Vol. 558 No. 1
446 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the progress which has been made towards the implementation of Directive 2000/53/EC relating to end of life certificates for motor vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23750/02]
472 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the progress which has been made towards the implementation of Directive 2000/53/EC relating to end of life certificates for motor vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23740/02]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 446 and 472 together.
My Department has been actively engaged with the Society for the Irish Motor Industry, SIMI, the Irish Motor Vehicle Recyclers Association, IMVRA, the Metal Recyclers Association of Ireland, MRAI, and other concerned parties with a view to developing a producer responsibility initiative to implement the main provisions of European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, ELVs. A particular objective of the directive is to ensure that all ELVs are collected, dismantled and recovered by industry in an environmentally sound manner at no cost to the final holder. The directive further requires that a system for the issue of certificates of destruction in respect of scrapped vehicles be introduced.
