopsis of Group meetings is published in the monthly Technical Bulletin, which is available to all SMMT members on this site. Group correspondence is available to members in the restricted area of the site or as distributed by the Group secretary. For further information please e-mail techwgweb@smmt.co.uk