EU restricts private sale of used spare parts for cars
With Regulation 2026/1738, the EU is tightening the regulations for the extraction and trade of used spare parts. From September 2028, the private cannibalization of end-of-life vehicles will be more restricted. From September 2029, additional requirements will apply to commercial spare parts sellers. However, there is no general ban on private individual sales. The new rules can have significant consequences, especially for owners of older cars and classic cars. This is because many manufacturers no longer supply spare parts for older models. Private parts stores are therefore often the only way to carry out necessary repairs at all. Additional restrictions could complicate procurement, make repairs more expensive and jeopardize the preservation of older vehicles.
EU restricts private extraction of used spare parts
Until now, private mechanics have often bought old vehicles in order to obtain functional components from them. Engines, transmissions, axles and body parts then serve as spare parts for other vehicles. However, the new EU regulation sets tighter limits on this form of recycling. According to Annex I, a vehicle that has been dismantled accordingly is considered to be an end-of-life vehicle. Special legal regulations then apply to its further treatment.
5 comments:
The crime of nicking vehicles in the UK and getting them over the channel quicker than a immigrant boat has long been rife in the UK. The scam is to pinch three vans, plunder two, then put the stuff in the third to get it to the crims over there.
As for 'spare parts', doesn't the EU have enough of them already in Brussels, as well as over here in the HoC?
Have they given any arguments against this praiseworthy form of recycling?
Scrobs - sounds like a reason to have an electric van. The problem with EU and H0C spare parts is the cost, we may as well chuck them out and insist on new, but not those Labour, Tory, Lib Dem and Green parts which are designed to fail.
dearieme - I suspect the justification is safety and behind that is an attempt to avoid prolonging the lives of ICE vehicles, even though it is praiseworthy form of recycling and they must know it.
"Special legal regulations then apply to its further treatment." - which suggests that only large firms will be able to work with the regulations and small junk yards will not be able to compete. The EU has form for this.
DJ - yes, that's how it seems to me. Regular inspections and audits will be devised such that only large firms can cope with the audit trails and paperwork.
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