EU Considers Banning Repairing Cars Over 15-Years-Old

The proposal is an amendment to the European Commission’s preexisting “circularity requirements for vehicle design and on management of end-of-life vehicles.”

First reported in January by Outdoor Enthusiasts Magazine in the U.K., the publication says this consideration ‘aims to renew the car fleet and encourage Europeans to buy new, environmentally friendly vehicles.’

The Magazine noted: ‘The Brussels proposal is based on the concept of a residual vehicle, a category for vehicles over 15 years old whose faults affect the engine, gearbox, brakes, steering, chassis or bodywork. Therefore, if this regulation is approved, the repair or replacement of any of these components in a vehicle older than 15 years will be prohibited.’

Therefore, if a component or critical part of the vehicle cannot be repaired, this may impair the vehicle’s usage and just might cause it to to be sent to the junk heap. ‘Any vehicle destined for waste without polluting the environment and using part of its components is considered residual,’ the magazine clarifies.

OEM wrote:

If repair is not possible, this may be a consequence. At stake is end-of-life automobile waste management. In this case, from the oldest fragments. A way to promote the so-called circular economy.

The reality is that many Europeans choose to extend the useful life of their vehicles. Mostly due to lack of money to buy a new car. In Portugal, one in four vehicles is over 20 years old and the average age of registered cars is over 13 years. And it’s a trend that extends to the EU’s economic powers. For example, in Germany, the average age is already 10 years old.

The responsibility rests with the manufacturers. Adoption of criteria for reuse of auto parts is indeed at stake. In this case, manufacturers must provide detailed instructions for replacing parts, as well as determining whether a car is still being repaired or has reached the end of its useful life. What is this for? To prevent a car that is no longer in good condition from being sold as a used vehicle.

Needless to say, this would hit third-party auto mechanics very hard and might put them out of business, and could even potentially void the warranties on parts and vehicles in the repair is done at home.

The point of the law, the magazine says, is to become the first territory/bloc in the world to cut transportation emissions down to 55% by 2030 (less than 6 six years away), apart of the “Fit for 55” scheme, and to completely eliminate them by 2050. Additionally, Spanish-based JG Classics points out that the law would attempt to mitigate the spread of scraped components through uncontrolled third countries.

A more recent article by Euro Weekly also highlighted these proposals. The controversy has since caused some European car enthusiasts and repairmen to chastise the proposed amendments.

These proposals build on top of other recently passed edicts that officially ban combustion engine cars by 2035 in the EU:

• European Union Parliament Confirms That All Fossil Fuel Cars And Trucks Will Be Banned By 2035
• The United Nations Says Used Cars Need To Be Scrapped To Stop Emissions By 2030 & 2050
• London Mayor Plans To Enforce “Pay Per Mile” To Tax Drivers For Using Polluting Vehicles
• World Economic Forum Says They Want To Limit 76% Of Private Car Ownership By 2050

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AUTHOR COMMENTARY

Oh yes, because filing up landfills with rusted-out cars because it has one or two bad parts is very environmentally friendly, right? We of course know this has nothing to do with climate, but total control and mitigation of our actions and freedom of travel.

There are a number of U.S. states are doing the same thing, which thereby leverages auto manufacturers to change how many combustible engine cars and parts they produce.

Haven’t you heard? “You’ll own nothing and be happy” by 2030.

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Proverbs 12:5

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[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).

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