Reference Standard
This area is focused to the main Italian regulations derived from the European Directive 2000/53 on the end of life vehicles items. In each subarea different topics on Italian ELVs legislative framework can be found.
All current laws about End-of-life vehicles come from European Directive 2000/53/CE, whose Italian transposition is Legislative Decree no.209/03 (and subsequent amendments). Directives’ aim is the harmonization of different national law about ELV and promotion of recycling, recovery and reuse of materials coming from end of life vehicles.
Following, the web page collecting all Annex II of 2000/53/CE amendements:
Annex II
European Directive 2000/53/CE about End of Life Vehicles Management in Italy has been implemented through Legislative Decree no. 209, subsequentely corrected and integrated by Legislative Decree no. 149.
Attached, the Italian text of the Decree with amendments. For further information please contact us.
These Annexes report all requirements and reference indications that dismantling companies and treatment facilities must follow in order to fulfill national and European law.
Download file Italian implementation of 2011/37/UE: modification of Annex II - D.Lgs 209/03 about End of Life Vehicles.
Download file Italian implementation of 2013/28/UE: further modification of Annex II - D.Lgs 209/03 about End of Life Vehicles.
Download file Italian implementation of 2016/774/CE: last modification of Annex II - D.Lgs 209/03 about End of Life Vehicles.
Download file New Legislative Decree active starting from September 2020, amending D.Lgs 209/03.
Download file Italian Environment Ministry, Economic Development Ministry and all vehicles’ industrial chain Associations have signed, on May 8th 2008, a Framework Agreement about End of Life Vehicles’ management. This is the first example in Europe of proactivity and concreteness in which Public Authority and all industrial chain cooperate with the aim to give an effective solution to this issue.
The duration of this agreement is 7 years and now it’s going to be reviewed. Incentive for research about recycling of materials are contemplated.
All Associations belonging to the dismantling context and involved in ELV issue, from dealers to shredders, are partner of Carmakers Associations about ELV Framework Agreement and represent a key element for progress of results in this area.
All activities so far has been implemented and managed through periodical meetings of a dedicated Inter-Associative Table, in which all issue regarding industrial chain are discussed.
Recycling of material arising from End of Life Vehicles has been significantly promoted by Legislative Decree no. 81 of the April 11th, 2011 now replaced by Ministerial Decree n.192/2019, about End of Life Tires management.
In particular, Article 9 of new Decree regards tires coming from end of life vehicles dismantling activity, whose free withdrawal is granted by a fund which collects all environmental contribution paid by final customer whenever a new tire or a new vehicle is purchased.
Ministerial Decree establishing technical parameters for identification, by ELT Management Committee, of the contribution for end of life vehicles.
Download file Decree identifying, for the year 2012, the environmental contribution to the management of End of Life Tyres arising from the demolition of end of life vehicles.
Download file Decree identifying the environmental contribution to the management of End of Life Tyres arising from the demolition of end of life vehicles (year 2013).
Download file Decree identifying the environmental contribution to the management of End of Life Tyres arising from the demolition of end of life vehicles (year 2014).
Download file Decree identifying the environmental contribution to the management of End of Life Tyres arising from the demolition of end of life vehicles (year 2015).
Download file Decree identifying the current environmental contribution to the management of End of Life Tyres arising from the demolition of end of life vehicles (year 2016).
Download file Decree identifying the current environmental contribution to the management of End of Life Tires arising from the demolition of end of life vehicles (year 2017).
Download file Decree identifying the current environmental contribution to the management of End of Life Tires arising from the demolition of end of life vehicles (year 2018).
Download file Decree identifying the current environmental contribution to the management of End of Life Tires arising from the demolition of end of life vehicles (year 2019).
Download file Guidelines by APAC (now ISPRA), to be used as reference about management and treatment of ELV, both from a technical than technological point of view.
Italian guidelines about documentation related to ELV management to be prepared by dismantlers, written by ISPRA (Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ex APAT - Agenzia per l'Ambiente e il Territorio).
A deepening about MUD preparation (Modello Unico di Dichiarazione Ambientale) from dismantling societies’ point of view, carried out by consulting society Ecoeuro as a result of their experience about this issue.
(other contribution about the same theme coming from other consulting societies, if sent, can be published).
Following, the European Directive 2008/98/CE, called "Waste Framework Directive", which have as topic all measures to protect human healt by preventing or reducing the adverse impact of generation and management of waste.
The technical standard UNI 11448 concerns management and treatment of ELVs and is avaliable at the website of Ente Italiano di Unificazione.
The European Regulation no. 333/2011 regulates scrap metals ceasing to be waste management and covers both iron and aluminium waste. Scrap must be compliannt to conformity requirements and companies involved in management must implement a quality system management in order to ensure product requirements.
The European Regulation no. 1179/2012 regulates scrap glass ceasing to be waste management. Scrap must be compliannt to conformity requirements and companies involved in management must implement a quality system management in order to ensure product requirements.
The European Regulation no. 1179/2012 regulates scrap copper ceasing to be waste management. Scrap must be compliannt to conformity requirements and companies involved in management must implement a quality system management in order to ensure product requirements.
Attached you can find New Guidelines about waste classification, published by Italian Servizio Nazionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente in 2021