If more than 15 days pass after the notification to remove a vehicle from the impound lot without the owner claiming it, how does the Administration classify it?

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According to the Road Safety Law, the competent Administration will order the transfer of the vehicle to an Authorized Vehicle Treatment Center (CAT) for destruction and decontamination if abandonment is presumed. In this administrative scenario, the vehicle is treated as solid urban waste. This happens, among other cases, when it remains in an impound lot for more than two months, or 15 days if it has damage making it impossible to move under its own power and the owner does not respond. The terms 'toxic waste' or 'disposable waste' are incorrect in legal traffic terminology.

If more than 15 days pass after the notification to remove a vehicle from the impound lot without the owner claiming it, how does the Administration classify it?

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