France sued over ELV law implementation

Publication date: 22 April 2009

The European Commission has brought an action against France in the European Court of Justice for failing to correctly transpose seven provisions of the EU's 2000 end-of-life directive into national law.

For example, the commission alleges France failed to comply with a December 2004 deadline for banning certain hazardous materials such as mercury and cadmium from vehicles put on the EU market after 1 July 2003.

The commission says French law should not allow certain authorised demolishers to refuse end-of-life vehicles, which would result in a cost for the last holder of the vehicle and violate the directive. France is also accused of incorrectly delivering certificates of destruction.

Action brought against France (694.2 KB)

C-64/09: http://curia.europa.eu/jurisp/cgi-bin/form.pl?lang=en&Submit=Submit&docrequire=alldocs&numaff=C-64/09

Source: ENDS