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Both the current EU End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Directive and the proposed replacement ELV Regulation fail to fully integrate life cycle thinking, as legally binding obligations remain primarily focused on the end-of-life stage rather than ensuring regulatory coherence across the entire vehicle life cycle. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To assess whether European Union law on end-of-life vehicles successfully integrates life cycle thinking by binding vehicle design obligations to end-of-life management.

September 8, 2026Review of European Comparative & International Environmental Law

Integrating life cycle thinking into EU law on end‐of‐life vehicles

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JYJie YangKunming University of Science and Technology

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Comparative legal analysis finds persistent regulatory fragmentation in EU end-of-life vehicle policies, suggesting proposed reforms fail to bridge design and recycling stages.

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To assess whether European Union law on end-of-life vehicles successfully integrates life cycle thinking by binding vehicle design obligations to end-of-life management.
Conducted doctrinal and transposition legal analysis of the EU End-of-Life Vehicles Directive and the proposed End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation.
Performed a comparative case study examining national legal implementation and producer responsibility mechanisms in Denmark and Sweden.
The existing EU End-of-Life Vehicles Directive concentrates legal obligations primarily at the post-consumer waste stage rather than across the full product life cycle.
The proposed EU End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation strengthens certain upstream-downstream linkages but leaves regulatory fragmentation largely unresolved.

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Jie Yang (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9fd7ab58e84d0ff5b46762 https://doi.org/10.1111/reel.70083

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Comparative legal analysis finds persistent regulatory fragmentation in EU end-of-life vehicle policies, suggesting proposed reforms fail to bridge design and recycling stages.

Integrating life cycle thinking into EU law on end‐of‐life vehicles

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Integrating life cycle thinking into EU law on end‐of‐life vehicles

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