A new EU proposal could affect owners of older cars, including vintage cars, forcing them to scrap their vehicles. The proposal has attracted strong criticism from various quarters, writes Mest motor.
It is about new stricter rules for car scrapping, which mean that car owners no longer have the authority to decide when their vehicles are to be scrapped.
Instead, EU criteria will define when a car is considered “confiscated” and ownership of the vehicle will be lost if any of these criteria are met. The state can thus seize people’s collector cars without paying anything for them.
As a vehicle owner, you will be required to surrender your vehicle and will be fined if you do not comply with the regulation. It’s not enough that the ownership is taken away from you, it also happens without compensation, says Jan Tägt, expert in vehicles and regulations at the Swedish Motor History Association, to Mest motor.
The primary aim of the proposal is that the EU wants to promote a more circular automotive industry by ensuring that the EU has control over the vehicle from its manufacture to scrapping to ensure environmentally friendly sustainability.
The proposal also rhymes well with the reduced ownership of ordinary people that was outlined at the World Economic Forum during the corona pandemic, then under the slogan “The Great Reset”.
It is true that an exception is proposed for cars of “historical interest”, but it is very narrow and requires that the vintage image is in original condition and has not undergone any major technical changes.
With the exception of pure museum objects and the like, vintage cars on the streets would in principle be banned if the EU’s new legislative proposal becomes a reality. It is simply not possible to restore most vintage cars to original condition as the financial stakes would be too great, if it is even technically possible.
You can compare with other cultural treasures. It would require enormous efforts to restore the Colosseum in Rome or the Parthenon in Athens to their original standard, but no one would think of considering this as waste, says Anders Ydstedt, chairman of the Royal Automobile Club’s expert council, to Mest Motor.
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