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The Ministry of Climate and Environment has submitted an amendment to the Act on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment for consultation, agreement and opinion

08.12.2025

The Ministry of Climate and Environment continues to improve regulations on waste management, including extended producer responsibility. A draft amendment to the Act on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and certain other acts (UC97) has just been submitted for public consultation and opinion.

The Ministry of Climate and Environment has submitted an amendment to the Act on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment for consultation, agreement and opinion.

Highlights 

  • The Ministry of Climate and Environment proposes changes to improve the efficiency of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and parts from vehicles and end-of-life vehicles (ELV) management. 
  • These changes will facilitate the work of entrepreneurs from the waste management industry and streamline the implementation of circular economy solutions. 

The draft act transposes into Polish law the provisions of the Directive (EU) 2024/884 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2024 amending Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). The amendment addresses the unjustified retroactive effect of the directive on photovoltaic panels placed on the market between 13 August 2005 and 13 August 2012. 

In addition, the draft contains provisions on authorised representatives in extended producer responsibility schemes for vehicles and packaging. This amendment is related to the European Commission's allegations of incomplete transposition of the Directive (EU) 2018/851 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste. 

These changes will also resolve doubts regarding equipment or parts removed from vehicles, including end-of-life vehicles, which are sent for factory regeneration. This is a process during which they are restored to their original condition or better, in accordance with the manufacturer's technical specifications, as a result of which the part will no longer be treated as waste. This will translate into shorter inspection and investigation times in the factory regeneration industry. 

The draft bill also includes amendments that will help to resolve doubts arising from rulings indicating that a waste equipment processing plant carrying out dismantling may only transfer the resulting waste for recycling directly, without the possibility of transferring the waste through intermediaries. In the proposed provisions, the legislator clearly resolves the interpretation, which is in line with the position presented so far by the Ministry of Climate and Environment. 

Link to the draft bill HERE.

 

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