Translation of "Act Respecting End-of-Life Care " (English → French) :

This data should be valid in respect of at least 95 % of the end-of-life vehicles arising in the Member State in question.

Since the objective of this Directive, namely to minimise the impact of end-of-life vehicles on the environment by requiring that vehicles be designed from the conception phase with a view to facilitating reuse, recycling and recovery, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States acting alone and can, therefore, by reason of the scale of the action, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in ...[+++] accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty.

Universal coverage must be based on solidarity, according to the structure of each system, benefiting in particular those on low incomes and those whose state of health requires intensive, long or expensive care, including palliative and end-of-life care.

This includes principally the Waste Framework Directive [111], which requires Member States to ensure that waste is treated without endangering human health or the environment, lays down permitting and inspection obligations and to adopt waste management plans, the Landfill Directive [112] which sets requirements for safe landfill and the reduction of waste going to landfill, in particular biodegradable waste, the Packaging Waste Directive [113], which sets recovery and recycling targets, the Incineration Directive [114] which sets emission limit values for incinerators, and the ELV [115] and EEE [116] Directives, which set recovery, rec ...[+++]ycling and reuse targets and take-back obligations for end-of-life vehicles and electronic and electrical equipment respectively.

Member States should be allowed to permit undertakings which, on the relevant dates referred to in Article 18(3), carried on these activities simultaneously to continue to do so provided that separate management is adopted for each of their activities, in order that the respective interests of life policy holders and non-life policy holders are safeguarded and the minimum financial obligations in respect of one of the activities are not borne by the other activity. Member ...[+++]States should be given the option of requiring those existing undertakings established in their territory which carry on life assurance and non-life insurance simultaneously to put an end to this practice.

These acts have served as the basis for adopting sets of specific rules that have made it possible to reduce the impact of waste treatment on the environment (IPPC Directive, Landfill Directive, Incineration Directive) and of particular waste streams (waste oils, PCBs/PCTs, batteries and accumulators, packaging, end-of-life vehicle, and waste electrical and electronic products).