EUROPEAN UNION (END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES) REGULATIONS 2014
Source: Iris Oifigiúl 2014-06-20

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (End-of-Life Vehicles) Regulations 2014.
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paragraphs: The purposes for which these Regulations are made include the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/53/EC of 18 September, 2000 on end-of-life vehicles as amended by Commission Decision 2002/525/EC2 of 27 June 2002 and Commission Decision 2005/63/EC3 of 24 January 2005 and Commission Decision 2005/438/EC4 of 10 June 2005 and Council Decision 2005/673/EC5 of 20 September 2005 and Directive 2008/33/EC6 of 11 March 2008 and Directive 2008/112/EC7 of 16 December 2008 and Commission Directive 2011/37/EU of 30 March 20118 and Commission Directive 2013/28/EU9 of 17 May 2013.
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paragraphs: These Regulations shall come into operation on the day after the date on which notice of their making is published in Iris OifigiÃºl.
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations, save where the context otherwise requires—
(a) a category A vehicle or a category B vehicle within the meaning of Chapter IV of Part II of the Finance Act 1992 (No. 9 of 1992), or as appropriate,
(b) any vehicle that may be designated as category M1 or N1 defined in Annex IIA to Council Directive 70/156/EEC13 of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, or as appropriate,
(c) three-wheel motor vehicles as defined in Directive 2002/24/EC14 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 March 2002 relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles and repealing Council Directive 92/61/EEC15 of 30 June 1992 relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles, but excluding motor tricycles;
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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations shall apply to specified vehicles and end-of-life vehicles, including their components and materials.
(2) Without prejudice to sub-regulation (1), the Regulations shall apply irrespective of how the specified vehicle has been serviced or repaired during use and irrespective of whether it is equipped with components supplied by the producer or with other components whose fitting as spare or replacement parts accords with the appropriate Community or domestic provisions.
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paragraphs: Application of these Regulations shall be without prejudice to existing Community legislation and relevant national legislation, in particular as regards safety standards, air emissions and noise controls and the protection of soil and water.
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paragraphs: For the purposes of these Regulations, mechanically propelled vehicles which include—
(a) vintage vehicles that may be designated as category M1 or N1 defined in Annex IIA to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers,
(b) any vehicle that may be designated as category M2, M3, N2 or N3 defined in Annex IIA to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and
(c) military vehicles which are connected with the protection of the essential interests of the security of the State and which are intended for specifically military purposes,
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paragraphs: Without prejudice to regulation 5, the provisions set out in—
(a) regulations 13 and 16 and regulations 18 to 29 inclusive shall not apply in respect of three-wheel motor vehicles as defined in Directive 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 March 2002 relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles and repealing Council Directive 92/61/EEC of 30 June 1992 relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles, or as appropriate,
(b) regulation 16 shall not apply in respect of special purpose vehicles as defined in the second indent of Article 4(1)(a) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, but excluding motor caravans if the vehicle comprises no more than eight seats in addition to the driver’s seat, or as appropriate,
(c) regulations 28 to 29 shall not apply where a producer makes or imports vehicles that are exempt from Article 8(2)(a) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers.
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paragraphs: (1) On and from the 1st day of November 2006, where a producer is involved, or will be involved, in the placing of specified vehicles on the market in the State, that producer shall establish a national system for the collection of specified vehicles, of that producer’s brand or for which that producer has responsibility and which that producer anticipates will become end-of-life vehicles in the State (referred to hereafter in these Regulations as a producer’s “national collection system”) and will accordingly require appropriate treatment and recovery.