European Waste Catalogue
Undepolluted end-of-life vehicles are hazardous 16 01 04. Once fluids, batteries and other hazardous components are removed, the depolluted shell is 16 01 06.
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The European Waste Catalogue codes waste by the process it arises from, not just the material. Pick the row that matches where your end-of-life vehicles is generated — each code links to its full classification, valorisation routes and receiving industries.
ELVs before depollution
Discarded vehicles
Depolluted ELVs (no liquids or hazardous components)
End-of-life vehicles not containing liquids or hazardous components
Ferrous metal from dismantling
Ferrous metal
Source: EUR-Lex Commission Decision 2000/532/EC — European Waste Catalogue
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