DIRECTIVE 2005/64/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 26 October 2005 on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their reusability, recyclability and recoverability and amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC

Directive establishes type-approval requirements mandating design for reusability, recyclability, and recoverability in motor vehicles, advancing product stewardship and circular economy principles for end-of-life vehicle management; enacted 2005.