Information required for correct and environmentally sound treatment of end-of-life vehicles.
Dismantling information is an OEM-facing data obligation as much as a recycling term: it gives treatment facilities the information needed to depollute, dismantle, recover, and dispose of vehicles and components correctly.
Ontario ELV context: O. Reg. 85/16 defines end-of-life vehicle through motor vehicles and motor vehicle hulks that are abandoned or managed for recycling, non-operable reuse, or disposal; it also defines an end-of-life vehicle waste disposal site as a facility context for managing ELVs, removed components, fluids, metal, and related materials. India RVSF context: the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules, 2021 frame vehicle scrapping as a registered-facility process linking end-of-life vehicles, Certificates of Deposit, Certificates of Vehicle Scrapping, depollution, dismantling, material segregation, final disposal, and recycling evidence. Türkiye ELV context: the Turkish regulation uses official Turkish terms for ELV, temporary storage area, treatment, treatment facility, dismantling information, recycler/recovery/disposal concepts, and producer/economic-operator roles. Treat the Turkish official definition as authoritative; English translations are draft aids only. China ELV context: State Council Order No. 715 defines scrapped motor vehicles through the Road Traffic Safety Law, uses an ELV recycling certificate as the administrative proof document, and controls five major assemblies for remanufacturing or scrap-metal routes. Treat Chinese official text as authoritative; English translations are draft aids only. California ELV/salvage context: the US layer is state-specific, using California Vehicle Code definitions for automobile dismantler, total loss salvage vehicle, nonrepairable vehicle, and acquisition notices. Do not present this as a unified US federal ELV regime or merge it with EU, UK, India, China, or Türkiye ELV definitions. NSW motor vehicle recycler context: this Australia layer is official NSW Government guidance linked to the Motor Dealers and Repairers Act/Regulation. It supports state-specific dismantling and recycled-parts evidence, but it is not a national Australian ELV regime and should not be merged with US, EU, UK, India, China, or Türkiye ELV terms.
Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of life vehicles
all information required for the correct and environmentally sound treatment of end-of life vehicles. It shall be made available to authorised treatment facilities by vehicle manufacturers and component producers in the form of manuals or by means of electronic media (e.g. CD-ROM, on-line services)
Reference: Article 2, point 13
The End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003
all information required for the correct and environmentally sound treatment of end-of-life vehicles
Reference: Regulation 2
Ömrünü Tamamlamış Araçların Kontrolü Hakkında Yönetmelik
Ömrünü tamamlamış araçların çevreye zarar vermeyecek şekilde işleme tabi tutulması amacıyla, araç ve parça üreticileri tarafından hazırlanan ve işleme tesislerinin, el kitapçığı olarak veya elektronik ortamda ulaşabilecekleri bilgileri
Reference: Madde 4
Dismantling information is the ELV term for information required to support correct and environmentally sound treatment of end-of-life vehicles.
Implementation records should capture information version, vehicle model or component scope, delivery channel, authorised treatment facility access, hazardous-substance or component notes, battery removal instructions, and update history.
For auto customers, dismantling information is a bridge between product data and end-of-life proof. It should connect vehicle design, component materials, battery handling, and treatment instructions to downstream facility actions.