Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the Union in the Administrative Committee of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe regarding the draft Regulation on uniform provisions concerning the recyclability of motor vehicles

At international level, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) develops harmonised requirements, intended to remove technical barriers to the trade in motor vehicles and systems used for such motor vehicles between the Contracting Parties to the Revised 1958 Agreement and to ensure that such vehicles and systems offer a high level of safety and environmental protection.

The UNECE recently finalised a draft Regulation on uniform provisions concerning the recyclability of motor vehicles. The objective of this draft regulation is to establish a set of requirements for recyclability, reuse and recovery of end-of-life motor vehicles and their parts and equipment, which ensures efficient use of resources and increased environmental protection.

The present proposal aims at defining the Union position with regard to the draft UNECE regulation on uniform provisions concerning the the recyclability of motor vehicles and consequently to provide for the Union, represented by the Commission, to vote in favour of this draft.

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)697: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:697:FIN

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