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  "legislation": "eudr/2009/1",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 2009/1/EC of 7 January 2009 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical progress, Directive 2005/64/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their reusability, recyclability and recoverability (Text with EEA relevance)",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Directive 2009/1/EC\nof 7 January 2009\namending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical progress, Directive 2005/64/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their reusability, recyclability and recoverability\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to 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, and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 6(2) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nDirective 2005/64/EC is one of the separate Directives in the context of the EC type-approval procedure established under Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers.\n(2)\nIt is necessary to establish the detailed rules enabling to verify, in the framework of the preliminary assessment of the manufacturer referred to in Article 6 of Directive 2005/64/EC, whether the materials used for the construction of a vehicle type comply with the provisions of Article 4(2)(a) of Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of life vehicles.\n(3)\nIn particular, it is appropriate to ensure that competent authorities are able to verify for the purpose of reusability, recyclability and recoverability the existence of contractual arrangements between the vehicle manufacturer concerned and his suppliers and that the requirements for this purpose contained in such arrangements are properly communicated.\n(4)\nThe measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress — Motor Vehicles,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 310, 25.11.2005, p. 10."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 269, 21.10.2000, p. 34."
    }
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  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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