COUNCIL OF MINISTERSCOUNCIL OF MINISTERSDECREE No. 257 of 9November 2001REGULATION on the Terms and Conditions for Reduction of Contamination caused by Waste from End-Of-Life VehiclesPromulgated, StateGazette No. 98/16.11.2001 – effective 1.01.2002Corrected, SG No. 110/21.12.2001Article 1This Regulation provides for the terms andconditions, which shall ensure:1. prevention of the generation and reduction of end-of-life vehicles (ELV) contamination;2. achievement of high levels ofre-use, recycling and other forms of recovery of the ELV including componentsthereof, so as to reduce the disposal of waste;3. improvement of the environmentalperformance of the economic operators involved in the life cycle of vehicles,and especially those directly dealing with treatment of ELV;4. establishment of system forcollection, transportation and treatment of ELV, components and materialsthereof;5. environmentally sound treatment orsafe storage of the ELV, of their components and materials, a...