§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans she has to increase the(a) number and (b) capacity of centres that can be registered as approved to treat vehicles according to the End-of-Life Vehicle Directive; and if she will make a statement. [73137]
§ Mr. WilsonMy right hon. Friend the Minister for the Environment intends to publish for consultation later in the year draft regulations relating to Article 6 of the Directive. These will set out a regime for operators to acquire the necessary permits to carry out treatment of end-of-life vehicles, and will transpose the requirements of Annex I of the Directive into national law.
153WIn time, only facilities permitted under this regime will be able to treat end-of-life vehicles and issue the "Certificates of Destruction" required by the Directive. As this network of facilities develops, we shall monitor closely its ability to deal properly with all end-of-life vehicles arising in the UK.