evidence: The recent proposal for a European Regulation on end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) is raising controversy since it may seem that what it seeks is to force vehicles to be scrapped rather than repaired, but what is true? Manuel Kindelan, General Director of SIGRAUTO, the Spanish Association for the Environmental Treatment of End-of-Use Vehicles, provides his opinion on the intentions behind the proposal. On July 13, 2023, the proposal for a "European Regulation on circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles" was published, with which the European Commission intends, and I sincerely believe that this will be the case improving the current regulations that have produced such good results in the more than 20 years that they have been in force. From the moment of its publication, a controversy has arisen, both in the traditional media and on social networks, considering that with this proposal, the European Union intends to force citizens to scrap their old vehicles by prohibiting them from repairing them in cases in which the vehicle requires replacement of the engine or gearbox or have excessively worn steering or brakes. [...] More clarity regarding the application of irreparability criteria: the text should establish more clearly that these criteria should only be applied to the export of vehicles to avoid the shipment of waste disguised as used vehicles. This is one of the main problems that the European Commission wants to correct and it is necessary that customs authorities have criteria that allow them to deny exports in these cases.